This is the information page about the shipwreck Benholm, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 30.703 N,4 29.388 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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: Benholm

Length 71.9 meter, width: 10 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1438 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: sank 12m off lynas pt after collision with ss klondyke. was on passage liverpool to cardiff.positional analysis: this wreck plots 3.1 nm north of the collision point recorded in shipping casualties (bot1897-98 p151).dimensional analysis: benholm was 71.93m x 10.21m (lloyd's register 1889). this is consistent with the dimensions of the wreck.archival analysis: the ship was in ballast when sunk. the dtm of the wreck shows the holds to be empty.

Year of registration: 1898

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 355 cm

Known since: 1898, last detected: 20210806

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 12M OFF LYNAS PT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) POSN 533000N, 040000W FOR FILING ONLY. H4827/75 25.1.77 NOT FOUND 13M NW A HALF W OF THE SKERRIES. ALTERNATIVE POS'N OUTSIDE SURVEY AREA. (HMS FOX, HI 54/76). H3838/86 5.4.88 LOCATED 5.4.87 IN 533042N, 042919W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.5 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 50MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.2MTRS. LENGTH ABOUT 80MTRS. LIES N/S. MAGNETOMETER INDICATES STEEL VESSEL. (HMS FOX, HI 357).

- NM 1184/88. HH100/351/09 21.2.95 WK REPD TO BE THAT OF A VERY OLD SHIP WITH ONLY SKELETON STANDING AND IS BROKEN INTO 3 PARTS. (S A RODGER, LTR DTD 8.2.95). NCA. SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 06.08.2021; IN 5330.703N, 0429.388W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 37.82MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. LENGTH 80.4MTRS, WIDTH 11.7MTRS, HEIGHT 9.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 355/175 DEGS. UPRIGHT WRECK, BOW IS COLLAPSED AND PARTIALLY BURIED. WRECK STARTING TO BE FILLED WITH SEDIMENT FROM PORT SIDE. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7443). AMEND NDW 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 1.3.23 WRECK SURVEYED 10/2/2013: MBES DATA SHOWS WRECK THAT RESEMBLES A STEAMSHIP WITH HOLDS FED/AFT, APPROX LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS WITH FORE SECTION COLLAPSED. POSITIONALLY, DIMENSIONALLY AND ARCHIVALLY THIS WRECK IS CONSISTENT WITH THE VESSEL "BENHOLM". (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE "BENHOLM".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Upright wreck, bow is collapsed and partially buried. Wreck starting to be filled with sediment from port side.

Position: 53 30.703 N,4 29.388 W

 

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