This is the information page about the shipwreck Carron, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 50.53 N,2 54.13 W (58.842167, -2.902167)

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: CARRON

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 1 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H2496/72 14.3.72 POSN 585035.5N, 025400W, OR 191DEGS, 1150FT FROM SPOT HT 170 ON BURRAY. LIES N/S. HULL VIRTUALLY INTACT WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE FROM BOWS TO 20FT OF STERN. ENTIRE SHIP SUNK INTO SAND AND ONLY 5FT OF BOWS AND HULL TO 8FT MIDSHIPS AND 2FT AFT VISIBLE. BOWS NEVER COVERED BY SEA. EARLY SALVAGE BY MESSRS MATCHES HAS PUT A LARGE CRATER OVER ENGINE ROOM AREA. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). INS AS DWP. BR STD. H1270/76 5.3.76 LARGE HULK WITH LITTLE SUPERSTRUCTURE REMAINING IN 585033.3N, 025402.0W. THE POSN GIVEN IS THAT OF THE BASE OF THE STERN MAST WHICH IS THE ONLY ONE REMAINING & APPEARS TO HAVE COLLAPSED TO AN ODD ANGLE FROM THE VERTICAL. WRECK IS ABOUT 70MTRS LONG & IS LYING N/S, BOWS N. WRECK CALLED CARRON ON SURVEY [E5835/5]. (ORDNANCE SURVEY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY 73/137 DTD 16.5.73 FOR PHOTOPLOT PG 1428-LP1). 3.7.80 NOT SHOWN ON NC 35 (AREA BLUED OUT). 28.8.92 SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT, BUT NOW MAINLY BURIED IN SAND AT NE END OF BARRIER. ONLY A SMALL SECTION OF SUPERSTRUCTURE IS EXPOSED & DRY AT LW.GENERAL SHAPE CAN BE MADE OUT FROM RIBS, WHICH RUN OUT TO SEA & INTO SAND. STERN MAST COLLAPSED ACROSS HULL. (WKS OF SCAPA FLOW & DIVE SCAPA FLOW).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Covered by Legend (Underwater obstns)

Position: 58 50.53 N,2 54.13 W

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