This is the information page about the shipwreck Saint ninian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 28.493 N,0 28.1 W (54.454266666667, -0.39783333333333)

 

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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. African transport (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Aigburth
4. Amsteldam
5. Amulet
6. Anboto mendi (possibly)
7. Angelo rose
8. Ard aidhm
9. Ardens (probably)
10. Ardgantoch
11. Athos
12. Aucuba (possibly)
13. Audax
14. Avance (probably)
15. Balfron (probably)
16. Ballater
17. Ballogie
18. Battersea
19. Beaumanoir (probably)
20. Berwick (possibly)
21. Black prince (possibly)
22. Bonhomme richard
23. Botha (possibly)
24. Brentwood
25. Bur
26. Cap palos (part of)
27. Castleford (probably)
28. Commercial
29. Constantia
30. Corsican prince
31. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
32. Creteblock
33. Crimdon (possibly)
34. Defiant
35. Deptford
36. Disperser
37. Doris burton (probably)
38. Eaglescliffe (probably)
39. Earl percy
40. Eli
41. Ellida (probably)
42. Erich lea
43. Ferruccio
44. Florence (possibly)
45. Florentia
46. Fred everard
47. Garthwaite
48. Gem (bow section)
49. Gem (stern section)
50. Gimle
51. Glamorganbrook
52. Glengarry (probably)
53. Glow (part of) (possibly)
54. Glow (part of) (possibly)
55. Gwalia (possibly)
56. Hannah
57. Harrow (probably)
58. Hercules
59. Hercules
60. Highgate
61. Hms banyers
62. Hms desire (possibly)
63. Hms desire (possibly)
64. Hms dromio
65. Hms garmo (probably)
66. Hms locheil
67. Hms lord ridley
68. Hms swallow
69. Hms thalia
70. Hornsund (probably)
71. Houghton
72. Hurstwood
73. Jane
74. Jerv
75. Lady ann
76. Lady helen
77. Lampada (probably)
78. Lanthorn
79. Leersum (probably)
80. Lerwick (probably)
81. Linaria (probably)
82. London
83. Lowtyne (possibly)
84. Lucy
85. M c holm
86. Madame renee
87. Manx queen
88. Marchioness of londonderry
89. Marie stuart
90. Martina
91. Melanie (probably)
92. Membland (possibly)
93. Merrie islington
94. Modemi (possibly)
95. Moorlands
96. Moorwood (possibly)
97. Namorado field jacket
98. Norenda (possibly)
99. Norhilda
100. Novillo
101. Oakwell
102. Onslow
103. Pandora
104. Paul
105. Phare (probably)
106. Philander (probably)
107. Polanna
108. Polruan
109. Princess olga (possibly)
110. Quaggy (probably)
111. Rikard nordraak
112. Runswick
113. Rutil
114. Saint ninian
115. Sapphire (probably)
116. Sarah thinnesen
117. Scotia
118. Sir francis
119. Sixty-six
120. Skane
121. Sna ii
122. Southborough
123. Springhill
124. Sumus (probably)
125. Suntrap (probably)
126. Tangistan
127. Taurus (probably)
128. Trelyon
129. Ub 30
130. Ub 41
131. Ub 75
132. Uc 70
133. Vaaren
134. Vaaren (possibly)
135. Victo (bow section)
136. Victo (stern section)
137. Victoria (probably)
138. Wallsend
139. Westowrie
140. Woodstock (bow section)
141. Woodstock (stern section)

 

Name: SAINT NINIAN

Length 97.5 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 3026 ton
Load: minerals,ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: built in 1894 by d & w henderson & co, glasgow. owned at time of loss by the saint ninian ss co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 258 hp, single shaft. passage port kelah for the tees. cargo pyrites. torpedoed and sunk by ub 34 1/4 mile inside no 9 buoy, whitby. had stopped to pick up survivors from corsican prince.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 5 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 1/4 MILE INSIDE NO 9 BUOY, WHITBY. (LLOYD'S WAR LOSSES). H4069/72 4.12.75 WK LOCATED IN 542827N, 002750W USING DECCA. STANDS 40FT ABOVE SEABED. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, HN 13.11.75). INS AS WK 33MTRS.

- NM BLOCK. H5103/83 30.9.86 FASTENER IN 542819N, 002754W. (KINGFISHER OBSTN BOOKLET - WHITBY AREA). NCA. H1310/86/34 17.12.86 LARGE ARMED WK WITH IRON ORE CARGO. THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE MOORLANDS. LIES WITH BOW LEVEL WITH SEABED AND CENTRE SECTION AND STERN LISTING TO PORT AND STANDING 12MTRS HIGH. POSN 542824N, 002800W. LEAST DEPTH 40MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS [MHWS]. (G WADSWORTH, 13.11.86). NCA. H6331/87 25.1.89 EXAM'D 13.8.88 IN 542827N, 002800W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 38.5, FOUL AT 39.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.5 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 11MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 005/185 DEGS WITH HIGH POINT NEAR N END. APPEARS TWISTED AND PROBABLY FRACTURED AMIDSHIPS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). AMEND TO SW 38MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/09 6.6.95 INTACT AFT WITH SHELL CASES ON STERN, THEREFORE ARMED. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY). HH100/351/13 17.3.98 CONFIRMED AS 'SAINT NINIAN'. POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION FROM BELL. (A C JACKSON & C A RACEY, LTR DTD 12.3.98). HH100/351/17 27.4.01 LARGE WK STANDING HIGH OFF THE BOTTOM. VIRTUALLY INTACT GUNWHALES. LEANS 30 DEGS TO STBD BROM STERN TO MIDSHIPS. ENGINE LEANS AT THIS ANGLE, BUT THE TWO BOILERS AND THE SECTION TO THE BOW ARE UPRIGHT. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). NCA. SEP 2017/000002822 24.5.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16 IN 5428.493N, 0028.100W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 37.18MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. LENGTH 92.8MTRS, WIDTH 12.6MTRS, HT 7.74MTRS, ORIENTATION 005/185 DEGS. WK VISIBLE, TWIN BOILERS VISIBLE MIDSHIPS. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 28.493 N,0 28.1 W

 

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