This is the information page about the shipwreck Duncarron, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 5.663 N,1 21.439 E (53.0506667, 1.1718667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: DUNCARRON
Length 50.6 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 478 ton
Load: cement
Cause: Built in 1914 by hall, russel & co ltd, aberdeen. owned at time of loss by duncarron ss co. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 81hp, single shaft. passage london for lossiemouth. cargo bulk cement. torpedoed and sunk by e-boat. 6 men lost.
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: H03126/41 14.10.41 POSN 530540N, 012122E. LEAST DEPTH 16FT, BUT MAST SHOWING 4FT AT LWST. GEN DEPTH 74FT. LIES UPRIGHT, HEADING EAST SOUTH EAST. POSITION - CROMER LTHO 187.5 DEG, 10.2 MILES. (TRINITY HOUSE, 12.9.41). INS AS DW.
- NM 2407/41. H03126/41 16.10.41 INS G CAN LT BUOY CLOSE S OF WK. - FNM 2415/41. H03126/41 30.3.49 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 49FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63 IN GEN DEPTH 75FT. POSN 530539N, 012142E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1949 - SURVEY FOLLOWING DISPERSAL OF WK). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 1FT.
- NM 1103/49. 8.3.72 AMEND TO WK 14.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 105. HH090/561/01 5.1.93 EXAM'D 25.9.92 IN 530538.6N, 012132.9E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.5, FOUL AT 20.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.8 IN GEN DEPTH 22.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. SMALL AREA OF DEBRIS ORIENTATED 120/300 DEG. (SEATEAM, HI 561). AMEND TO WK 19.8MTRS.
- NM 263/93. SEP 2018/000212985 5.9.18 EXAM'D 30.3.18 IN 5305.663N, 0121.439E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.62MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS, LENGTH 70.8MTRS, WIDTH 30.6MTRS, HEIGHT 2.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 115/295 DEGS. BROKEN AND MAINLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO DW 19.6MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF DEBRIS
Position: 53 5.663 N,1 21.439 E