This is the information page about the shipwreck Ben rein (ex-starling), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 1.627 N,3 53.853 W (54.290033333333, -3.9008833333333)

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 REIN (EX-STARLING)

Length 33.5 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 212 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built 1905 by g brown & co, greenock. owned initially by steel and bennie & co ltd. registered in glasgow. ownership transferred in 1917 to the ramsay steamship co and renamed ben rein. compound engines by c houston & co, glasgow. sunk by gunfire by ub 57. crew allowed to leave ship in small boat. all survived. passage liverpool for belfast, general cargo. (k hurley, a corkill).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 55 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 1998

Details measurements/cartography: H5043/70 26.1.71 FASTENER IN 540130N, 035320W. (NETHERLANDS HO). NCA YET. HH100/351/06 29.1.93 SEVERAL SOURCES REPORT A WK IN 540136N, 035324W. (K HURLEY, 13.1.93). HH090/706/01 18.9.96 EXAM'D 16.5.96 IN 540137.6N, 035351.2W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 28.0MTRS, NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.5 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. NO SCOUR. DSCS3 HT 4.4MTRS. LENGTH 37MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEGS. APPARENTLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT. SIDE ECHOS OBSERVED WHICH ARE DUE TO NETS. LEAST E/S DEPTH DUE TO NETS, HENCE CLEARANCE SWEEP UNDERTAKEN. (GARDLINE, HI 706). INS AS SW 28MTRS

- NM 3685/96. HH100/351/13 2.10.97 WK DIVED IN LISTED POSN. HULL INTACT AND UPRIGHT BUT SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED TO DECK LEVEL. MAX HT OF HULL ABOVE SEABED IS SOME 4.5MTRS ALONG ITS TOTAL LENGTH. LARGE TRAWL NET IS FIRMLY ATTACHED ACROSS THE STERN AND HOVERS 5MTRS ABOVE THE WK DURING SLACK WATER PERIODS. LARGE PIECES OF WRECKAGE LIE CLOSE TO THE BOW AREA. BOW LIES 235 DEGS, STERN 055 DEGS. CARGO OF SOAP CAN STILL BE SEEN PACKED TIGHTLY IN HOLDS. DIVED ON 27.9.97 WHEN BELL RECOVERED INSCRIBED 'STARLING' WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME WHEN LAUNCHED. (K HURLEY). HH100/351/13 24.6.98 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. HOLD OF WK CONTAINS STACKS OF WOODEN CRATES CONTAINING NOTHING APART FROM WAXED PAPER. (A CORKILL, FAX DTD 22.6.98).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED, BOWS SW

Position: 54 1.627 N,3 53.853 W

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