Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Hms balfour, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 39.715 N,0 23.748 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)
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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.
Naam: HMS BALFOUR
Lengte 40.8 meter, breedte: 7 meter, tonnage 285 ton
Oorzaak: Built in 1912 by cochrane & sons, selby. originally owned by pickering and halby's steam trawling co and registered in hull. hired in 1915. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 65 hp, single shaft. one 3-pdr gun, smaller gun aft. was escorting lancs & yorks railway ss nidd to calais. whilst manoeuvering to engage a surfaced enemy submarine (ub 274) ran under nidd's bows and was stuck on port side. vessel quickly sank.
Jaar registratie: 1974
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 27 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 30 cm
Bekend sinds: 1974, laatst gedetecteerd: 20150629
Details metingen/cartografie: H4959/73 29.10.74 WRECK LOCATED IN 503937N, 002407E. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 20.2MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, SIGNAL DTD 23.10.74). NCA YET. H2979/74 FOUND IN APPROX 503954N, 002348E [OGB]. POSN BY DECCA. APPARENTLY ARMED TRAWLER WITH 2 GUNS, ABOUT 500TONS, LYING N/S WITH BOWS S. DIESEL ENGINED BUT WITH CARGO OF COAL. STANDING UPRIGHT MAXIMUM HEIGHT 25FT. BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE GONE. APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN RAMMED PORT SIDE JUST ATOP FORWARD HOLD. (E GILES). H4959/73 7.5.75 LOCATED 22.10.74 IN 503937N, 002407E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.2M IN GEN DEPTH 26-27MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH FROM DCS3 75FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). BR STD. H4242/75 25.5.76 SHOWN IN 503940.8N, 002350.3E [OGB] ON FAIR SHEET. (HMS BEAGLE). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H4121/76 24.8.76 EXAM'D 3.6.76 IN LISTED POSN. SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.4MTRS, FOUL AT 20.4MTRS. LIES 055/235DEGS. (HMS ECHO. HI 41/76). AMEND TO SW 19.4MTRS. BR STD. 18.8.93 WK OF ARMED TRAWLER LOCATED IN 503942N, 002343E [OGB] POSN BY GPS. NOW WITH ONLY ONE GUN. CONSIDERED TO POSSIBLY BE 'AVANTURINE' [SEE 20463]. (R OSBOURNE, TELECON 18.8.93). HH100/351/08 27.1.94 IDENTIFIED AS HMS BALFOUR - BELL RECOVERED. (S HOWLAND/E CHALLANS, 22.1.94). 20.10.09 UPRIGHT. FWD PART OF HULL AND STBD QUARTER COLLAPSED. (DIVER MAGAZINE, NOV 2009). SEP 2015/000083465 26.11.15 EXAM'D 29.06.15, WK SHOWN IN 5039.715N, 0023.748E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 26.6MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 1476). AMEND DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, FWD PART & STBD QTR COLLAPSED, BOWS SW
Positie: 50 39.715 N,0 23.748 E