This is the information page about the shipwreck Auriac (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 58.438 N,1 54.051 W (55.683333333333, -18.4)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

 

1. Accra
2. Aepos
3. Aikaterini
4. Alida gorthon
5. Ampleforth
6. Arbutus
7. Ardgour ii
8. Astra ii
9. Aulton (possibly)
10. Auriac (probably)
11. Baron st jernblad
12. Baron stjernblad
13. Bear
14. Borgland
15. Boyne castle (possibly)
16. Calabria
17. Calafatis
18. Captain
19. Centaruo i
20. Choice
21. Conch
22. Dalblair
23. Dione ii
24. Diplomat
25. Efploia
26. Empire moose
27. Ex-hmsm h 11
28. Fanefjeld
29. Fellside
30. Gaslight (parts of)(possibly)
31. Gasray (part of)(possibly)
32. Glanmire
33. Gyda
34. Hansa
35. Harley (part of)(possibly)
36. Havilde
37. Hms fortuna
38. Hms pathfinder
39. Hms strathrannock
40. Hmsm k17
41. Hmsm k4
42. King robert
43. Loch lomond
44. Mandros
45. Martin goldschmidt
46. Maystone (possibly)
47. Nerissa
48. Odense
49. Olympier
50. Onoba
51. President
52. Rushpool
53. Sea hunter
54. Sesostris
55. Shadwan
56. Shakespeare
57. Sitala
58. Thistle
59. Thornlea
60. Tillycorthie
61. Tortuguero
62. U 1103
63. U 1194
64. U 12
65. U 2354
66. U 3514
67. U 532
68. U 714
69. Ulva (possibly)
70. Venus
71. Victor ross
72. Victoria
73. Vinemoor
74. Vingaland

 

Name: AURIAC (PROBABLY)

Length 61 meter, width: 8.9 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 871 ton

Cause: captured & sunk by gunfire from submarine 5m ese of st abb's hd. (ww1sl). ex- adare, ex- taff, built 1890 by graham osbourne & co, sunderland, with3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 96hp, 1 boiler, single shaft. machinery by ne marine eng. co. ltd., sunderland. owned at time of loss by t.c. steven & co. passage rouen for leith. captured and sunk by gunfire by german submarine uc 44. 1 of 16 crew lost. (sibi)

Year of registration: 2003

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 166 cm

Known since: 2003, last detected: 20220327

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN 5M ESE OF ST ABB'S HD. (WW1SL) GIVES POSN 555500N, 015000W SEE DEAD RECORD [4494]. H091/051/01 19.1.04 EXAMINED 16.8.03 IN 5558.446N, 0154.052W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63.1 IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. LIES 170/350DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT. (NP 1008, HI 1051). SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. INS WK 63MTRS. BR STD. HH242/640/06 29.1.04 INS BY NM.

- NM 1306/04 [PNM 1307/04 ISSUED FOR BA 175, 1407]. 6.10.10 RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS WRECK IS PROBABLY "AURIAC". (BOB BAIRD E-MAIL DTD 5.10.10) IDENTITY ADDED. NCA. RSDRA2022000214078 3.10.22 EXAM'D 27.03.2022; IN 5558.438N, 0154.051W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 60.67MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. LENGTH 62.08MTRS, WIDTH 9.51MTRS, HEIGHT 10.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 170/350 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT, SCOUR TO SE AND NW. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1711 - H525-63951). AMEND NDW 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, SCOUR TO SE AND NW

Position: 55 58.438 N,1 54.051 W

 

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