Wreck: Baron ailsa (possibly) (Collier)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Baron ailsa (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 43.438 N,6 1.971 W (51.859766666667, -5.9616166666667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: BARON AILSA (POSSIBLY)
Length 85 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1836 ton
Cause: torpedoed by german submarine.
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 112 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 20160313
Details measurements/cartography: POSN 18 MILES WNW FROM SMALLS. (BMVS). H351/20 INS OBSOLETE WK SYMBOL IN 514400N, 061000W. 28.6.23 AMEND TO NDWPA. 13.3.78 AMEND TO USCPA 75MTRS. NC 2049 H4852/75 27.6.79 WK LOCATED IN 514329N, 060157W [OGB] USING DCS3 ONLY. SONAR HT 8MTRS. NOT INVESTIGATED. (HMS BEAGLE HI 51/78). AMEND TO USC 100MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H4467/81 26.10.82 EXAM'D 31.5.82 IN 514326N, 060157W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 103 IN GEN DEPTH 112MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH-VERTICAL HT 14MTRS, LENGTH 113MTRS, BEAM 19MTRS. LYING 122/302 DEGS, BOWS SE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 70B). AMEND TO WK 98MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2016/000053290 2.9.16 EXAM'D 13.3.16 IN 5143.438N, 0601.971W [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 94.4MTRS, GEN DEPTH 112MTRS. LENGTH 105MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 7.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 120/300. SCOUR LENGTH 140MTRS, DEEP 1.7MTRS TOWARDS 180 DEGS. WK UPRIGHT SEDIMENT BUILD UP APPARENT AL AROUND WK. (MMT, HI 1471 OFF SMALLS TSS). AMEND NDW 94MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 43.438 N,6 1.971 W
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