This is the information page about the shipwreck Cairnmona, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 37.764 N,1 43.783 W (57.4531, -1.7967)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: CAIRNMONA
Length 118.9 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 4666 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,metal: concentrate and products
Cause: built in 1918 by sutherland sb co. owned at time of loss by carin line ships ltd. triple expansion engine of 550nhp. torpedoed and sunk by u 13. (dods).
Year of registration: 1953
Water depth above wreck: 50 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1953, last detected: 2009
Details measurements/cartography: H3435/53 30.6.53 SALVAGE OPERATIONS TAKING PLACE. (RISDON BEAZLEY). H3435/53 28.10.53 SALVAGE OPERATION COMPLETED. (RISDON BEAZLEY). H4628/54 12.2.58 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN 1954. HULL IS NOW BADLY BROKEN UP AND HIGHEST PART OF WK IS NOT MORE THAN 20FT ABOVE SEABED. (RISDON BEAZLEY 1959). 1.12.70 INS NDWPA. LC 115. 22.3.73 POSN 573748N, 014330W. (MR BROWNING SALVAGE VESSEL MINTO, TELECON). AMEND TO USC 15FMS (28MTRS). BR STD. H2307/73 7.10.74 POSN 573748N, 014330W [OGB] USING DECCA. ORIENTATION 320DEG. LEAST DEPTH 158FT. WK OWNED BY NORTHERN SHIPBREAKING CO. SALVAGE OPS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT. WK BADLY SMASHED UP & COVERS A LARGE AREA, WHICH MAY BE DESCRIBED AS FOUL. (MR BROWNING, MSV MINTO, NORTHERN SHIPBREAKING CO., 26.9.74). BR STD. H2336/84 23.6.86 EXAM'D 18.2.86 IN 573746N, 014341W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44.9 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH SHADOW HT 9MTRS, LENGTH 127MTRS, BEAM 34MTRS. LYING 130/310 DEG, WITH BOWS PROBABLY NW. 3 DISTINCT HIGH POINTS (HIGHEST AT CENTRE). CONSIDERABLE SCATTERED WRECKAGE AROUND WK. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 246). AMEND TO WK 41MTRS. BR STD. HH091/155/01 19.1.10 SEP 2010/000027978 EXAM'D 20.5.09 IN 5737.764N, 0143.783W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 43.71 IN GEN DEPTH 50.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 123MTRS, WIDTH 43MTRS, HT 6.5MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). UPRIGHT, INTACT. CLEAR SALVAGE DEBRIS AROUND WK. AMEND WK 43MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, CLEARLY SALVAGED
Position: 57 37.764 N,1 43.783 W