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 (54.4542667, -0.3978333)

 

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