This is the information page about the shipwreck Baron ailsa, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 17.936 N,1 10.42 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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. Ahamo
2. Algarve
3. Amberley
4. Ambrose fleming
5. Andarina
6. Antiope
7. Aquarius (possibly)
8. Asteria
9. Baron ailsa
10. Birtley
11. Blackburn
12. Burgos
13. Carrier
14. Chatwood (possibly)
15. Chelsea (possibly)
16. Chevychase
17. Clan morrison
18. Continental (possibly)
19. Cormarsh
20. Czestochowa
21. Dauntless (possibly)
22. Duncarron
23. Eikhaug
24. Empire newcomen
25. Fermain (possibly)
26. Fireglow
27. Fittonia (possibly)
28. Francois trixier
29. George royle
30. Giorgio ohlsen
31. Harden
32. Heathfield
33. Hms arley
34. Hms cap d'antifer
35. Hms caroline moller
36. Hms cobra
37. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
38. Hms kylemore
39. Hms pintail
40. Hms queenworth
41. Hms solomon
42. Hms st donats
43. Hms vortigern
44. Hmsm umpire
45. Homefire
46. Jessie maersk
47. Jevington court
48. Keymun
49. La combattante (stern section)
50. Marden
51. Minorca
52. Nimrod (probably)
53. Ogono
54. Ottar jarl
55. P.l.m. 25
56. Pacific
57. Pacific (possibly)
58. Pontfield (forepart)
59. Rimac
60. Robert w pomeroy
61. Royal scott
62. Salvus ii
63. Schieland
64. Siri maria
65. Sitona
66. St thomas (possibly)
67. Sverre (possibly)
68. Trajan
69. Traviata (possibly)
70. Trelissick
71. Virgin de lourdres
72. Welholme (possibly)
73. Welsh prince
74. Western mist (possibly)
75. Westland
76. Wimbledon
77. Winhill or whinhill
78. Zephyr
79. Zor

 

Name: BARON AILSA

Length 117.7 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3656 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: Built in 1936 by lithgows ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by kelvin shipping co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 250hp, single shaft. machinery by d rowan & co ltd, glasgow. passage algiers for the tees. cargo 6800 tons iron ore. mined.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 177 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H0213/40 27.2.40 PFNM 509/40 ISSUED. H0259/40 14.5.40 INS DW IN 531818N, 011000E.

- NM 1179/40. H0259/40 14.6.41 LOCATED IN 531752N, 011036E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 3 IN GEN DEPTH 70FT. OROPESA SWEEP FOULED AT 12FT. LIES 320/140 DEG WITH HEAVY LIST TO PORT. (HMS FRANKLIN, 4.6.41). AMEND TO WK 0.5FM.

- NM 1451/41. H0259/40 18.10.48 EXAM'D IN 531832N, 011021E USING DECCA. OROPESA SWEEP AFTER DISPERSAL CLEAR AT 49FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56 IN GEN DEPTH 66FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1948). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 1FT.

- NM 2327/48. H332/62 4.2.63 H4729/62 SONAR CONTACT OBTAINED 0.15M SE OF CHARTED POSN. (HMS SCOTT, 1962). 26.11.74 AMEND TO WK 14.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 108. HH090/565/01 3.12.92 EXAM'D 13.10.92 IN 531754.2N, 011030.6E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.1, FOUL AT 17.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.3 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.3MTR. DCS3 HT 4.7MTRS, LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. AREA OF LARGE BROKEN DEBRIS LYING 180/000 DEG. (SEATEAM, HI 565).

- NM 45/93. SEP 2018/000212985 13.9.18 EXAM'D 29.3.18 IN 5317.936N, 0110.420E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.32MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS, LENGTH 125.1MTRS, WIDTH 37.5MTRS, HEIGHT 3.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 177/357 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 10MTRS, 0.1MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 258 DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO DW 19.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF LARGE BROKEN DEBRIS

Position: 53 17.936 N,1 10.42 E

 

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