This is the information page about the shipwreck Byron darnton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 16.466 N,5 35.147 W (55.27305, -5.5877166666667)

 

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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. Agba
2. Alamance (probably)
3. Albia (probably)
4. Argyle (possibly)
5. Bonvilston
6. Byron darnton
7. Davaar
8. Dettifoss
9. Dove of oban
10. Empire adventure
11. Falcon
12. Foxy lady
13. Glenhead
14. Harvest hope (possibly)
15. Hms adept (possibly)
16. Hms breda
17. Karen
18. Lairdscastle (probably)
19. Lupina
20. Menck
21. Middleton (probably)
22. Mobeka
23. Nyanza (possibly)
24. Ospray ii
25. Perelle (possibly)
26. Quesada (possibly)
27. Quesada (possibly)
28. Sandhurst
29. Setter (possibly)
30. St conan
31. U 776
32. Ub-85 / ub-82?
33. Wilmere (probably)

 

Name: BYRON DARNTON

Length 134.7 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 7176 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ran aground whilst en route copenhagen for usa. broke in two. scrapped in situ in 1953.

Year of registration: 1952

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm

Known since: 1952, last detected: 1985

Details measurements/cartography: H6264/52 20.10.52 ST IN 551625N, 053501W. (HMS FRANKLIN, HI 395, DTD 29.9.52).

- NM 2144/52. 7.8.63 LARGE RUST-COLOURED WK VERY PROMINENT WHEN VIEWED FROM EASTWARD OR WESTWARD. (HMS SCOTT HN 15.7.63) H2265/73 13.6.73 INS ST. NC 2798. H1287/74 30.10.74 WRECKAGE NAMED AS BYRON DARNTON SCATTERED OVER A WIDE AREA. LARGE BULKHEADS ETC. (G MCCALLUM, LTR DTD 27.10.74). H1310/83/13 20.2.83 AN EXTENSIVE SITE. BOW DRIES 4MTRS IN 3MTRS OF WATER. SECTIONS OF PLATE, MAST, AND OTHER WRECKAGE LIE TO THE SOUTH OUT TO AROUND 20MTRS. (SGT HARGREAVES, 16.2.83). NCA. H2885/83 1.5.86 EXAM'D 7.7.85 IN 551628N, 053505W [OGB] USING BEARING AND DISTANCE FROM HIFIX/6 POSN. WRECKAGE SPREAD OVER AREA APPROX 50MTRS DIAMETER WITH BOWS TO NE. LIES 175/255DEGS, ONE MAST AND REMAINS OF DERRICK LIE TO SE. DRIES 3:4MTRS (DIRECT MEASUREMENT). (HMS BULLDOG, HI 165B). INS AS ST H 1.0MTR. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF WRECKAGE

Position: 55 16.466 N,5 35.147 W

 

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