This is the information page about the shipwreck Cairnglen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 59.154 N,1 22.697 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Albano
3. Aurora
4. Azira
5. Balzac
6. Bangarth
7. Blairhall
8. Blue dawn
9. British officer (after part)
10. Bullger
11. Burnhope (part of)
12. Cairnglen
13. Carmarthen coast
14. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
15. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
16. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
17. Clare (possibly)
18. Cranford (possibly)
19. Denham (probably)
20. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
21. Dora
22. Eagle iii
23. Empire bay
24. Eston
25. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
26. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
27. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
28. Eventide
29. Fawn (probably)
30. Fenella
31. Ferryhill
32. Firelight (possibly)
33. Gateshead (possibly)
34. General havelock
35. Gottfried (possibly)
36. Gran
37. Grit
38. Gudbrand (possibly)
39. H a brightman
40. H c flood (possibly)
41. H c flood (probably)
42. Hanne
43. Hebble (probably)
44. Hekla (possibly)
45. Helvetia (possibly)
46. Hercules
47. Heros (possibly)
48. Hmms 180
49. Hms ben ardna (probably)
50. Hms elise
51. Hms elise (possibly)
52. Hms ethel taylor
53. Hms james ludford
54. Hms loch naver
55. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
56. Hms snaefell (probably)
57. Hms southsea
58. Hms star of devoran
59. Hms summer rose
60. Hms william hallet (possibly)
61. Hms witherington
62. Hmsm unity (probably)
63. Hogarth
64. Humber
65. Ilios (possibly)
66. Ilious
67. Intent
68. Inverlane (part of)
69. Inverlane (stern section)
70. Jenny m (possibly)
71. John m smart (possibly).
72. Jolly girls
73. Jolly girls (possibly)
74. Jonkoping i (possibly)
75. Kalua
76. Kamma
77. Kasko
78. Linden (probably)
79. Llwyngwair (possibly)
80. Loch-na-gar (probably)
81. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
82. Longbird
83. Lyng
84. Maindy bridge (possibly)
85. Marcheller (possibly)
86. Margaret sutton
87. Marne (part of)(possibly)
88. Mars
89. Mayoress pelican
90. Mile end (possibly)
91. Narcissus (possibly)
92. Nike (possibly)
93. Nordheim (possibly)
94. Nyula
95. Orion (probably)
96. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
97. Polleon (possibly)
98. Poltava (possibly)
99. Povena
100. Presto (possibly)
101. Presto (possibly)
102. Princess maud (possibly)
103. Protector (possibly)
104. Providence
105. Prunelle
106. Queen wilhelmina
107. Quest (probably)
108. Quillota
109. Ragnhild (possibly)
110. Ragni (probably)
111. Ravensbourne (possibly)
112. Recorder (possibly)
113. Renen
114. Rfa creosol
115. Richard de larrinaga
116. Rio colorado
117. Rising sun (part of)
118. Rising sun (part of)
119. Rosa (possibly)
120. Rotha
121. Saga (possibly)
122. Sargasso (possibly)
123. Scott miller
124. Snowdrop (possibly)
125. Spray
126. Stag 5 (probably)
127. Staithes (possibly)
128. Strinheim
129. Suavity
130. Sunniva (possibly)
131. Svava
132. Swiftly
133. Teal (probably)
134. Thames (probably)
135. The stewarts court (probably)
136. Triumph
137. Ub 115 (possibly)
138. Uc 32 (probably)
139. Upcerne
140. Vestra
141. Vianna (possibly)
142. Vianna (probably)
143. Wearsider
144. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: CAIRNGLEN

Length 122.2 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 5619 ton
Load: machinery and mechanical parts,general and mixed goods,rubber

Cause: built in 1926 by w pickersgill & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by cairn line of steamships ltd. three boilers, triple turbine engines of 530 nhp, single shaft. machinery by parsons marine steam turbine co ltd, newcastle. passage montral for leith. drove ashore in fog. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1967

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1967, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H96/67 22.11.67 REPORTED TO BE IN 545912N, 012236W [OGB]. LYING IN APPROX 3FMS ON SAND AND OVER REEF. WRECKAGE SCATTERED. ONE BOILER ON END AWASH AT LOW WATER. (T W L.JOHNSON, LTR DTD 19.11.67). H2433/71 22.4.71 NOT SHOWN ON ISS SURVEY HI 9/70. H2189/71 22.5.72 NOT LOOKED FOR. (ISS 1971). H1270/80 15.12.82 WELL BROKEN UP, LYING N/S. BOILERS AWASH AT LWST. WK OF SUBSTANTIAL SIZE. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 6). INS AS DW. BR STD. HH090/796/01 31.12.98 NOT LOCATED. (GARDLINE, HI 796). AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED TO BE A BOILER, RETAIN AS CHARTED. NCA. SEP 2019/000043627 19.3.19 EXAM’D 19.3.19 IN 5459.154N, 0122.697W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 1.32MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 3MTRS. LENGTH 123MTRS, WIDTH 26.5MTRS, HT 2.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 010/190DEGS. HEAVILY DEGRADED, SLIGHT STRUCTUE AND OUTLINE VISIBLE ABOVE SEABED. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND DW 1.3MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HEAVILY DEGRADED, SLIGHT STRUCTUE AND OUTLINE VISIBLE ABOVE SEABED

Position: 54 59.154 N,1 22.697 W

 

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