This is the information page about the shipwreck Ballarat, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 50.82 N,5 16.654 W (49.847000, -5.277567)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: BALLARAT

Length 152.4 meter, width: 19.2 meter, draught: 11.6, tonnage 11120 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,metal: concentrate and products,general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1911 by caird & co, greenock. owned at the time of loss by peninsular & oriental steam navigation co. twin quadruple expansion engines of 1200 nhp. passage melbourne for london. torpedoed by ub-32 when 24m s by w from wolf rock. general cargo including copper, antimony ore and bullion. 1750 persons on board, no lives lost. (ll ww1, ww1sl, dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 82 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H0113/45 25.3.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 495100N 051618W. LENGTH 320FT, HEIGHT 60FT. LIES 129/309DEGS. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45 & 4.7.45). 29.12.44 GOOD SONAR CONTACT, GOOD POSITION IN 495100N 051630W. LENGTH 320FT, HEIGHT 60FT. LIES 129/309DEGS. (ESCORT GROUP 9, 29.12.44 & 25.1.45). H2137/54 22.4.54 WK LOCATED MAY 1954 IN 495100N, 051700W OR 202DEGS, 7.2M FROM LIZARD HEAD. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 51FT. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 23.5.54). INS AS NDW. NC 777. H2137/54 24.3.55 BUOYS ESTABLISHED IN 495100N, 051700W FOR SALVAGE PURPOSES. (NAVEAM, 24.3.55). H4551/76 15.10.76 AMEND TO USC 55MTRS. BR STD. H4551/76 18.10.76 'BALLARAT' REPD 202DEGS 7.2M FROM LIZARD HEAD. 44FT HIGH. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 17.9.76 & 15.10.76). AMEND TO WK 68MTRS IN 495053N, 051618W. BR STD. 29.3.85 CONFIRMED AS WRECK OF 'BALLARAT'. BELL RECOVERED. SALVAGE OF LEAD & COPPER INGOTS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY MV DRIVER PROTECTOR. WK REPORTED PREVIOUSLY HEAVILY SALVAGED. MUNITIONS REPORTED IN MIDSHIP SECTION. (RECEIVER OF WRECK, FALMOUTH). 12.4.05 EXAM'D 15.9.04 IN 4950.820N, 0516.654W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 73.9 IN GEN DEPTH 82.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 156MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS, HT 9.0MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 70MTRS EITHER SIDE. INTACT, DEGRADED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). INTACT, UPRIGHT WITH SALVAGE DEBRIS CLOSE BY. AMEND WK 73MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/22 16.6.05 BOW BROKEN OFF AFT OF FOCSLE. THEN BREAKS DOWN TO SEABED IN AREA OF OBVIOUS SALVAGE. WK LIES OVER TO PORT SIDE. MIDSHIPS INTACT ALTHOUGH SUPERSTRUCTURE BROKEN DOWN. TEAK DECKS OBVIOUS. DESPITE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WK REMAINS OBVIOUS AND INTACT IN SECTIONS. (L BISHOP). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, SALVAGE DEBRIS TO BOTH SIDES, BOWS NE

Position: 49 50.82 N,5 16.654 W

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