This is the information page about the shipwreck Siren, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.48 N,2 56.737 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Aleyna
2. Algarve
3. Avalanche
4. Bamse (probably)
5. Bayonne
6. Bokn (possibly)
7. Borgund i (possibly)
8. Broomhill (probably)
9. Cantonad
10. Chateau yqem
11. Cheshire
12. Chorley
13. City of swansea (probably)
14. Clan stuart (probably)
15. Cornelia
16. Einar jarl
17. Gateway (probably)
18. Gefion
19. General leman (possibly)
20. Gorizia
21. Grane
22. Greenville
23. Greleen
24. Greta c
25. Gudrun
26. Hms amazon
27. Hms bittern
28. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
29. Hms boadicea
30. Hms buccaneer
31. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
32. Hms formidable
33. Hms harstad
34. Hms hickory
35. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
36. Hms lord hailsham
37. Hms manor
38. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
39. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
40. Hms remindo (possibly)
41. Isbjorn
42. Karen marie (probably)
43. Kongshaug (probably)
44. L h carl
45. La blanca (possibly)
46. La portaise (probably)
47. Lct 381
48. Lst 507 (bow section)
49. Lst 507 (stern section)
50. Lst 531
51. Lucinda (possibly)
52. Majorca
53. Marjolene
54. Martha
55. Memnon
56. Minerva (probably)
57. Modavia
58. Moel tryvan
59. Motano (probably)
60. Murree
61. Nyasaland
62. Ocean vagabond
63. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
64. Pergo
65. Pomella
66. Reggestroom (probably)
67. Renilde
68. Romsdalen (probably)
69. Rosten (possibly)
70. Rotorua
71. Salsette ii
72. Siren
73. Tandil (probably)
74. Tom roper (possibly)
75. Trito
76. U 1055 or u 1191 (probably)
77. U 1191
78. Ub 19 (probably)
79. Ull (probably)
80. Ursa (probably)
81. W h dwyer
82. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: SIREN

Length 79.6 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 1555 ton
Load: clay products,general and mixed goods

Cause: built or iron in 1881. a full rigged ship. owned at time of loss by a & j h carmichael & co. passge london for sydney. lost after collision with hms landrail. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 59 meter, Height above seabed: 62 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H3259/44 15.11.44 H3259/44 & H3526/44 POSN 501100N 025600W. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 15.11.44). 20.12.44 SONAR CONTACT IN APPROX 501200N, 025636W. (AUBD 303/56, ESCORT GROUP 4, 20.12.44). 22.7.55 22.7.55 WK 27 FMS IN 501227N, 025640W. (HMS SCOTT, 1954). 18.1.80 18.1.80 SHOWN AS WK PA 49 MTRS ON FRENCH 878 [DEC '79 EDN SCALE 1:240,000]. NCA. HH100/351/13 10.9.98 HH100/351/13 10.9.98 POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION AS 'SIREN' BY THE BELL IN SUMMER 1998. (N R CHIPCHASE). NFA.. HH100/351/14/10 12.3.99 HH100/351/14/10 12.3.99 LOCATED IN 5012.445N, 0256.667W [OGB] USING DGPS. HEIGHT 5MTRS. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED FOR POSN. (M SHARP, FAX DTD 25.1.99). AMENDED CINC. AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH090/961/01 15.12.03 HH090/961/01 15.12.03 EXAM'D 5.8.03 IN 5012.480N, 0256.737W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54.0 IN GEN DEPTH 59MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.8MTRS. LIES 062/242 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 54MTRS. BR STD. 13.9.05 13.9.05 CINC REMOVED, MORE THAN 5 YEARS. 24.6.08 24.6.08 DIVED 12.00 AM 30.5.08, LEAST DEPTH 60MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS (NOT ADJUSTED). VESSEL UPRIGHT, LISTING TO STARBOARD & VERY BROKEN UP. COVERED WITH A TRAWL NET WHICH IS A DIVE HAZARD. MIDSHIP TO BOW OPEN & REVEALING LARGE OAK BARRELS CONTAINING TALLOW, THE CONDITION OF WHICH IS POOR. EVIDENCE OF EXTENSIVE FISHING. (STEPHEN CHESHIRE, E-MAIL DTD 23.6.08). ADJUSTMENT FOR TIDE: LEAST DEPTH 56.73MTRS, GEN DEPTH 58.72MTRS. RETAIN AS WK 54MTRS. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IRON HULL, WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 50 12.48 N,2 56.737 W

 

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