This is the information page about the shipwreck Clan mackinlay, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 32.05 N,2 53.098 W (58.534167, -2.884967)

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 MACKINLAY

Length 128 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 11.3, tonnage 6365 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1918 by w hamilton & co., with triple expansion engines and lp turbine of 781 nhp. owned at time of loss by clan line steamers. was bombed & sunk by german aircraft whilst on passage bombay for london. five crew lost. (ww2sl, ll ww2, dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 67 meter, Height above seabed: 298 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20210803

Details measurements/cartography: H056/40 POSN 583300N, 025300W. (NO AUTHORITY STATED). 6.8.70 ATTACKED IN 583500N, 025300W, BUT SANK 052DEG, 4.75M FROM NOSS HD. (LLOYDS) H2925/83 25.8.78 NOT FOUND IN 583300N, 025300W. POSSIBLY NEW WRECK LOCATED IN 583106N, 024920W [002600602]. (BUE SUBSEA, HI 204). INS AS USCPA 40MTRS IN 583300N, 025300W. BR STD. H2336/84 25.7.85 WK LOCATED IN 583205N, 025300W. LEAST DEPTH 53MTRS. LENGTH 130MTRS, BEAM 18MTRS. LYING 115/295DEG. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 246). NCA YET. H2336/84 21.3.86 EXAM'D 29.5.85 IN 583205N, 025300W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 11.8MTRS, LENGTH 130MTRS, BEAM 18MTRS. LYING 115/295 DEGS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 246). BR STD. HH100/351/14 5.8.99 LOCATED IN 5832.055N, 0253.058E [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 13MTRS HIGH BY E/S. (J LEIGH/B HUMBY, LTR DTD 24.7.99). NCA. 30.12.04 EUT POSN: 5832.061N, 0253.095W. NE 115. 19.10.10 WRECK IS SETTLING INTO WHITE SANDY SEABED. DEFINITE PIECES OF SUPERSTRUCTURE EVIDENT SUCH AS A HOLD DERRICK. STERN ALMOST SUBMERGED IN SAND TO THE GUNWALES, TWO DECK GUNS IN PLACE. (DIVER MAGAZINE NOV '10) RSDRA2022000137295 22.11.22 EXAM'D 03.08.2021; IN 5832.050N, 0253.098W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 56.66MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. LENGTH 136.1MTRS, WIDTH 23.7MTRS, HEIGHT 10.39MTRS, ORIENTATION 298/118 DEGS. DEGRADED BUT INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1709 - H525-1313). AMEND NDW 56MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DEGRADED BUT INTACT AND UPRIGHT

Position: 58 32.05 N,2 53.098 W

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