Wreck: Baron garioch (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Baron garioch, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 31.409 N,1 45.827 W (50.523483, -1.763783)
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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 GARIOCH
Length 80.8 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1831 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1895. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage calais for glasgow. in ballast. two men lost. torpedoed and sunk u-boat. (ww1sl & sibi).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 199 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H7197/17 8.12.17 BARON GARIOCH SUNK 5 MILES SE OF ANVIL PT IN APPROX 503300N, 015036W. (WW1SL). HH100/351/10 31.10.95 WK OF THE `BARON GARIOCH', IDENTIFIED BY BELL, FOUND IN 503122N, 014543W [OGB]. WK STANDS 7.5MTRS PROUD IN GENERAL DEPTH OF 36MTRS. OWNED BY J R SCOTT. (J R SCOTT, 9.9.95). INS AS USC 27MTRS.
- NM 3834/95. HH090/962/01 4.12.02 EXAM'D 11.8.02 IN 5031.407N, 0145.828W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.2 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP EXTENDS 20MTRS TOWARDS 240 DEGS. LENGTH 95MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LIES 020/200 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 7MTRS TOWARDS 055 DEGS. HULL BROKEN. (GARDLINE, HI 962). WELL BROKEN UP, POSSIBLY PARTLY BURIED. AMEND TO NDW 29MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000123102 13.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5031.409N, 0145.827W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.13MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 86.4MTRS, WIDTH 15.9MTRS, HT 5.68MTRS. ORIENTATION 199/019 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 94.1MTRS, WIDTH 35.79MTRS, 2.94MTRS DEEP. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). RETAIN EXISTING DEPTH IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP, PROBABLY PARTLY BURIED
Position: 50 31.409 N,1 45.827 W
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