This is the information page about the shipwreck Clan davidson, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 10.567 N,8 31.283 W (47.916666666667, -8.6666666666667)

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: CLAN DAVIDSON

Length 131.1 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 6486 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,foodstuffs: preserved,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1912 by w doxford & co. owned at time of loss by cayzer, irvin & co [clan line]. triple expansion engines of 496nhp for 13knots. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine while on passage australia to london. 12 members of the crew killed. (dods).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 190 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1990

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 130M SW BY W 1/4 W FROM THE SCILLY ISLES. (WW1SL). POSN 481400N, 083600W, APPROX. 6.5.69 6.5.69 WK IN 481100N, 082900W [EUR] USING DECCA. (MANIERES BOOK, P.216). NCA. 10.3.76 10.3.76 SALVAGE OPERATIONS REPD IN HAND IN THIS POSN. (WZ 261, 10.3.76). H4551/76 20.10.76 H4551/76 20.10.76 'CLAN DAVIDSON' REPD LOCATED IN 481100N, 082845W [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 585FT [178MTRS] IN GEN DEPTH 620FT [190MTRS] APPROX. (F HINES, RISDON BEAZLEY - VISIT TO OFFICE 15.8.76). NCA. H4226/85 14.9.88 H4226/85 14.9.88 CORRECT POSN FROM MANIERES DECCA COORDS: 481034N, 083117W [EUR]. (EPSHOM 10.6.88, FR WK NO.015600087). GIVES LEAST DEPTH AS 182MTRS. NCA. 13.6.90 13.6.90 SHOWN AS WK 182MTRS IN 481036N, 082636W [EUR] ON SPANISH 4A. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 10.567 N,8 31.283 W

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