This is the information page about the shipwreck Rowan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 57.927 N,5 14.429 W (54.907266666667, -5.1794333333333)

 

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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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3. Baron glamis (probably)
4. Betsey / bessy
5. Bonvilston
6. Boy john r
7. Buffalo (possibly)
8. Carrick
9. Chindwin
10. Cragsman
11. Craigantlet
12. Daily mail
13. Dettifoss
14. Doris
15. Dove of oban
16. Empire adventure
17. Empress of japan (possibly)
18. Enda
19. Enterprize (poss)
20. Ethel crawford
21. Fredanja (probably)
22. Haileybury
23. Karanan
24. Lairdscastle (probably)
25. Lakemoor
26. Liverpool
27. Longwy
28. M.j.craig (probably)
29. Marsuka
30. Mermaid
31. Middleton (probably)
32. Nyanza (possibly)
33. Oswald
34. Perilia
35. Pollux 2
36. Prestige
37. Princess victoria
38. R. mackay (possibly)
39. Rexmoor
40. Rowan
41. Sandhurst
42. Setter (possibly)
43. Socrates
44. Solway queen (possibly)
45. Strathmore
46. U 776
47. Ub 82 (possibly)
48. Ub 85
49. Ub-85 / ub-82?
50. Ulabrand (possibly)
51. Ulrica
52. Vera louise
53. W d potts (probably)
54. William castle

 

Name: ROWAN

Length 85.6 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1493 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1909 by d & w henderson & co ltd. owned at time of loss by laird line ltd. four boilers, triple expansion engine, of 525 nhp, single shaft. passage glasgow for dublin. ran into thick fog and was struck by ss west camak (5721 gt), which continued without stopping. crew and passengers were mustered on the upper deck in lifejackets when ss clan malcolm appeard (6000 gt) and drove into rowan's stbd side. engine and boiler room flooded and vessel sank. 13 crew and 2 passengers lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 295 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 20170209

Details measurements/cartography: H0109/45 POSN 545800N, 051400W. HT 36FT. (W APPRS LIST, JUL 1945). H3671/72 13.9.72 EXAM'D 13.7.72 IN 545754N, 051424W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41 IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. NEGLIGIBLE SCOUR. SEABED SAND & SHELL. APPARENTLY 250FT IN LENGTH, LYING 095/275 DEG. (HMS FOX, HI 51/72). BR STD. H1285/82/226 11.11.82 THIS IS MOST PROBABLY SS ROWAN. SINKING POSN WAS REPORTED AS CORSEWALL PT BRG 067 DEGS (T), 4 MILES. (P C MILLER, 6.11.82). H1310/84/30 5.9.84 DIVED ON SEVERAL TIMES AND CONFIRMED AS WK OF THE ROWAN. IT LIES INTACT, UPRIGHT AND IN GOOD CONDITION. (M ROWLEY, 28.8.84). HH100/351/01 23.10.89 CONFIRMED AS ROWAN - BELL RECOVERED. (M R ROWLEY, 17.9.89). 15.1.08 CONFIRMED AS BEING UPRIGHT AND LARGELY INTACT. DAMAGE TO STBD SIDE WHICH WOULD CONFIRM COLLISION AS THE CAUSE OF SINKING AND THE BRIDGE HAS COLLAPSED. (C FIDDIS, EMAIL DTD 1.1.08). NCA. SEP 2017/000036782 28.6.17 EXAM'D 9.2.17 IN 5457.927N, 0514.429W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.87MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS, LENGTH 89.2MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HEIGHT 11.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 295/115 DEGS. LARGE WRECK IS UPRIGHT AND INTACT, WITH A LIST TO STARBOARD.(MMT, HI1509). AMEND NDW 39MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 57.927 N,5 14.429 W

 

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