This is the information page about the shipwreck Lairdscastle (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 11.465 N,5 31.407 W (55.27305, -5.5877166666667)

 

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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.

 

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2. Alamance (probably)
3. Albia (probably)
4. Ardglass
5. Argyle (possibly)
6. Bonvilston
7. Buffalo (possibly)
8. Byron darnton
9. Dalriada
10. Davaar
11. Dettifoss
12. Dove of oban
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14. Empress of japan (possibly)
15. Ethel crawford
16. Foxy lady
17. Glenhead
18. Haileybury
19. Harvest hope (possibly)
20. Hms adept (possibly)
21. Hms breda
22. Housatonic (possibly)
23. Karen
24. Lairdscastle (probably)
25. Lakemoor
26. Lupina
27. M.j.craig (probably)
28. Maria
29. Menck
30. Middleton (probably)
31. Mobeka
32. Norseman
33. Nyanza (possibly)
34. Overton
35. Perelle (possibly)
36. Quesada (possibly)
37. Quesada (possibly)
38. Rowan
39. Sandhurst
40. Setter (possibly)
41. St conan
42. State of louisiana (bow section)
43. State of louisiana (stern section)
44. U 776
45. Ub 82 (possibly)
46. Ub-85 / ub-82?
47. Wilmere (probably)

 

Name: LAIRDSCASTLE (PROBABLY)

Length 84.4 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1945 ton

Cause: ex- lady limerick. built in 1924 by ardrossan dockyard & shipbuilding co. ltd, ardrossan. owned at time of loss by burns & laird lines ltd, glasgow. sank in 3 hours, after a collision with ss vernon city, while on passage glasgow for belfast. all crew & passengers were safely rescued. (wrecksite.eu)

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 87 meter, Height above seabed: 278 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H0109/45 WK IN 551100N, 053030W. (WESTERN APPROACHES LIST, WAGO 524) 18.8.53 INS NDW ON NC F6629 ONLY. H5250/68 17.7.68 DEFINITE WK LOCATED 10.10.67. POOR SONAR CONTACT LOCATED IN 551127N, 053123W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 247 IN GEN DEPTH 280FT.E F 54.65. (HMS MERMAID, HI 478 & 850/67). AMEND TO WK 41FMS. BR STD. H7551/68 20.1.69 EXAM'D 30.5.68 IN 551129N, 053118W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 262 IN GEN DEPTH 290FT. NO SCOUR. (HMS HYDRA, HI 27/68). H4695/71 13.10.71 WK IN 551118N, 053127W, IS ABOUT 300FT LONG, 40-60FT HIGH. HULL AND SUPERSTRUCTURE APPEAR COMPLETE. OUTLINE CLEARLY VISIBLE ON SONAR INDICATING WK ON EVEN KEEL. (HMS BRONINGTON, HN AUG 1971). AMEND TO WK 68MTRS. NC 2144. H3671/72 21.7.72 LOCATED IN 551126N, 053124W [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 74 IN GEN DEPTH 89MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HN 1/72). H3671/72 20.2.73 EXAM'D IN 551126N, 053124W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 74 IN GEN DEPTH 89MTRS. NO SCOUR. (HMS FOX, 1972). AMEND TO WK 74MTRS. BR STD. 6.1.76 LIES IN 551127.8N, 053122.1W. HT ABOVE SEABED 1.5MTRS. (SEA TANK CO, NORTH CHANNEL SURVEY, 4.9.75). NCA. H1310/84/9 21.3.84 RUDDER INDICATOR (PROBABLY FOR EMERGENCY AFTER STEERING POSN) RECOVERED IN NETS. E/S INDICATED WK STANDS 6FMS ABOVE GEN DEPTH IN VICINITY. (K. KNOX, KINGFISHER CHARTS). NCA. SEP 2021/000322449 22.12.21 EXAM’D 13.5.21 IN 5511.465N, 0531.407W [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 69.47MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 87MTRS. LENGTH 86.23MTRS, WIDTH 17.93MTRS, HT 17.26MTRS. ORIENTATION 278/098 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 121.1MTRS, WIDTH 26.5MTRS, 0.9MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 119 DEGS. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1718). INTACT, UPRIGHT. AMEND NDW 69MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT. UK NM 99/22.

Position: 55 11.465 N,5 31.407 W

 

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