Evidence Of Loss

Date 1995

Event ID 606678

Category Recording

Type Evidence Of Loss

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/606678

Quality of fix = PA

Horizontal Datum = OGB

General water depth = 4

Orientation of keel/wreck = EW

Circumstances of Loss Details

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The GLENAAN ran aground on Bennan Head, Arran, in thick fog and rain. Most of the cargo was recovered. Salvage attempts failed.

Surveying Details

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7 May 1976. There is still a fair amount of well broken up wreckage.

Report taken from a letter from T A Slade dated 1 May 1976.

18 May 1976. The wreck lies at right angles to the reef, with the bows to the east. The stern is about 180 metres offshore at high water. About 0.6 metres of the stern post can be seen above water at low tide. The wreck is very well broken up

Report taken from a letter from I D Slade, undated.

4 November 1982. The wreckage stands about 3 metres high in a depth of about 4 metres. It is very broken up and extensively salvaged. The position from the sketch plan appears to be 55 26 06N, 005 13 45W.

Source; BSAC Wreck Register.

2 May 1986. The site was not found during investigation. It is presumed to be well broken up and dispersed along the rocky foreshore.

Report by HMS BULLDOG.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.