This is the information page about the shipwreck Cairnstrath, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 1.288 N,2 28.445 W (47.021467, -2.474083)

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.

Name: CAIRNSTRATH

Length 85.3 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2128 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: vessel, built 1888 by c s swan & hunter, was torpedoed & sunk by a german submarine. owned at the time of loss by cairns, noble & co. (dods). sunk while on passage from bilao to the tyne. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H7343/17 - H3752/18 28.12.17 'CAIRNSTRATH' SUNK IN 470106N, 022842W, 6M SSW OF ILE DU PILIER. (WW1 SL, FRENCH BAMC). ABOVE POSN CONFIRMED. (FRENCH NM 1/19). CHART AS DW IN 470106N, 022842W. - FNM 12/18. H2966/22 18.5.22 AMEND TO NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 1465/22. H6129/24 10.9.24 WK, LEAST DEPTH 10MTRS [5.5FMS], IN 470100N, 022800W APPROX. (HYDRO). AMEND TO WK PA 5.5FMS (1917) IN 470100N, 022800W.

- NM 1499/24. H1250/31 9.4.31 DELETE LEGEND PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). SQ DATE. H2770/69 3.11.81 WK NOW IN 470106N, 022812W. (BREST NM 81 42 25). R/P. 14.12.83 WK IN 470117N, 022819W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS, NO.14572078). CHART AS WK 10MTRS IN 470117N, 022819W [EUR]. NC 3216. 6.6.85 POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. GEN DEPTH 22MTRS BY E/S. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14572078). H4639/87 22.12.88 NOW WK, LEAST DEPTH 24MTRS, IN 470115N, 022825W. (BREST NM 88 46 21).

- NM 241/89. 8.1.91 WK OF 'CAIRN STRATH' IN 470120.9N, 022821.9W. POSN ACCURACY 100MTRS. LEAST DEPTH 24MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. SCATTERED DEBRIS ON SEABED. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1990, NO.14572078). CHART AS WK 24MTRS IN 470120.9N, 022821.9W [EUR]. NE 3216. 26.3.96 SHOWN AS WK 23.5MTRS ON FRENCH 7395 [1995 EDN]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 1.288 N,2 28.445 W

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