Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Cairndhu, die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 50 37.523 N,0 26.348 W (50.6523667, -0.6161833)
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Die Texte zu diesem Schiffswrack sind in englischer Sprache 🇬🇧, da sie vom Hydrographischen Amt des Vereinigten Königreichs (UKHO) auf der Grundlage von Daten u. a. der Hydrographischen Dienste von Deutschland, der Niederlande und Belgien erstellt wurden. Sie enthalten die bekannten Details des Wracks und die Kommentare der Kartographen, die die Position und den Zustand des Wracks im Laufe der Zeit überprüft haben.
Name: CAIRNDHU
Länge112.8 meter, Breite: 15.5 meter, Tiefgang: 7.6, Tonnage 4019 ton
Last: coal
Ursache: Built in 1911 by w doxford & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by cairn line ss ltd. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage south shields for gibraltar. cargo coal. torpedoed by ub-40. eleven men lost.
Jahr der Registrierung: 1917
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 23 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 10 cm
Bekannt seit: 1917, zuletzt detektiert: 20180208
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: SUNK 25M W OF BEACHY HEAD. (WW1SL). H3211/17 24.1.18 TO BE DISPERSED IN 1918. 2 MASTS VISIBLE IN 503733N, 002654W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H7789/35 3.11.35 OBSTN IN 503729N, 002611W. SWEPT CLEAR 56FT. (HMS FLINDERS, 15.11.35). CHART AS WK 9.25FMS.
- NM 2138/35. 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 17.1MTRS. NC 1652. H3958/73 15.8.73 LOCATED IN 503733N, 002616W, USING E/S & TRANSIT SONAR. IN GEN DEPTH 80FT. (KELVIN HUGHES, SURVEY [K6719/1-4]). AMEND TO USC 17MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NC 1652. H4121/76 14.1.77 WRECK LOCATED 5.9.76 IN 503729N, 002614W [OGB] USING HI-FIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.1MTRS. DEFINITE WK. DCS3 HEIGHT 7.4 & 8.2MTRS, LENGTH 120MTRS. ORIENTATION SW/NE. SONAR TRACE SHOWS VESSEL WITH DISTINCT FORECASTLE, WELL DECK AND AFTERCASTLE. R TODD, SPITHEAD MARINE SALVAGE CO, HAS DIVED ON THIS WK & SAYS IT IS COASTER CONFIGURATION LYING E/W, CANTED TO STARBOARD WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE BROKEN OFF. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). CHART AS WK 15.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NC 2450. H1270/72 6.3.78 BOWS INTACT, REST COMPLETELY BROKEN. STERN RECOGNISABLE BY PROP SHAFT & LARGE STEERING QUADRANT STILL ON ITS SHAFT. THREE BOILERS & ENGINE ARE HIGHEST AT 20FT. APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A LARGE VESSEL, FROM MAGNETOMETER 5000TONS, HANDRAILS AND MANY PORTHOLES OF BRASS. NO SIGN OF HOLDS, CARGO OR AMMO SUGGESTS A LINER. (M WALSH, 8.1.78). H2318/74 5.6.79 EXAM'D 31.10.78. SWEPT CLEAR 17.3MTRS, FOUL 17.8MTRS IN 503727N, 002614.9W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37B/77). AMEND TO SW 17.3MTRS IN 503727N, 002615W [OGB].
- NM 1491/79. H1310/83/4 19.1.83 DIVED ON. ABOUT 2000 TONS. LARGELY BROKEN UP AND LYING APPROX E/W WITH STERN W. 3 LARGE BOILERS & ENGINE STAND 20FT ABOVE SEABED. HOWITZER GUN & AMMUNITION DATED 1916 FOUND 30FT FROM STERN. ANOTHER GUN WITH 10 TO 15FT LONG BARREL STANDS TO 20FT ON STERN, WHICH IS BROKEN OFF LISTING 60DEGS TO STBD. (T W BENNETTO, 4.1.83). NCA. H1310/80/24 2.7.80 CONFIRMED AS 'CAIRNDHU' FROM BOSS ON SHIP'S WHEEL. (T F BARWICK). NCA. H1310/84/10 21.3.84 CONSIDER THIS WK TO BE THE 'CAIRNDHU'. (J SALSBURY, 7.3.84). NCA. HH091/002/01 14.11.02 EXAM'D 20.8.02 IN 5037.478N, 0026.353W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.3, FOUL 18.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.9 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 4MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 1002). APPEARS IN 3 PARTS ON DCS3. BR STD. 24.11.04 WK OWNED BY J SALSBURY. EXPLOSIVES USED TO RECOVER CONDENSER COPPER & BRONZE BEARINGS, ENGINE TOPPLED OVER IN LATE 1980S. (DIVER MAGAZINE, NOV'04) 17.12.04 DIVED JUL'04, NO SIGN OF GUN OR ITS MOUNT ON STERN, WHICH IS WELL BROKEN. PART OF STEERING ENGINE WHICH COULD BE MISTAKEN FOR A GUN BARREL. SEABED SOFT SILTY SAND. PHOTOS OF BOILER PIPES & PROPELLER SHAFT. (DIVER MAGAZINE DEC'04) SEP 2018/000198963 10.08.18 EXAM'D 08.02.18; IN 5037.523N, 0026.348W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.95MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HEIGHT 12.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 010/190 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 15MTRS, TOWARDS 005 DEGS. MASS OF BROKEN DEBRIS WITH GENERAL OUTLINE OF HULL. BOW N. THREE BOILERS &POSSIBLY ENGINE ON ITS SIDE IN MIDSHIPS. PROPELLER SHAFT/TUNNEL VISIBLE EXTENDING FROM BOILERS TO STERN. STERN MOSTLY FLATTENED BUT BOW STILL QUITE PROMINENT &POSSIBLY NETTED. (MMT, HI 1498). AMEND DW 12.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Kommentar Forscher: SEVERELY DECAYED, BOW N, NETTED? UK NM 4464/18
Position: 50 37.523 N,0 26.348 W