This is the information page about the shipwreck St oran, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 17.667 N,4 56.652 W (55.246666666667, -5.2533333333333)

 

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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.

 

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Name: ST ORAN

Length 37.2 meter, width: 6.6 meter, draught: 2.8, tonnage 237 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1911 of steel by scott & sons of bowling. single boiler, compound expansion engine of 35 hp, single screw. machinery aft. passage troon for larne. cargo coal. foundered following a collision.

Year of registration: 1920

Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1920, last detected: 1993

Details measurements/cartography: H7551/68 17.1.69 WK LOCATED 22.5.68 IN 551739N, 045637W [OGB] USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 132 IN GEN DEPTH 160FT. SCOUR DEPTH 162FT. SEABED FINE SAND, GREY MUD. (HMS HYDRA, HI 27/68). INS AS WK 22FMS. BR STD. 13.6.73 AMEND TO WK 40MTRS. NC 2199. H2579/76 12.5.81 EXAM'D 27.11.80 IN 551740N, 045635W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.3 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.3MTRS, LENGTH 65MTRS, APPROX. INTACT, LYING 050/230 DEG. (HMS HERALD, HI 9/80). AMEND TO WK 41MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/07 27.9.93 THIS WK REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE BRITISH SS ST ORAN WHICH SANK 31.12.1920 FOLLOWING A COLLISION. BELL RECOVERED. SHE WAS CARRYING COAL AND SANK BETWEEN AILSA CRAIG AND TURNBERRY. (I G WHITTAKER, 17.9.93).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 17.667 N,4 56.652 W

 

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