This is the information page about the shipwreck Helena faulbaums, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 15.285 N,5 41.792 W (56.409566666667, -5.4877833333333)

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: HELENA FAULBAUMS

Length 85.3 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1951 ton

Cause: ex-firpark '32. built in 1920 by grangemouth dockyard co ltd, grangemouth. owned at time of loss by max faulbaums. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 280 nhp, single shaft. machinery by couper & greig ltd, dundee. passage liverpool for blyth. dragged anchor while off w side of belnahua in w'ly gale. went ashore on w side of island and later sank back into deep water. 15 of 20 crew lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 20.2.75 20.2.75 LIES CLOSE TO BELNAHUA IN 561515N, 054142W [WGD], NEAR LUING ISLAND, IN DEEP WATER OF ABOUT 175FT. NOT DIVED, BUT APPEARS TO BE INTACT FROM E/S TRACES AND POSSIBLY UPRIGHT. IN A DEEP GULLEY WITH LEAST DEPTH OF ABOUT 120FT. (P L SELLARS, 17.2.75). NCA YET. H1310/87/36 21.9.87 H1310/87/36 21.9.87 LIES IN POSN QUOTED ON EVEN KEEL AND ORIENTATED 152/332DEGS, BOW NW. LARGELY INTACT, THOUGH BRIDGE HAS SUBSTANTIALLY COLLAPSED. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 58-62MTRS. SHOALEST DEPTH RECORDED BY DIVER 47MTRS [LWS] TO TOP OF ENGINE CASING. MASTS HAVE COLLAPSED. CLOSE PROXIMITY OF SHALLOW REEF MAKES WK NO HAZARD. (G HIDE, EDINBURGH). 18.5.92 18.5.92 INS AS NDW. NE 2386. 17.5.04 17.5.04 RECORD REVIEWED. AMEND WK 44MTRS. BR STD. 7.10.06 7.10.06 [EUT] POSN: 5615.242N, 0541.765W. NE 2386. 24.9.13 24.9.13 EXAM'D 5.11.12 IN 5615.306N, 0541.800W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 49.99 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 12.5MTRS, HT 9.5MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS WITH BOWS S. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (INIS HYDRO, HI 1534). APPARENTLY BOWS SSE. PORT SIDE BUCKLED. AMEND WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 10.4.14 10.4.14 LIES IN 5615.2845N, 0541.7927W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH 47.0MTRS. (HI 1534, SDC BATHY). AMEND WK 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SSE IN A DEEP GULLY. UK NM 2477/23.

Position: 56 15.285 N,5 41.792 W

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