This is the information page about the shipwreck Ballina, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 9.407 N,4 14.657 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Afton
2. Albatross
3. Angle
4. Argo (possibly)
5. Ballina
6. Briar
7. Cardea
8. Cevic
9. Crown
10. Dawn waters
11. Elizabeth hyam
12. Fire king ii
13. Glendun
14. Hibernian
15. Joseph hodgkins (probably)
16. Lady louisa
17. Limesfield
18. Lucy
19. Malaguena
20. Mary heeley
21. Merisia
22. Neils john
23. Octavia
24. Passages
25. Peveril
26. Playmate (possibly)
27. Polarlight
28. Pt1 or pt2
29. Queen of the isles (probably)
30. Rian
31. Robert dee
32. Skerries
33. Sy sol
34. Tetsuko
35. The quiet man
36. Viking
37. William hanbury

 

Name: BALLINA

Length 44.2 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 317 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: sank during a severe storm having sailed from liverpool.

Year of registration: 1989

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 35 cm

Known since: 1989, last detected: 1997

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/01 25.8.89 WK, KNOWN LOCALLY EITHER AS 'BALLINEYE' OR 'FOUR AND FORTY', LOCATED IN 540931N, 041434W [OGB] USING DECCA. STANDS APPROX 4MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES APROX NE/SW. (A CORKILL). INS AS USCPA 20MTRS.

- NM 2675/89. HH100/351/07 28.9.93 IDENTIFIED AS THE BALLINA WHEN BELL WAS RECOVERED. (A CORKILL, LTR DTD 19.9.93). HH090/706/01 20.9.96 EXAM'D 24.6.96 IN 540928.6N, 041439.9W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 24.4, FOUL 24.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.3 IN GEN DEPTH 28.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. LIES 032/212 DEGS. GOOD DCS3 TARGET. BOWS S. BUOYANT FISHING NETS AT S END. (GARDLINE, HI 706). N END NOT FULLY SWEPT, INS AS WK 24MTRS. BR STD. HH090/728/01 23.9.97 EXAM'D IN 540924.4N, 041439.4W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 24.4, FOUL 24.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.5 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 035/215 DEGS. SIGNIFICANT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, NO DEBRIS. (NP 1008, HI 728). AMEND TO SW 24MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS S

Position: 54 9.407 N,4 14.657 W

 

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