This is the information page about the shipwreck Strath carrion (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 12.778 N,6 0.575 W (51.50045, -6.0343166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: STRATH CARRION (POSSIBLY)
Length 114.5 meter, width: 15.9 meter, draught: 7.7, tonnage 4347 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1912 by greenock & grangemouth dockyard co, greenock. owned at time of loss by strath carrion ss co ltd, glasgow. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 21 nhp, single shaft. passage barry dock for zanzibar. torpedoed by u-35. (llww1, ww1sl & sibi).
Year of registration: 1915
Water depth above wreck: 92 meter
Known since: 1915, last detected: 1980
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 60 MILES W OF LUNDY I. (WW1SL). NCA. H3251/80 13.10.80 H3251/80 13.10.80 EXAM'D 28.2.80 IN 511245.5N, 060031W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 87 IN GEN DEPTH 92MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. LENGTH APPROX 35MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.8MTRS. ORIENTATION NOT OBTAINED. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS FAWN, HI 56A/79). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 12.778 N,6 0.575 W