This is the information page about the shipwreck Ben heilem, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 58.877 N,7 6.059 W (57.73985, -6.9700333333333)

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: BEN HEILEM

Length 42.5 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 372 ton

Cause: built in 1961 by j lewis & sons ltd, aberdeen. owned at time of loss by richard irvin & sons ltd. 7 cylinder oil engine of 854bhp, single shaft. machinery by mirlees, bickerton & day, stockport. (sibi). struck an underwater object. was beached, but later slipped back into about 10fms of water. (stornoway cg)

Year of registration: 1978

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter

Known since: 1978, last detected: 1978

Details measurements/cartography: H2894/72 9.2.78 H2894/72 9.2.78 REPD IN 575854N, 070600W IN APPROX 10FMS. MASTHEAD SHOWING AT L.W. (STORNOWAY CG, TELEX 30.1.78 & WR60 DTD 1.2.78). 15.2.78 15.2.78 EXAM'D BY DIVERS. LYING ON STBD SIDE ON ROCKY SEABED & DAMAGED DUE TO POUNDING. NO SALVAGE ATTEMPT YET. (LL, 15.2.78). H2894/72 6.3.78 H2894/72 6.3.78 IN VIEW OF THE RECEIVER OF WKS, STORNOWAY, THE VESSEL WILL BE LEFT IN PRESENT POSN. (RECEIVER OF WK, STORNOWAY, LTR DTD 23.2.78). INS AS NDW PA IN 575854N, 070600W [OGB]. BR STD. 14.12.09 14.12.09 [EUT] POSN: 5758.877N, 0706.059W. NE 2841.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON STBD SIDE

Position: 57 58.877 N,7 6.059 W

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