This is the information page about the shipwreck Saint barchan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 14.045 N,5 33.802 W (54.233466666667, -5.7177166666667)

 

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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. Alastor
2. Alliance
3. Amber
4. Arantzazu mendi
5. Archbald finney
6. Ave maria
7. Be ready (probably)
8. City of mobile
9. Coalman
10. Daybreak (probably)
11. Dunavil forth (possibly)
12. Dunmore
13. Emerald dawn
14. Empire tana
15. Enterprise
16. Frieda
17. Georgetown victory (part of)
18. Georgetown victory (part of)
19. Georgina hutton
20. Girl sylvia
21. Green hill (part of)(probably)
22. Harold
23. Helgoland
24. Hunsdon
25. Jenemi
26. Kilbroney (probably)
27. L'amite
28. Lagun
29. Loch sunart
30. Megawatt
31. Neotsfield
32. Peshawur
33. Pins wreck (nimble)
34. Rebecca
35. Rfa industry (probably)
36. Saint barchan
37. Silver crest
38. Silver dee
39. Speedbird
40. St. mungo (possibly)
41. Tide (probably)
42. Tornamona
43. Tullaghmurray lass
44. Upas
45. Wild wave

 

Name: SAINT BARCHAN

Length 43.3 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 362 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1917 by scott & sons, bowling. owned at time of loss by j & a gardner & co ltd, glasgow. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 47 nhp, single shaft. passage ayr for dublin. torpedoed by unknown german submarine. 8 men lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: H1002/19 10.2.19 H1002/19 10.2.19 SUNK IN 541330N, 053330W. WK BUOY WILL BE ESTABLISHED. (IRISH LIGHTS). INS AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] 'WRECK (PA)' WITH CONL BUOY CLOSE W.

- NM 48/19. H6288/19 26.4.19 H6288/19 26.4.19 AMEND TO OBS WK SYMBOL PA. DELETE BUOY.

- NM 246/19. [NO DATE] AMEND TO DW. NE'S 1825A & 1824A. H0109/45 11.4.45 H0109/45 [NO DATE] WK IN 541442N, 053142W, APPROX. (W APPS LIST WAGO 524, SIGNAL 11.4.45, AUBD 318/25). NCA. H5331/53 26.8.53 H5331/53 26.8.53 AMEND TO DWPA. NC 45. H2662/59 29.8.68 H2662/59 29.8.68 NOT FOUND DURING SONAR SEARCH MARCH 1968. (HMS ULSTER, HN 21.3.68). LIMITS OF SEARCH NOT SUPPLIED. NOT CONSIDERED DISPROVED. H1245/69 16.4.69 H1245/69 16.4.69 REPD TO LIE APPROX 0.5M W OF CHARTED POSN. (R MCMULLIN, 11.4.69). NCA. H3562/69 29.11.72 H3562/69 29.11.72 EXAM'D IN 541402N, 053347W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14.6 IN GEN DEPTH 17.7MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEG. LENGTH ABOUT 105FT. (HMS FOX 1972). AMEND TO WK 8FMS.

- NM 2319/72. H5982/82 29.7.83 H5982/82 29.7.83 WK SHOWN IN 541405N, 053338W ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS - C-PLOT C8, [1983]. HH100/351/06 25.1.93 HH100/351/06 25.1.93 IDENTIFIED AS WK OF SAINT BARCHAN. (N SOTHY, 12.1.93). [WGD] POSN: 5414.045N, 0533.802W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 14.045 N,5 33.802 W

 

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