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Date 19 April 2012

Event ID 937607

Category Documentary Reference

Type Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937607

UKHO Identifier : 002712

Feature Class : Wreck

Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure

State : LIVE

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 56.50260,-5.70082

Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.50260,-5.70082

WGS84 Origin : Block Shift

Previous Position : 56.50278,-5.69972

Position Method : Horizontal sextant angle

Position Quality : Precisely known

Depth Quality : Depth unknown

Water Depth : 6

Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs

Name : BALLISTA

Type : SS

Flag : BRITISH

Orientation : 22.0

Tonnage : 200

Tonnage Type : Gross

Cargo : COAL

Date Sunk : 06/02/1973

Bottom Texture : Rock

Contact Description : Entire wreck

Original Sensor : Reported Sinking

Last Sensor : Diver Sighting

Original Detection Year : 1973

Last Detection Year : 1982

Original Source : Other

Last Source : Other

Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1939 BY W J YARWOOD & SONS OF NORTHWICH, CHESHIRE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ELLIOT DIVING CO. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. FOUNDERED OVER THE VESSEL SHE WAS SALVAGING DURING HEAVY WEATHER AFTER STERN MOORING PARTED. CREW OF 3 RECOVERED. (ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS, SHIPWRECKS OF THE W OFSCOTLAND, SIBI).

Surveying Details : **H2894/72 7.2.73 REPD SUNK AT BARONY PT, SOUTHERN TIP MORVEN, ENTRANCE TO SOUND OF MULL. NOT CONSIDERED DANGER TO SHIPPING. DETAILS NOT CONFIRMED. (CRHQ, SOUTHEND, TLX 6.2.73).

**H3954/70 19.11.73 STATED TO LIE WITHIN 20YDS OF HISTORIC WK OF HMS DARTMOUTH IN 563012N, 054155W [OGB]. ON NW SIDE OF EILEAN RUBHA AN RIDIRE. HIGH AND DRY WITH BOWS INSHORE. (BRITISH UNDERSEA ARCHAEOLOGY GROUP, 27.9.73).

**H2894/72 7.12.73 INS ST IN 563011.5N, 054155W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD.

**H5249/73 14.1.74 POSN 563010N, 054159W [OGB] USING HSA. STRANDED WITH BOWS NNE ON SW CORNER OF EILEAN RUBHA AN RIDIRE. SMALL AMMUNITION SHIP. FOREMAST VISIBLE AT ABOUT 15DEG OUT OF VERTICAL. WK BEING WORKED ON. (NAVAL BOAT PARTY 5640(M), HI 46/73). AMEND POSN. BR STD.

**H5249/73 13.6.74 STRANDED WK, PROBABLY A CLYDE PUFFER, OBSERVED IN 563010N, 054158W [OGB], ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN WRECKED WITHIN THE LAST 3 MONTHS. MAST & FUNNEL VISIBLE AT HW. (HMS HECLA, HN DTD 1.6.74). INS AS ST. - NM 1210/74.

**H5249/76 10.6.82 MAST MARKS ITS POSN EFFECTIVELY. MOST OF HER SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE AT LOW WATER. (DIVER, 1982).

**6.12.82 DESCRIBED AS A PUFFER. REPORTED AS INTACT, LYING UPRIGHT, ON TOP OF 2 OTHER WKS, ONE A STEEL DRIFTER, 80FT LONG. THIS IS POSSIBLY THE ARDFERN, WHICH SANK 1950. THE LOWEST WK IS AN 80FT IRON VESSEL. RIBS OF A FURTHER IRON WK LIES CLOSE TO NE. (BSAC WK REGISTER).

**HH272/350/01 3.7.90 WK HAS BEEN REMOVED. (HMS GLOUCESTER, HN 22.6.90). NCA YET.

**HH272/490/02 22.11.96 WK NOT OBSERVED. (HMS SOMERSET, HN 1/96). PREDICTED TIDAL HT AT TIME OF OBSERVATION WAS 3.3MTRS. NCA.

POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE

**15.3.07 [EUT] POSN: 5630.156N, 0542.049W. NE 2390.

General Comments : PUFFER

Chart Symbol : ST

Date Last Amended : 12/01/2009

Date Position Last Amended : 12/01/2009

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