Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Aurania, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 56 36.108 N,6 19.531 W (56.9075, -6.6102666666667)

De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.

Naam: AURANIA

Lengte 158.5 meter, breedte: 19.8 meter, diepgang: 14, tonnage 13936 ton
Lading: personnel,ballast

Oorzaak: 4.2.1918 built in 1917 by swan, hunter & wigham, richardson of wallsend-on-tyne. owned at time of loss by cunard. four double ended boilers, steam turbines, twin shaft. passage liverpool for new york to return with american troops. torpedoed by ub 67 on 4.2.1918. was taken in tow by a trawler, but broke free in force 9 gale & was driven onto rocks at port-na-parstan.

Jaar registratie: 1969

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 13 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 22 cm

Bekend sinds: 1973, laatst gedetecteerd: 2012

Details metingen/cartografie: 28.11.69 OFFICIAL REPORTS SAY VESSEL WAS SUNK BY SUBMARINE 15M N 0.5 W FROM INISHTRAHULL ON 4.2.1918. LLOYDS REPORT SAYS THAT SHIP DRIFTED ASHORE BETWEEN CALAICH PT & CALGARY BAY, ISLE OF MULL ON 6.2.1918 & ON 18.2.1918. WAS TOTAL LOSS. 16.9.70 REPORTED TO BE IN 563557.5N, 061911W [OGB]. LYING E/W AT RIGHT ANGLES TO CLIFF. COVERS AN AREA NOT LESS THAN 550FT BY 80FT. (J BROOKS, SUB-AQUA DIVER). 16.9.70 WK SOON TO BE SOLD FOR SALVAGE OF NON-FERROUS METALS TO A MR GREEVES. (B OF T, TELECON). H2894/72 3.10.73 WK FOUND IN 563600N, 061936W [OGB], WHERE IT ENDED UP AFTER SLIPPING OFF ROCKS AT PORT-NA-PARSTAN. CONSIDERABLE WRECKAGE SCATTERED OVER AREA, MAIN BOILERS & BOWS INTACT. (RAF CONNINGSBY SAC SEP'72). CHART AS DW. NE 2832. H1310/83/9 3.2.83 CHARTED POSN IS TOO FAR S & OUT TO SEA. SCATTERED MASSES OF WRECKAGE LIES BETWEEN STERN CLOSE INSHORE IN 563613N, 061920W IN 10MTRS & THE PARTIALLY INTACT BOW ABOUT 750FT S & SLIGHTLY W IN 563605N, 061925W IN 22MTRS. LARGE BOILERS LIE ON SEAWARD SIDE OF WRECKAGE IN 22MTRS NEAR SEVERAL LARGE WINCHES. BROKEN PLATES WITH CUNARD CREST FOUND. (A JENNIONS, 18.1.83). AMEND TO FA BETWEEN 563613N, 061920W & 563605N, 061925W. BR STD. 25.7.91 WK LIES 500MTRS S OF CALIACH PT, & 40MTRS OUT FROM CLIFF FACE, RUNNING N FROM A CONSPIC FLAT TOPPED ROCK OUTCROP. LIES N/S IN GEN DEPTH 15-20MTRS. WELL BROKEN UP, BUT WITH LARGE PIECES STILL STANDING 7MTRS HIGH. (DIVE NW SCOTLAND, 1985). 21.10.97 VESSEL WAS HEAVILY SALVAGED AFTER THE WAR BY JAMES GUSH OF GREENOCK. LIES ABOUT 100MTRS OFFSHORE, SOUTH OF CALIACH POINT IN 563609N, 061931W [WGD] IN GEN DEPTH 15-20MTRS, ALSO A LOT OF WRECKAGE IN SHOALER WATER. BOILERS STAND 6-7MTRS HIGH. GOOD VISIBILITY BUT SITE EXPOSED TO PREVAILING WIND & SWELL, & SUBJECT TO CURRENT AT SOME STATES OF THE TIDE. (ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS). 11.3.13 EXAM'D 21.10.12 IN 5636.108N, 0619.531W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.0 IN GEN DEPTH 13.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. THREE ITEMS CONSISTING OF TWO GROUPS OF TWO BOILERS EACH AND AN AREA OF DEBRIS CLOSER INSHORE. (NETSURVEY, HI 1298). AMEND OBSTN 11MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: 4 BOILERS IN TWO GROUPS OF 2, DEBRIS INSHORE

Positie: 56 36.108 N,6 19.531 W

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