This is the information page about the shipwreck War balloon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 18.662 N,4 49.639 W (48.311033, -4.827317)

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: WAR BALLOON

Length 86.9 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2341 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: vessel, built 1918 by wood, skinner & co, was wrecked near pte de st mathieu while on passage from bilbao to newport. the shipping controller at the time of loss was john glynn & son. (dods).

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter

Known since: 1919, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H4472/19 11.7.19 WK 8.3MTRS IN 481842N, 044942W. (FRENCH NM 1176/19).

- NM 1784/19. 15.4.77 SHOWN AS WK 8MTRS ON FRENCH 5287 [1976 EDN]. 10.8.77 WK 8.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. SIZE, OVER 50MTRS OR 1000TONS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1976). 8.7.83 WK 8.7MTRS IN 481843N, 044932W [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1983). NC 3345. H1271/83 6.10.83 SHOWN AS WK 8.7MTRS ON FRENCH 6593 [1983 EDN]. NC 3345. 4.5.84 WK OF MERCHANT SHIP 'WARBALLON' IN 481843.2N, 044933W [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH 8.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984). H1271/85 18.8.85 SHOWN AS WK PD 8.7MTRS ON FRENCH 5287 [1986 EDN]. BR STD. HH353/350/01 31.5.90 BRITISH MV 'WARBALLON' IN 481843N, 044933W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 500MTRS [NOT PA OR PD]. LEAST DEPTH 8.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14584135). CHART AS WK 8.7MTRS. BR STD. 5.6.90 SHOWN AS WK PD 8.7MTRS ON FRENCH 7122 [REPROMAT]. NC 3345. HH100/351/12 25.4.97 WK NOT LOCATED DESPITE TWO EXTENSIVE SEARCHES BY MAGNETOMETER & E/S AROUND GENERAL AREA OF STATED POSN. (M ROWLEY, MV MAUREEN CHARTERS, FAX DTD 24.4.97). 15.1.98 SHOWN AS WK 9MTRS ON FRENCH 7122 [1997 EDN, LARGEST SCALE]. NC 3345. 28.8.08 SHOWN IN 4818.662N, 0449.639W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7122 [3RD EDN 2008, 1:25,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 3345.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 18.662 N,4 49.639 W

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