This is the information page about the shipwreck Auchenarden, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 31.28 N,3 16.367 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: AUCHENARDEN
Length 103.3 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 3643 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined
Cause: built in 1899 by russel & co, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by auchen steam shipping co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 300nhp, single shaft. passage glasgow for liverpool. sank after collision with ss 'la blanca' about 11.5c se 3/4 s (mag) from the bar ltv. later dispersed. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1913
Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm
Known since: 1913, last detected: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: 1.2.1913 DESTROYED BY BLASTING BY MDHB BETWEEN 1.2.1913 & JULY 1913. H3906/59 11.8.61 H3906/59 11.8.61 WK 5FMS 1FT 533114N, 031612W. (MDHB K2748 50D).
- NM 912/61. 1965 POSN 533117N, 031616W. DEPTH 31FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). H1184/67 21.3.67 H1184/67 21.3.67 POSN 533116N, 031615W. (K3500 KF). BR STD. 28.2.74 28.2.74 AMEND TO WK 8.9MTRS [LAT]. NC 1951. 2.2.81 2.2.81 SHOWN AS WK 9.0MTRS [LAT] ON K3500/KF NO 10. BR STD. 18.8.87 18.8.87 SHOWN AS WK 8.9MTRS IN 533117N, 031616W [OGB] ON MDHC PLOT M1027/2. NCA. HH091/124/01 10.5.06 HH091/124/01 10.5.06 EXAM'D 25.1.06 IN 5331.2800N, 0316.3667W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.72 IN GEN DEPTH 12.72MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 3.0MTRS. LIES 040/220 DEGS. VERY BROKEN UP. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1124). AMEND WK 9.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN UP
Position: 53 31.28 N,3 16.367 W