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 (57.4531, -1.7967)

 

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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. Adventure (probably)
2. Archangel
3. Archangel (possibly)
4. Archangel (possibly)
5. Atland
6. Audacious ii
7. Be ready
8. Bel lily
9. Belvoir castle (probably)
10. Ben tarbet
11. Cairnavon
12. Cairnmona
13. Cape york
14. Clan macphee
15. Constant star
16. Contender
17. Craig-gowan
18. Creekirk
19. Elle
20. Ennismore (possibly)
21. Eva
22. Faithful iii
23. Fiscus
24. Hms flotta (possibly)
25. Hms ormonde
26. Integrity
27. Jacqueline
28. Karemma
29. Kenordoc
30. La brea
31. Lloyd george
32. Lotos
33. Magician
34. Malmland
35. Maria w
36. Mercator (probably)
37. Muriel
38. Norge
39. Ocean herald ii
40. Port denison
41. Procyon
42. Remuera
43. Ross khartoum
44. Roulette worker
45. Saint magnus
46. Santa catarina
47. Sapphire
48. Sedgepool
49. Snefjeld
50. Sovereign
51. St clement (possibly)
52. St fergus (possibly)
53. St fergus (possibly)
54. Trsat (probably)
55. U 1206 (probably)
56. Ville de hasselt
57. Windward ho (possibly)
58. Xenia
59. Zenith
60. Zitella

 

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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