This is the information page about the shipwreck James hall, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 9.43 N,2 4.465 W (57.4531, -1.7967)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: JAMES HALL
Length 53 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 366 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1870 by hall, russel & co, aberdeen. owned at time of loss by aberdeen, leith & moray ss co. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 65hp, single shaft. passage invergordon for aberdeen. struck on the port quarter after crossing the bows of ss luddick in ssw force 4. commenced to flood rapidly and settle. vessel abandoned with engine running and drove ashore on the beach. crew recovered by ss luddick. vessel went to pieces where she lay and became a total loss. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1904
Water depth above wreck: 1 meter
Known since: 1904, last detected: 1976
Details measurements/cartography: H1727/59 7.4.59 ONLY BOILER REMAINING. (HARBOUR MASTER, ABERDEEN). NCA. H1727/59 4.7.61 SHOWN AS OBSTN (DRIES 4FT) 570926.5N, 020428W [OGB] ON HMS SCOTT, 1958 SURVEY. NC 1446. 23.10.74 NOW CHARTED AS OB DRIES 1.7MTRS [LAT]. NC 1446. H4816/75 22.2.77 SIGHTED, BUT NOT INVESTIGATED. ONLY BOILER REMAINING WHICH STILL DRIES. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 45/76). NCA. 24.8.00 EUT POSN: 5709.430N, 0204.465W. NE 1446.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 57 9.43 N,2 4.465 W