Wreck: Ballater (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Ballater, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 23.769 N,0 17.36 W (54.39615, -0.2893333)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: BALLATER
Length 61.2 meter, width: 8.3 meter, tonnage 741 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1876 of iron by hall, russel & co, aberdeen. owned at time of loss by adam & co, aberdeen. single boiler, compound expansion engine, single shaft. machinery midships. lost following collision with ss ceto which also sank. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1982
Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 176 cm
Known since: 1982, last detected: 20160221
Details measurements/cartography: H1310/82/20 23.7.82 DEFINITE WK IN 542346N, 001728W. POSN BY DECCA. (K T HERRON). INS AS USC 35MTRS. BR STD. H1310/84/43 27.6.86 FOUL REPD IN 542328N, 001715W. (MR DODGSON 28.11.84). NCA. HH090/730/01 14.11.97 EXAM'D 11.7.97 IN 542345.8N, 001721.5W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LENGTH 52MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. WELL DEFINED. (GARDLINE, HI 730). APPEARS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. BR STD. HH100/351/17 25.4.01 FIRST LOCATED AND DIVED IN 1994. IDENTIFIED BY BELL. CROCKERY LOCATED BEARING THE SHIP'S NAME. AN OLD IRON SS BUT REMARKABLY INTACT. ENGINES & BOILERS AFT. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 13.06.16 EXAM'D 21.02.16 IN 5423.769N, 0017.360W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 44.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. LENGTH 57.8MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 176/356. ALMOST FULLY INTACT, NO SCOUR. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 44MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT
Position: 54 23.769 N,0 17.36 W
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