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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 937587
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937587
UKHO Identifier : 002692
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.25403,-5.69608
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.25403,-5.69608
WGS84 Origin : Block Shift
Previous Position : 56.25417,-5.69500
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth : 44.0
Depth Method : Found by diver
Depth Quality : Depth known
Water Depth : 60
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : HELENA FAULBAUMS
Type : SS
Flag : LATVIAN
Length : 85.3
Beam : 12.8
Draught : 5.8
Orientation : 152.0
Tonnage : 1951
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 26/10/1936
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1975
Last Detection Year : 1987
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **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).
Surveying Details : **20.2.75 LIES CLOSE TO BELNAHUA, NEAR LUING ISLAND, IN DEEP WATER, ABOUT 175FT. NOT DIVED ON, 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 LIES IN POSN QUOTED ON EVEN KEEL AND ORIENTATED 332/152DEG, 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 INS AS NDW. NE 2386.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**17.5.04 RECORD REVIEWED. AMEND WK 44MTRS. BR STD.
**7.10.06 EUT POSN: 5615.242N, 0541.765W. NE 2386.
General Comments : UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS NW IN A DEEP GULLY
