Ballochbuie (Possibly): North Sea
Craft, Steamship
Site Name Ballochbuie (Possibly): North Sea
Classification Craft, Steamship
Alternative Name(s) '11 Miles East Of The May Island [isle Of May]'; Ballochbuie (Possibly)
Canmore ID 96715
Site Number NO80SE 8001
NGR NO 85477 03944
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/96715
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
NO80SE 8001 8546 0393
N 56 13.6667 W 2 14.0667
Cross ref: Ballochbuie (NO70SE 8003).
Quality of fix = HF6
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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14 August 1962. A wreck was found giving the least clear water depth by echosounder of 45.7 metres in a general water depth of 54.2 metres.
Report by HMS SCOTT 1962.
3 August 1977. The site was located on the 3 March 1977 and examined on the 12 March 1977 at position 56 13 40N, 002 14 04W. The least clear water was 43.6 metres in a general water depth of 51 metres. The side scan sonar indicated a height of 5.9 metres, length 60 metres (196 feet), lying with its keel on an orientation of 065/245 degrees. The vessel is about 700 metres NW of the 41.8 metre peak in the seabed, and appears upright and intact. Report by HMS FOX. This is possibly the wreck of the BALLOCHBUIE (see 56 13 00N, 002 18 00W).
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Quality of fix = HF6
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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14 August 1962. A wreck was found giving the least clear water depth by echosounder of 45.7 metres in a general water depth of 54.2 metres.
Report by HMS SCOTT 1962.
3 August 1977. The site was located on the 3 March 1977 and examined on the 12 March 1977 at position 56 13 40N, 002 14 04W. The least clear water was 43.6 metres in a general water depth of 51 metres. The side scan sonar indicated a height of 5.9 metres, length 60 metres (196 feet), lying with its keel on an orientation of 065/245 degrees. The vessel is about 700 metres NW of the 41.8 metre peak in the seabed, and appears upright and intact. Report by HMS FOX. This is possibly the wreck of the BALLOCHBUIE (see 56 13 00N, 002 18 00W).
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
External Reference (2009)
(Location cited as N56 13.40 W2 14.04: '11 miles East of the May Island [Isle of May]'. This wreck was located by HMS Scott in 1962, and is tentatively equated with the recorded loss of the Ballochbuie (NO80SW 8003).
B Baird 2009.
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002964
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.22791,-2.23427
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.22783,-2.23583
WGS84 Origin : Original
Previous Position : 56.22778,-2.23445
Position Method : Global Positioning System
Position Quality : Precisely known
Position Accuracy : 15.0
Depth : 43.0
Depth Method : Found by echo-sounder
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 51
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : BALLOCHBUIE (POSSIBLY)
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 61.0
Beam : 9.5
Draught : 3.8
Sonar Length : 60.0
Sonar Width : 8.0
Shadow Height : 5.9
Orientation : 135.0
Tonnage : 921
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : BALLAST
Date Sunk : 20/04/1917
Debris Field : NIL
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Note (13 March 2012)
(Location entered as NO 8546 0393 [N56 13.6667 W2 14.0667]). UKHO chart no. 190 (1978, revised 1996) charts this wreck [Wk] at depth 43m in a general depth of about 45m. No seabed-type is charted nearby. The charted location lies about 11nm ENE of the Isle of May.
In the apparent absence of sonar imagery or detailed survey, the equation of this wreck with the recorded loss of the Ballochbuie (NO80SW 8003) remains unverified.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 March 2012.
Named Location (Nlo) (13 March 2012)
NLO: Isle of May [name: NT 65 99].
Cross ref: Ballochbuie (NO70SE 8003).
See also NO70SE 8003 and NO80SW 8003.
