This is the information page about the shipwreck Ballochbuie (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 13.67 N,2 14.15 W (56.5, -12)

 

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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. Aikaterini
2. Alida gorthon
3. Ampleforth
4. Ardgour ii
5. Asta (probably)
6. Astra ii
7. Avondale park (possibly)
8. Ballochbuie (possibly)
9. Baron stjernblad
10. Bay fisher
11. Bear
12. Boyne castle (possibly)
13. Captain
14. Centaruo i
15. Cyclops
16. Dalblair
17. Daydawn
18. Einar jarl (probably)
19. Empire claire
20. Empire moose
21. Fellside
22. Fylgia
23. Gaslight (parts of)(possibly)
24. Gasray (part of)(possibly)
25. Glanmire
26. Grenmar (possibly)
27. Gyda
28. Halland (probably)
29. Hansa
30. Har zion
31. Harley (part of)(possibly)
32. Hms pathfinder
33. Hmsm k17
34. Hmsm k4
35. Island magee
36. Jonkoping ii (probably)
37. King robert
38. Kotka
39. Loch lomond
40. Maggie smith (possibly)
41. Mallard
42. Nerissa
43. Nobelese
44. Northards
45. Olympier
46. Oropesa
47. Ptarmigan
48. River garry
49. Rushpool
50. Sabbia
51. Scotia
52. Sea hunter
53. Sesostris
54. Sneland 1
55. Storjen
56. U 1103
57. U 1194
58. U 2354
59. U 3514
60. U 532
61. U 74
62. Ugie (possibly)
63. Valhallah
64. Victor ross
65. Victoria
66. Vogtland

 

Name: BALLOCHBUIE (POSSIBLY)

Length 61 meter, width: 9.5 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 921 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1905 by john duthie sb co, aberdeen. owned at time of loss by the aberdeen lime co ltd. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 153hp for 9.5 knots, single shaft. machinery by j abernethy & co, aberdeen. passage aberdeen for sunderland. in ballast. torpedoed by uc-41. three men lost.

Year of registration: 1962

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1962, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 20.4.17 POSN 561300N, 021800W. H8203/19 7 MILES E FROM MAY ISLAND. (WW1 SL). H2905/62 14.8.62 WK IN 561341N, 021400W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 150FT IN 178FT. (HMS SCOTT, MAY 1962). INS AS NDW.

- NM 2748/62. 30.7.68 AMEND TO 25FMS. NE 1407. H4818/75 3.8.77 EXAM'D 12.3.77 IN 561340N, 021404W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH 43.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.9MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS. LYING 065/245DEG. ABOUT 700MTRS NW OF 41.8MTR PEAK. APPEARS UPRIGHT & INTACT. (HMS FOX, HI 34A/77). AMEND TO WK 43MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/18 28.5.02 DIVED IN 5613.67N, 0214.15W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 7MTRS HIGH BY E/S. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. LIES 135/345 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. S CARGO VESSEL WITH TWO HOLDS FWD & 2 HOLDS AFT. FOUR BLADED PROP. POSSIBLY A COLLIER. NOT MUCH REMAINS OF WHEELHOUSE, MOSTLY COLLAPSED BACK INTO THE BOILER SECTION. STERN DAMAGED AND APPARENT REASON FOR LOSS. NO DEBRIS. SEABED SAND & GRAVEL. (D GREIG). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2013/000073322 4.4.13 LOCATED 21.6.09 IN 5613.6752N, 0214.1618W [WGD]. DCS3 LENGTH 44.25MTRS, WIDTH 28.24MTRS (SIC), HT 8.54MTRS. (NEART NA GAOITHE OFFSHORE WIND LTD, ROS DTD 1.2010). UPRIGHT, INTACT. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT, COLLAPSED, BOWS SE, WIDTH BY DIVER

Position: 56 13.67 N,2 14.15 W

 

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