This is the information page about the shipwreck Cairnavon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 27.786 N,1 46.502 W (57.4531, -1.7967)

 

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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. Adventure (probably)
2. Archangel
3. Archangel (possibly)
4. Archangel (possibly)
5. Assyrian
6. Atland
7. Audacious ii
8. Be ready
9. Bel lily
10. Belvoir castle (probably)
11. Ben tarbet
12. Cairnavon
13. Cairnie
14. Cairnmona
15. Cape york
16. Clan macphee
17. Coastal emperor
18. Constant star
19. Contender
20. Craig-gowan
21. Creekirk
22. Elle
23. Emperor (possibly)
24. Empire brigade
25. Faithful iii
26. Fiscus
27. Glen tanar
28. Gunborg
29. Hedrun
30. Hms flotta (possibly)
31. Hms ormonde
32. Integrity
33. Jacqueline
34. James hall
35. Karemma
36. Kenordoc
37. La brea
38. Lloyd george
39. Magician
40. Malmland
41. Maria w
42. Mercator (probably)
43. Muriel
44. New dawn (possibly)
45. Niritos
46. Norge
47. Ocean herald ii
48. Port denison
49. Prince of wales (possibly)
50. Procyon
51. Ross khartoum
52. Roulette worker
53. Saint magnus
54. Santa catarina
55. Sedgepool
56. Shekatika
57. Sheriffmuir
58. Snefjeld
59. Soesterberg
60. Sovereign
61. St catherine (probably)
62. St clement (possibly)
63. St fergus (possibly)
64. St fergus (possibly)
65. Sturdee
66. Trevorian
67. Trsat (probably)
68. U 1206 (probably)
69. Ville de hasselt
70. Windward ho (possibly)
71. Xenia
72. Xmas rose
73. Zenith
74. Zitella

 

Name: CAIRNAVON

Length 125.6 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5030 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,coal

Cause: built in 1920 by 1920 by w grey & co. owned at time of loss by cairn line. triple expansion engine of 513nhp, single shaft. passage leith for montreal. wrecked 0.5m s buchan ness. (wartime standard ships & dods).

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter

Known since: 1925

Details measurements/cartography: WRECKED 0.5M S OF BUCHAN NESS. (DODS). POSN 572748N, 014624EW FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 27.786 N,1 46.502 W

 

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