Wreck: Ben lomond (possibly) (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Ben lomond (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 28.701 N,7 36.733 W (51.317166666667, -7.6456666666667)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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: BEN LOMOND (POSSIBLY)

Length 97.5 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2814 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1906 by w gray & co. owned at time of loss by morrison shipping co. passage seville for ardrossan. torpedoed by u-92. 24 men lost. (dods & llww1).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 81 meter, Height above seabed: 39 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 30M SE OF DAUNT'S ROCK, OFF CO CORK. (WW1SL & DODS). 30.1.78 30.1.78 SHOW AS NDW IN 512200N, 074106W. NC 2649. 13.3.78 13.3.78 CHART AS USC PA 65MTRS. NC 2049. HH090/541/01 3.8.93 HH090/541/01 3.8.93 NOTHING FOUND IN CHARTED POSN. LARGE WK EXAM'D 25.3.93 IN 512843.2N, 073647.4W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [RANGE-RANGE]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 72.6 IN GEN DEPTH 81MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.3MTRS, LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 030/210DEG. SEEMS TO BE LARGELY INTACT BUT WITH DAMAGE AT ONE END. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY DETECTED. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 541). AMEND TO WK 72MTRS.

- NM 2814/93. SEP 2019/000170488 01.09.18 EXAM'D 01.09.19 IN 5128.701N, 0736.733W [WGD]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 73.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 81MTRS. LENGTH 103MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, ORIENTATION 39/219 DEGS. WRECK INTACT, DEBRIS FIELD LENGTH 133MTRS TOWARDS 58 DEGS. (RV MALLET, MAL18_02, H525). AMEND WRECK 73.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, PROBABLY UPRIGHT

Position: 51 28.701 N,7 36.733 W

 

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