This is the information page about the shipwreck Balva, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 7.233 N,24 13.724 E (57.881666666667, 24.205)

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: BALVA

Year of registration: 1931

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1931, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: H6469/31 16.9.31 ST, MAST & FUNNEL ABOVE WATER, IN 580710N, 241500E, OR 165.5DEGS 3.7M FROM SORKHOLM I. LT. MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, FL.G APPROX 11DEGS 50YDS FROM WK. (TALLIN NM 54/31).

- NM 1739/31 H5871/58 10.12.58 CONFIRMATION OF ABOVE. (USSR NM 4813/58). H6701/59 17.12.59 SHOWN AS DW IN 580715N, 241345E, WITH BUOY ON RUSSIAN 407. H4679/61 18.2.64 NOW MARKED BY E SPAR BUOY. (USSR NM 4049/62).

- NM 1866/62. H4679/61 29.9.64 NOW MARKED BY RW CONL LT BUOY, FL.R. (USSR NM 5206/64). 13.1.72 SHOWN IN 580736N, 241348E [USSR] ON RUSSIAN 407. 5.10.81 SHOWN AS DW IN 580718N, 241324E [POST '75 USSR DATUM], MARKED BY E CARD SPAR LT BUOY, Q(3)10S CLOSE E ON RUSSIAN 407. NE 2215. 20.3.89 AMEND POSN TO 580718N, 241324E [POST '75 USSR DATUM]. NE 2215. SEP 2015/000157387 10.9.15 SHOWN AS WK 9.4MTRS IN 5807.233N, 2413.724E [WGD] ON EE3D1610 [ED1.0, DTD 26.6.15]. AMEND TO DW 9.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 7.233 N,24 13.724 E

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