This is the information page about the shipwreck Balvenie (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 3.131 N,4 44.914 W (50.822183333333, -4.5627833333333)

 

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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. 12
2. Balvenie (possibly)
3. Bath city (possibly)
4. Bogstad
5. Brabant
6. Brisk (probably)
7. Cambronne
8. Charlynne ii (probably)
9. Clangula (probably)
10. Diligent
11. Dumfries
12. Empire otter
13. Florence reynolds
14. Girdleness
15. Glenart castle
16. Gregynog
17. Hmhs rewa
18. Hms montague
19. Iona ii
20. Johanna
21. Lci(l)99
22. Marguerite pry
23. Mountpark (possibly)
24. N verberckmoes (possibly)
25. Northfield (possibly)
26. Pallion (probably)
27. Poitiers (part of)(possibly)
28. Provider (possibly)
29. Queenswood (part of)(possibly)
30. Robert
31. Salado
32. Sarla
33. Shad thames
34. South australian
35. Ss fatfield
36. Swainby (probably)
37. Teneriffa (possibly)
38. Towneley
39. Villasandino

 

Name: BALVENIE (POSSIBLY)

Length 64 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 872 ton
Load: railway: stock and construction materials

Cause: built in 1911 by greenock & grangemouth dk co ltd, greenock. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 99hp, single shaft. passage glasgow for st naizaire. general cargo. foundered following collision with ss tagona.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 86 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 10.4.45 AUBD 320/39 10.4.45 POSN 510254N, 044512W. LENGTH 228FT, BREADTH 60FT, HEIGHT 21FT, D 070/250. (EG 20). 19.4.71 19.4.71 INS AS NDWPA. NC 1156. 6.10.72 6.10.72 AMEND TO USC 15FMS. NE 1179 & 1178. 25.1.73 25.1.73 AMEND TO USCPA 28.0MTRS. NC 1156. 14.2.73 14.2.73 AMEND TO USCPA 28.0MTRS. NC 1164. 12.3.73 12.3.73 AMEND TO PA. NE 1179. 4.5.78 4.5.78 AMEND TO WK 40MTRS. NC 1178. HH090/798/01 30.1.01 HH090/798/01 30.1.01 EXAM'D 22.9.00 IN 5103.129N, 0444.911W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.8 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.2MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS WITH BOWS 080 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED SAND AND BROKEN SHELL. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE ON DCS3. EDDIES AROUND THE WK IN THE STRONG TIDAL STREAM HAVE FORMED AN AREA OF RIPPLED SAND EXTENDING E. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 798). BR STD. HH100/351/17 19.7.01 HH100/351/17 19.7.01 DIVED IN JUNE 01. THE WK OF A CARGO VESSEL CONTAINING TWO RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, SOME 35FT LONG, WHICH HAVE COLLAPSED INTO THE AFTER HOLDS AND NOW LIE ON THEIR SIDES. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH100/351/19 25.10.02 HH100/351/19 25.10.02 UPRIGHT & INTACT. MACHINERY AFT. 30FT BEAM. WELL DECK HOLD FULL OF ROLLING STOCK AND PARTS, INCLUDING WHEELS. BOW WELL BROKEN AND LIES TO THE WEST. POSSIBLY 'BALVENIE'. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH091/152/01 15.7.08 HH091/152/01 & SEP 2008/000063884 15.7.08 LOCATED 10.6.07 IN 5103.131N, 0444.914W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B 47.36 DEPTH IN GEN DEPTH 53.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 67.5MTRS, WIDTH 14.9MTRS, HT 6.4MTRS. LIES 086/266 DEGS WITH BOWS W. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (FURUGO OSAE, HI 1158). AMEND WK 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS W, RIPPLED SAND EXTENDS E

Position: 51 3.131 N,4 44.914 W

 

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