This is the information page about the shipwreck Clan shaw (part of) (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 26.46 N,2 38.808 W (56.3829, -2.4623833333333)

 

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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. Anu (probably)
2. Arizona
3. Asta (probably)
4. Avondale park (possibly)
5. Clan shaw (part of)
6. Clan shaw (part of) (possibly)
7. Clara gwynne
8. Clint
9. Denmore
10. G-atse
11. Herrington
12. Hms beathwood (probably)
13. Hms columba (probably)
14. Hms embley
15. Hms northumbria
16. Hms success
17. Hoche
18. Isla may
19. Island magee
20. Maggie smith (possibly)
21. Mallard
22. Margaret rae
23. Phaeacian
24. Primrose
25. Protecor
26. Ptarmigan
27. Rolfsborg
28. Sneland 1
29. Stella
30. Storjen
31. Strathisla
32. Uc 41
33. Ugie (possibly)

 

Name: CLAN SHAW (PART OF) (POSSIBLY)

Length 109.7 meter, width: 14.7 meter, draught: 7.4, tonnage 3943 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: built in 1902 by w doxford & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by cayzer irvine & co ltd, clan line. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 330nhp, single shaft. passage chittagong for dundee. struck a mine laid by uc29. beached ne of st andrews. 2 lives lost. subsequently heavily salvaged for cargo & dispersed using explosives. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1955

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 37 cm

Known since: 1955, last detected: 1989

Details measurements/cartography: H6362/55 13.12.55 H6362/55 13.12.55 WK LOCATED IN 562628N, 023843W [OGB] BY HMS AVELEY. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28FT. APPARENTLY INTACT AND APPROX 200FT LONG. GEN DEPTH 5FMS. (DUNDEE HBR TRUST DTD 31.10.55 & ENCLOSURES).

- NM 2874/55. HH100/351/02 13.12.89 HH100/351/02 13.12.89 DIVED ON IN 562630N, 023836W. LARGE INCOMPLETE WK STANDING 3MTRS HIGH AT STERN. SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DISPERSED. FOR'D PART IS MISSING. (G L WADSWORTH, DTD 22.11.89). NCA. 19.2.01 19.2.01 'CLAN SHAW' STATED TO LIE IN TWO PARTS IN 22MTRS. LARGER PORTION LYING 037/217DEGS. (SIBI). POSSIBLY THIS WRECK. SEE ALSO [3015]. 21.1.04 21.1.04 [EUT] POSN: 5626.460N, 0238.808W. BA 1481 [MAR'03 EDN]. 21.1.04 21.1.04 LIES IN TWO PIECES, ONE 60MTRS LONG, THE OTHER 15MTRS LONG. (DIVE SCOTLAND VOL.III, PUBLISHED 1992)
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGE INCOMPLETE WK, FOR'D PART MISSING

Position: 56 26.46 N,2 38.808 W

 

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