This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.65 N,2 31.569 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. 20
2. Addarwa
3. Aeneas (probably)
4. Ailsa craig (probably)
5. Alex van opstal
6. Algarve
7. Amy
8. Apache
9. Athen
10. Binnendijk
11. Black hawk (aft section)
12. Britannia (possibly)
13. British inventor (bow section)
14. Broomhill (probably)
15. Centurion
16. Countess of erne
17. Earl of abergavenny
18. Elena r
19. Elmcrest
20. Enecuri
21. Ethel (probably)
22. Evertsen
23. Forester (& pontoon)
24. Franziska
25. Frigga
26. Frogner ?
27. Girnigoe
28. Gorizia
29. Grane
30. Gripfast
31. Hartlepool (part of)
32. Hartlepool (part of)
33. Himalaya
34. Hms blackwood
35. Hms boadicea
36. Hms buccaneer
37. Hms delight
38. Hms fisgard ii
39. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
40. Hms james fennel
41. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
42. Hms landrail (probably)
43. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
44. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
45. Hms remindo (possibly)
46. Hmsm l24
47. Hmsm m2
48. Hmsm p555
49. Hmsm sidon
50. Inisinver
51. Juvenile delinquent
52. K m b (possibly)
53. L h carl
54. Longsand
55. Lst 507 (bow section)
56. Lst 507 (stern section)
57. Lst 531
58. Lucinda (possibly)
59. Mallard (possibly)
60. Marie therese
61. Martha
62. Meknes
63. Memnon
64. Merchant royal
65. Minerva (probably)
66. Moidart
67. Neree (possibly)
68. Netley abbey (possibly)
69. Onward (probably)
70. Orne (possibly)
71. Pas (c.182)
72. Pitchipoy (possibly)
73. Pomeranian
74. Romsdalen (probably)
75. Rowella
76. Royal adelaide
77. Salsette ii
78. Saratoga
79. Scaldis
80. Spiral (possibly)
81. St dunstan
82. Stancrest
83. Sudon (possibly)
84. Terrapin
85. Thera (possibly)
86. Tracy
87. Trito
88. U 322 (possibly)
89. Ub 74
90. Ull (probably)
91. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: HMS KINGSTON CAIRNGORM (POSSIBLY)

Length 49.1 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 448 ton

Cause: built in 1935 by cook, welton & gemmel, beverley. triple expansion engine, single shaft. 1 x 4 inch gun. mined. hired as an anti-submarine trawler in 1939. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1984

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1984, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H2923/83 4.1.85 H2923/83 4.1.85 WK EXAM'D 28.7.84 IN 502737N, 023130W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 37.1, FOUL AT 37.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.8 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. SCOUR 1-2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 4MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 42MTRS. LYING INTACT, 020/200DEGS, BUT WITH SOME WRECKAGE, OR SPILT CARGO, CLOSE W. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). INS AS SW 37MTRS. BR STD. H1311/88/55 15.12.88 H1311/88/55 15.12.88 OLD, SMALL STEAM TRAWLER WHICH LIES N/S WITH BOW N AND ON STBD SIDE. STANDS ABOUT 7MTRS HIGH AND IS ABOUT 24MTRS LONG. (M SKELSEY). NCA. HH091/154/01 31.12.09 HH091/154/01 & SEP 2010/000005843 31.12.09 LOCATED 23.2.09 IN 5027.650N, 0231.569W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.05 IN GEN DEPTH 43.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 39.2MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 3.7MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). PROBABLY BROKEN UP. AMEND WK 40MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE, BOWS N, ?BROKEN UP

Position: 50 27.65 N,2 31.569 W

 

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