This is the information page about the shipwreck Ben veg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 32.392 N,4 25.773 W (54.711916666667, -4.2326333333333)

 

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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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Name: BEN VEG

Length 30.6 meter, width: 5.8 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 159 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: 22.5.1941 built in 1914 by larne shipbuilding co, larne. owned at time of loss by the ramsay ss co ltd. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 50 nhp, single shaft. machinery by gauldie, gillespie & co of glasgow. passage cairnlough for whitehaven. at 0200 on 22.5.1941, on , collided with mv brittany 6 miles n by w of the mull of galloway. the brittany, 4772 tons, was owned by royal mail lines ltd and was part of an outward bound convoy, bound for the river plate with general cargo. the brittany's bow caught the ben veg on her stbd side and inflicted serious damage. whilst attempting to take the vessel to the isle of man to beach her at peel she was abandoned. the crew of six observed the sinking 8 miles off the point of ayr at noon. crew rescued by an raf launch. (sibi & a corkill).

Year of registration: 1999

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1999, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/728/02 26.5.99 HH090/728/02 26.5.99 EXAM'D 17.3.99 IN 5432.392N, 0425.773W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 33.5, FOUL 34.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.0 IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 27.3MTRS, WIDTH 7.3MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. (NP 1008, HI 728). INTACT AND UPRIGHT. INS AS SW 33MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/14 14.6.99 HH100/351/14 14.6.99 SANK 8 MILES N OF THE POINT OF AYR. PROBABLY BEN VEG. (A CORKILL). HH100/351/14 4.8.99 HH100/351/14 4.8.99 DIVED 31.7.99 IN LISTED POSN. CONFIRMED AS THE BEN VEG. HULL INTACT AND SITTING UPRIGHT ON AN EVEN KEEL. SUPERSTRUCTURE GONE. THE DAMAGE CAUSED IN THE COLLISION WAS OBSERVED ON THE STBD SIDE NEAR THE STERN. (A CORKILL). HH100/351/17 8.6.01 HH100/351/17 8.6.01 LOCATED IN 5432.391N, 0425.772W [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS, HT 2.5MTRS. (GARDLINE, VIA A CORKILL). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT AND UPRIGHT

Position: 54 32.392 N,4 25.773 W

 

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