This is the information page about the shipwreck Cairnie, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 9.272 N,2 4.465 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.

 

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2. Archangel (possibly)
3. Archangel (possibly)
4. Assyrian
5. Audacious ii
6. Branksea (possibly)
7. Cairnavon
8. Cairnie
9. Coastal emperor
10. Contender
11. Creemuir
12. Cushendall (part of)(possibly)
13. Emperor (possibly)
14. Empire brigade
15. Empress (part of)(possibly)
16. Faithful iii
17. Glen tanar
18. Gogovale
19. Gowrie (possibly)
20. Gunborg
21. Hedrun
22. Hedson
23. Hms broadwater
24. Hms gelsina
25. Hms yesso (probably)
26. Jamaica pioneer
27. James hall
28. Karemma
29. King alfred
30. La brea
31. Lowdock
32. Luffness
33. Maria w
34. Matador
35. New dawn (possibly)
36. Niritos
37. Nora
38. Our merit (possibly)
39. Ross khartoum
40. Rowanbank
41. Sandvik (possibly)
42. Santa catarina
43. Sedgepool
44. Shekatika
45. Sheriffmuir
46. Shirak
47. Silverburn
48. Soesterberg
49. St catherine (probably)
50. St clement (possibly)
51. Star of luxor
52. Sturdee
53. T6 (possibly)
54. Tanevik
55. Trebartha
56. Trevorian
57. Viking queen
58. Ville de hasselt
59. Xenia
60. Xmas rose
61. Zitella

 

Name: CAIRNIE

Length 36.6 meter, width: 6.2 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 250 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1891 by blyth shipbuilding 921 co ltd, blyth. owned at time of loss by m taylor, methil. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 50hp, single shaft. machinery aft by blaikie brothers, aberdeen. passage methil for holm. badly damaged by bombing but reached aberdeen where she ran aground. salvage attempts abandoned and later broken up for scrap. (sibi)

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 0 meter

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 POSITION GIVEN AS 564630N, 020700W, OR 6-8M S BY W OF TOD HEAD. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NCA. [LATER: THOUGHT TO BE ATTACK POSN]. H1727/59 7.4.59 OB, DRIES 6FT, IN 570917N 020422W [OGB]. REPORTED TO BE ONLY THE BOILER REMAINING. (HMS SCOTT 1958 SURVEY). BR STD. 23.10.74 NOW CHARTED AS OB DRIES 2.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 1446. H4816/75 23.2.77 SIGHTED, BUT NOT INVESTIGATED BY HMS ENTERPRISE. ONLY THE BOILER REMAINING WHICH STILL DRIES. (SOISS, HI45/76). NCA. 24.8.00 EUT POSN: 5709.272N, 0204.465W. NE 1446.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 57 9.272 N,2 4.465 W

 

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