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 (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Argyll
6. Athenic
7. Avra (possibly)
8. B 109 (part)
9. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
10. Ben barvas
11. Benachie
12. Bettina danica
13. Bremse
14. Brummer
15. Busy bee (part of)
16. Carolina thornden
17. Carron
18. Charisma
19. Clan mackinlay
20. Clio
21. Clio ii
22. Collingdoc
23. Copeland
24. Corinthia (stern section)
25. Cotovia (probably)
26. Croma
27. Daghestan (probably)
28. Danmark (after part)
29. Dresden
30. Duna
31. Edinboune
32. Elegance
33. Elton
34. Emerald wings
35. Empire parsons (possiby)
36. Empire seaman
37. Empire seaman
38. Energy
39. Excelsior
40. F2
41. Faro
42. G101
43. G103
44. G104
45. Gartmore
46. Giralda (possibly)
47. Gondolier
48. Grosser kurfurst
49. Gunnaren
50. Hessen
51. Hindenburg
52. Hmd chance
53. Hmd imbat
54. Hmd lustring
55. Hmd lustring
56. Hmd lustring
57. Hms albacore (bow section)
58. Hms dewey eve
59. Hms endeavour
60. Hms loch garry
61. Hms narborough
62. Hms opal
63. Hms roedean
64. Hms rose valley
65. Hms royal oak
66. Hms strathgarry
67. Hms vanguard
68. Hms zarefah
69. Ilsenstein
70. Invader
71. Irene
72. James barrie
73. Johanna thorden
74. Juanita
75. Juniata (fore part)
76. Jv 526
77. Jv 751
78. Kaiser
79. Kaiserin
80. Karlsruhe
81. Kathe niederkirchner
82. Koln
83. Konig
84. Kronprinz wilhelm
85. Lapland
86. Lizzie bain (possibly)
87. Loch maddy (bow section) (probably)
88. Loch maddy (stern section)
89. Lorne
90. Lycia
91. Mara
92. Markgraf
93. Martis
94. Martis
95. Minieh
96. Naja (part of)
97. Napier star
98. Navena
99. Neptune
100. Numidian
101. Numidian
102. Ocean racer
103. Pennsylvania
104. Pinnace 288
105. Pinnace 744
106. Pontos
107. Prinzregent luitpold
108. Prudentia
109. Radiation
110. Reginald
111. Reinfield
112. Remus
113. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
114. Rosewood
115. S 36 (bow section)
116. Seydlitz
117. Skua flaes beacon
118. Stellatus
119. Sunbeam
120. Swiftsure
121. Tbf fn899
122. Teeswood
123. Tennessee
124. Tern 1
125. Thames
126. Thunfisch
127. U 18 (probably)
128. Ub 116
129. V 78 (part of)
130. V83
131. Yc 21

 

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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