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 (53.372983333333, 1.0462166666667)

 

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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. Blackburn (possibly)
13. Burgos
14. Carrier
15. Chatwood (possibly)
16. Chelsea (possibly)
17. Chevychase
18. Clan morrison
19. Continental (possibly)
20. Cormarsh
21. Czestochowa
22. Dauntless (possibly)
23. Dromore castle
24. Duncarron
25. Eikhaug
26. Empire newcomen
27. Fermain (possibly)
28. Fireglow
29. Fittonia (possibly)
30. Francois trixier
31. George royle
32. Giorgio ohlsen
33. Harden
34. Heathfield
35. Hms arley
36. Hms cap d'antifer
37. Hms caroline moller
38. Hms cobra
39. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
40. Hms kylemore
41. Hms loch alsh
42. Hms pintail
43. Hms queenworth
44. Hms solomon
45. Hms st donats
46. Hms vortigern
47. Hmsm umpire
48. Homefire
49. Hull trader
50. Jessie maersk
51. Jevington court
52. Keymun
53. La combattante (stern section)
54. Lavinia westholl (possibly)
55. Marden
56. Minorca
57. Nimrod (probably)
58. Ogono
59. Ottar jarl
60. P.l.m. 25
61. Pacific
62. Pacific (possibly)
63. Pontfield (forepart)
64. Rimac
65. Robert w pomeroy
66. Royal scott
67. Salvus ii
68. Schieland
69. Siri maria
70. Sitona
71. St thomas (possibly)
72. Sverre (possibly)
73. Trajan
74. Traviata (possibly)
75. Trelissick
76. Virgin de lourdres
77. Welholme (possibly)
78. Welsh prince
79. Western mist (possibly)
80. Westland
81. Wimbledon
82. Winhill or whinhill
83. Zephyr
84. 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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