This is the information page about the shipwreck Clan macmillan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.77 N,0 15.398 W (50.5795, -0.2566333)

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 MACMILLAN

Length 120.7 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 4525 ton

Cause: Passage chittagong for the clyde via london. torpedoed by german submarine 5m sw of newhaven. (ll ww1). built 1901 by a macmillan & son ltd, dumbarton, with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine, single shaft. owned at time of loss by cayzer, irvine & co., clan line. torpedoed amidships by german submarine ub-39. (sibi, dive sussex, sussex shipwrecks [photo])

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 104 cm

Known since: 1980, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H1965/76 3.12.80 WK EXAM'D 23.2.80 IN 503444N, 001522W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45.1 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 119.6MTRS, BEAM 15.6MTRS, HT 14.3MTRS. NO SIGN OF MASTS. POSSIBLE BOMB OR TORPEDO DAMAGE DIRECTLY FOR'D OF SUPERSTRUCTURE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). CHART AS WK 45MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/20 22.9.03 DIVED SEP '03. MIDSHIPS LOCATED IN 5034.786N, 0015.420W [WGD] USING DGPS. LYING E/W, STERN TO W IS HIGHEST POINT. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS CLAN MACMILLAN FROM NAME ON STERN WITH GLASGOW UNDERNEATH AND PLATES RECOVERED FROM GALLEY WITH CLAN LINE STEAMERS LTD ON THEM. VESSEL IS UPRIGHT AND BROKEN IN HALF. (IAN HANNESS/G FURSE TELECON 22.9.03) BR STD. 24.4.14 EXAM'D 21.1.14 IN 5034.770N, 0015.398W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 48.03 IN GEN DEPTH 63MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 132.4MTRS, WIDTH 28.9MTRS, HT 14.97MTRS. LIES 104/284 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, IN TWO PARTS. BOWS E. (NETSURVEY, HI 1435). AMEND WK 48MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS E, IN TWO PIECES

Position: 50 34.77 N,0 15.398 W

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