Wreck: Bel lily (Trawler)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Bel lily, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 32.838 N,1 43.187 W (57.547300, -1.719783)
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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: BEL LILY
Length 32.1 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 168 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: ex-forth. built in 1899 by irvine shipbuilding & engineering co, irvine. owned at time of loss by baynton & jagger. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 50hp, single shaft. machinery by muir & houston ltd, glasgow. passage grimsby for fishing grounds. struck contact mine. ten men lost. (ll ww1 & sibi).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: MINED 1.5 MILES E BY N FROM PETERHEAD. (WW1SL). H4087 24.6.26 INS AS NDW PA (1917). H1730/59 6.4.59 EXAM'D IN 573213N, 014337W [OGB] USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 136FT IN GEN DEPTH 162FT. SCOUR 2-3FT. GOOD SONAR ECHO. (HMS SCOTT, 5.9.58). AMEND TO WK 23FMS. BR STD. 10.6.74 AMEND TO WK 41MTRS. NC 213. HH091/155/01 19.1.10 SEP 2010/000027978 EXAM'D 15.6.09 IN 5732.838N, 0143.187W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 42.87 IN GEN DEPTH 47.5MTRS. SCOUR 1.6MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 2MTRS TOWARS 065 DEGS. LENGTH 37MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 4.7MTRS. LIES 065/245 DEGS WITH BOWS WSW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED. STATIC FISHING GEAR ON WK. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). AMEND WK 42MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT , BOWS WSW
Position: 57 32.838 N,1 43.187 W
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