Aurania Wreck
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
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Aurania Wreck Location Marine Coordinates (DMM) |
56 36.108 N,6 19.531 W |
| Latitude, Longitude Decimal Degrees |
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| Wreck Depth | 11 m |
| Water Depth | 13 m |
| Water Level Effect | always under water/submerged |
| Vertical Datum | Approximate Lowest Astronomical Tide |
| Name | AURANIA |
| Type | liner |
| Flag | GB |
| Length | 158.5 m |
| Width | 19.8 m |
| Draught | 14 |
| Orientation | 22 |
| Tonnage | 13936 |
| Tonnage Type | gross |
| Cargo | personnel,ballast |
| Conspic Visual | not visually conspicuous |
| Conspic Radar | not radar conspicuous |
| Date Sunk | Feb 8, 1918 |
| Original Detection Year | 1973 |
| Last Detection Year | 2012 |
| Original Source | diver |
| Surveying Details | 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. |
| Last Amended Date | Mar 11, 2013 |
Circumstances of loss
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.
WRECK MAP LOADING ...
56 36.108 N,6 19.531 W
Aurania on Wreck Map
Aurania Wreck on Google Map
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General Comments
4 BOILERS IN TWO GROUPS OF 2, DEBRIS INSHORE