This is the information page about the shipwreck Clan stuart (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 2.473 N,3 6.624 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Aleyna
2. Ave
3. Bostonian (probably)
4. Cantonad
5. Cheshire
6. Chorley
7. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
8. Cistude
9. Clan stuart (probably)
10. Cornelia
11. Einar jarl
12. Gateway (probably)
13. Greenville
14. Greta c
15. Hms amazon
16. Hms bittern
17. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
18. Hms formidable
19. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
20. Hms manor
21. Irma germaine (possibly)
22. Kongshaug (probably)
23. La blanca (possibly)
24. La portaise (probably)
25. Lofoten (probably)
26. Majorca
27. Marjolene
28. Moel tryvan
29. Motano (probably)
30. Mudstomper (probably)
31. Murree
32. Ocean vagabond
33. Orangemoor (possibly)
34. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
35. Pergo
36. Perintis
37. Pomella
38. Renilde
39. Roi leopold (possibly)
40. Rotorua
41. Siren
42. Ster de zee (possibly)
43. Taeping
44. Tandil (probably)
45. Tom roper (possibly)
46. Two sisters
47. U 1191
48. Ub 19 (probably)
49. Visborg (possibly)
50. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: CLAN STUART (PROBABLY)

Length 129.1 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 5760 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,chemicals

Cause: vessel, built 1916 by russel & co. ltd. of port glasgow. owned at time of loss by clan line ss co. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 627 hp & lp turbine with direct gearing & hydraulic coupling. single shaft. machinery by j g kinkaid & co. of greenock. on passage from tyne for beira. foundered & lost following collision with british standard ship 'orlock head'. (shipwreck index of the british isles).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 65 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 20150616

Details measurements/cartography: H03259/44 UNDERWATER CONTACT IN 500230N, 030630W. (PLYMOUTH LIST). 19.12.44 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500230N, 030606W. (ESCORT GROUP 4, DTD 19.12.44, AUBD 303/146). 21.11.44 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500300N, 030800W. (FOLEY, DTD 21.11.44, AUBD 303/145). H0113/45 25.3.45 NOW REFERRED TO AS WK IN 500230N, 030605W. (PLYMOUTH LIST). H4638/5522 22.7.54 WK LOCATED IN 500227N, 030631W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28 IN GEN DEPTH 33FMS. LIES 090/270DEGS ON SEABED OF SAND & GRAVEL. (HMS SCOTT, DTD 14.10.54). 18.1.80 SHOWN AS WK 51MTRS PA ON FRENCH 878 [DEC 1979 EDN]. NCA. HH100/351/01 25.8.89 FROM ONE DIVE IN GOOD VISIBILITY, LARGE WK LYING WITH STERN LISTING 45DEGS TO STBD. SIDE OF TWO AFTER HOLDS COLLAPSED FLAT. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE & TWO BOILERS. A LARGE NET IS SUSPENDED FROM FLOATS FROM CENTRE OF WK GIVING THE APPEARANCE ON E/S OF BEING A MUCH LARGER WK THAN IT IS. STANDS ABOUT 6MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. (A HILLGROVE, DTD 19.7.89). HH090/496/02 19.2.91 EXAM'D 10.9.91 IN 500228.3N, 030637.7W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51.7 IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 11.8MTRS, LENGTH 140MTRS, BEAM 16MTRS. WELL-DEFINED WK LYING 110/290DEGS. HIGH POINT, WHICH COULD BE FISHING NETS, AT W END. A GOOD MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION OBTAINED. (NP 1008, HI 496). CHART AS WK 52MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/13 10.9.98 DIVED IN 8.98. A LARGE CARGO VESSEL LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE AT 45DEGS. LARGE STEEL MASTS. SMALL GUN ON STERN. CARGO INCLUDES CROCKERY, BOTTLES, PANES OF GLASS. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA.. HH100/351/14/10 3.3.99 LOCATED IN 5002.443N, 0306.544W [OGB] USING DGPS. HEIGHT 12MTRS. WRECK THOUGHT TO BE NAMED 'MAGALON'. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED FOR POSN. (M SHARP, FAX DTD 25.1.99). AMEND TO CINC. NCA, RETAIN NP1008'S POSN. LATER: CINC REMOVED 3.2.2004 AS MORE THAN 5 YEARS ELAPSED. HH100/351/16 26.1.01 LIES ON PORT SIDE AT APPROX 45DEGS ON SEABED OF SAND & SHINGLE. LENGTH 138MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS BY DIVER. LIES 110/290 DEGS. FROM STERN A SMALL DECK HOUSE IS NOTED WITH A SMALL GUN ABOVE IT. TWO HOLDS AFT OF THE STERN DERRICK, ONE CONTAINING TRUCK ENGINES & THE OTHER CROCKERY & BEER BOTTLES. NO MARKINGS ON THE CROCKERY. BOTH HOLDS COLLAPSED & VERY FLAT. TOWARDS MIDSHIPS WK IS MORE BROKEN. STEEL MASTS LIE ACROSS THE SEABED. TWO LARGE DOUBLE ENDED SCOTCH BOILERS & TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE NOTED. BOW SECTION IS MORE TWISTED. LARGE NET SUSPENDED FROM FLOATS AT THE CENTRE OF THE WK. CONSIDERED TO BE 'CLAN STUART' [SEE DEAD WK NO. 17985]. (L BISHOP). NCA. HH090/912/01 7.2.01 EXAM'D 15.9.00 IN 5002.463N, 0306.576W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.3 IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 131MTRS, WIDTH 32MTRS. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. LIES 118/298DEGS WITH BOWS 118DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO DEBRIS. WELL BROKEN, ONLY STERN INTACT. UPRIGHT. NETS GIVE HT OF 12MTRS WHERE AS WK IS 9MTRS HIGH. (GARDLINE, HI 912). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/20 13.8.03 DIVED 9.8.03. DEPTH TO SEABED 66.8MTRS, LEAST DEPTH OVER MOST OF WK 60MTRS WITH HIGHEST POINT AT 55MTRS BEING NET ABOVE MIDSHIPS, WHICH IS SUSPENDED FROM A SINGLE FLOAT BUT IS EASILY VISIBLE AND NOT ANY SIGNIFICANT CONCERN TO DIVERS. BADLY BROKEN, SINKING INTO SANDY SEABED. BOW QUITE DISORIENTATING AS TWISTED TO STARBOARD SIDE WITH FORWARD MAST DISAPPEARING INTO SEABED. HOLDS CONTAIN CERAMIC TILES, GLASS, MACHINERY AND LARGE PIPES. STERN IS MORE INTACT AND LYING ON PORT SIDE. NO MARKINGS ON ANY CERAMICS FOUND. (M ADES, E-MAIL DTD 12.8.03) NCA. 9.10.15 EXAM'D 16.6.15 IN 5002.473N, 0306.624W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 54.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 65.5MTRS. LENGTH 126MTRS, WIDTH 44.4MTRS, HT 10.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 115/295 DEGS, BOWS 295 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LYING ON PORT SIDE, COLLAPSED, LEAST DEPTH ON BOW. (MMT, HI 1480). AMEND TO NDW 54MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LYING ON PORT SIDE, COLLAPSED, LARGE NET ABOVE MIDSHIPS, LEAST DEPTH ON BOW.

Position: 50 2.473 N,3 6.624 W

 

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