This is the information page about the shipwreck St conan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 19.416 N,5 33.247 W (55.27305, -5.5877166666667)

 

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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. Agba
2. Bonvilston
3. Buffalo (possibly)
4. Byron darnton
5. Davaar
6. Dettifoss
7. Dove of oban
8. Empire adventure
9. Ethel crawford
10. Falcon
11. Foxy lady
12. Glenhead
13. Harvest hope (possibly)
14. Hms adept (possibly)
15. Hms breda
16. Karen
17. Lairdscastle (probably)
18. Lupina
19. Menck
20. Middleton (probably)
21. Mobeka
22. Nyanza (possibly)
23. Ospray ii
24. Perelle (possibly)
25. Quesada (possibly)
26. Quesada (possibly)
27. Setter (possibly)
28. St conan
29. U 776
30. Ub 82 (possibly)
31. Ub-85 / ub-82?
32. Wilmere (probably)

 

Name: ST CONAN

Length 57.6 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 719 ton
Load: coal

Cause: 4.10.39 passage ayr for sligo. ran ashore in fog. salvage attempt made starting 4.10.39, when ss kinsol sank beside her. (t w jones). built in 1917 by j p renoldson, south shields. owned at time of loss by j & a gardner & co., glasgow. ran aground at full speed on arranman's barrels due to navigation error the vessel not changing course because the mate in charge fell asleep. (argyll shipwrecks)

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm

Known since: 1974, last detected: 1994

Details measurements/cartography: H1287/74 27.10.74 BELIEVED TO BE WK OF SS CONNOW BLOWN ASHORE AND WRECKED. (G MCCALLUM, LTR 27.10.74). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. H1310/81/17 20.7.81 REPD AS WK OF ST CONAN IN 551925N, 053311W [OGB]. LENGTH 110FT [33MTRS], BEAM 30FT [9MTRS]. BOWS ARE 1MTR BELOW WATERLINE AT LWS. HEADING 085DEG (M) FROM ARRANMAN BARRELS. (T W JONES, LTR DTD 7.81). AMENDEDTO DW. BR STD. H1310/82/10 22.3.82 DETAILS OF SHIP AND CARGO PROVIDED. SECOND WRECK, WHICH MUST BE THE KINSOL, LIES ALONGSIDE ST CONAN ON THE ARRANMAN BARRELS. (T W JONES, LTR DTD 12.3.82). H2885/83 1.5.86 NOT FOUND. WRECKAGE MAY EXIST WITHIN HEAVY KELP GROWTH AND ROCKY GULLIES. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 165B). BR STD. 19.3.10 LIES ON N SIDE OF ARRANMAN'S REEF. WK WAS HEAVILY SALVAGED & IS WELL DISPERSED. BOILER LIES IN 12MTRS AT BOTTOM OF THE REEF ON SHINGLE SEABED, WITH REST OF WK SCATTERED AROUND IT. (ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS, PUBLISHED 1994). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 19.416 N,5 33.247 W

 

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