This is the information page about the shipwreck Llanishen (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 16.229 N,2 44.93 W (58.43595, -2.5026666666667)

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.

Name: LLANISHEN (PROBABLY)

Length 122.1 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 5053 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1929 by bartram & sons. owned at time of loss by evan thomas radcliffe & co. triple expansion engine of 460 nhp. passage leith for baltimore. sunk by german aircraft. 8 men lost. (dods)

Year of registration: 1957

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1982, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: BOMBED AND SUNK ABOUT 30M DUE N OF BANFF. (DODS). H03179/57 23.7.57 SANK IN 581700N, 022700W. (LL WW2) H01001/40 24.7.57 POSN GIVEN 582100N, 023200W. (ROSYTH LIST). H3965/75 12.8.82 LARGE WK LOCATED IN 581620N, 024430W USING DECCA. OBSERVED USING U/W TV CAMERA AND ESTIMATED, QUITE ACCURATELY, TO BE 300FT LONG. (FRV EXPLORER, HN 30.7.82). INS AS WK USC 28MTRS.

- NM 2110/82. H3833/86 25.2.88 EXAMINED 12.7.87 IN 581616N, 024448W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.7 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO SATISFACTORY DCS3 HT OBTAINED. LIES 215/035DEGS. LENGTH 120MTRS. ATTEMPTS TO WIRE SWEEP WK WERE ABANDONED DUE EXCESSIVE HEAVE AND WEAK TIDAL STREAM. (HMS FAWN, HI 353). AMEND TO WK 33MTRS.

- NM 833/88. HH100/351/14 5.8.99 DIVED IN 5816.262N, 0244.901W [WGD] USING GPS. WK OF A LARGE SS SPREAD OVER A WIDE AREA. THREE LARGE BOILERS OF 16FT DIAMETER AND STEAM ENGINE ARE VISIBLE. CARGO OF ELECTRICAL INSULATORS, FIRE HOSES, LEAD COATED WIRE, BOTTLES OF VARIOUS SHAPES AND SIZES, STONE BOTTLES CONTAINING INK AND HUNDREDS OF BALLAST STONES. HT ABOVE SEABED OF 5MTRS ON SECTIONS DIVED. (J LEIGH/B HUMBY, LTR DTD 24.7.99). NCA. HH091/150/01 - SEP 2008/000007851 23.1.07 EXAMINED 26.6.06 IN 5816.229N, 0244.930W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 37.4 IN GEN DEPTH 44.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 163MTRS, WIDTH 43MTRS, HT 7.0MTRS. LIES 040/220DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. COLLAPSED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1150). VERY WELL BROKEN UP WK. AMEND WK 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY WELL BROKEN UP WK, UPRIGHT, BOWS ?SW

Position: 58 16.229 N,2 44.93 W

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