Remote Sensing
Date 1966
Event ID 937719
Category Recording
Type Remote Sensing
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UKHO Identifier : 002824
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.03861,-3.22361
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.03854,-3.22503
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : Horizontal sextant angle
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth : 13.2
Depth Method : Swept by wire-drag
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 24
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : HMS CAMPANIA (PART OF)
Type : AIRCRAFT CARRIER
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 189.6
Beam : 19.8
Tonnage : 18000
Tonnage Type : Displacement
Date Sunk : 05/11/1918
Bottom Texture : Mud
Contact Description : Partial wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1918
Last Detection Year : 1966
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1893 BY FAIRFIELD CO LTD, GLASGOW FOR THE CUNARD SS CO. BOUGHT BY ADMIRALTY IN 27.11.1914 AND WORK TO CONVERT INTO AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER COMMENCED, BEING COMPLETED WHEN SHE WAS COMMISSIONED AS HMS CAMPANIA. SANK AFTER DRAGGING ANCHOR IN A SQUALL AND COLLIDING PORT SIDE ACROSS STERN OF HMS ROYAL OAK. THERE WAS A BOILER EXPLOSION BEFORE SHE SANK. HMS GLORIOUS, NEARBY, WAS DAMAGED. ALL CREW SAVED. DISPERSED IN 1947. (NAVAL HIST. SECT & NAVAL LIB., DODS & SIBI).
**FULL ACCOUNT OF LOSS AND SERIES OF PHOTOS OF SINKING. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE FORTH & TAY, B BAIRD)
Surveying Details : **H454/67 6.3.67 WK APPEARS TO HAVE BROKEN UP INTO AT LEAST THREE MAJOR PARTS. PART [A] IS MOST EXTENSIVE AREA OF WRECKAGE & CARRIES THE LEAST WATER. FIXES: PART [A] OXCARS LTHO 89DEGS 10MIN BURNTISLAND W BKWTR LTHO 128DEGS 40MIN INCHKEITH LTHO; PART [B] OXCARS LTHO 92DEGS 00MIN BURNTISLAND W BKWTR LTHO 121DEGS 40MIN INCHKEITH LTHO. WIREDRIFT SWEEP: PART [A] CLEAR 41 & 42FT, FOUL 44FT; PART [B] CLEAR 42.5FT, FOUL 45FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 51FT IN GEN DEPTH 80FT, SCOUR 82FT. SEABED MUD. (HMS MYRMIDON, 31.3.66). - NM 508/67.
**H454/67 22.8.68 WK SOLD TO METREC ENGINEERING LTD FOR SALVAGE. (D OF C(N) N/CP85/52230/1967). NCA.
**H454/67 16.2.77 S PART [B] OF WK REPD NOT FOUND BY E/S & TRANSIT SONAR DURING 6 HOUR SEARCH. (FORTH PA, LTR 21.1.77). NCA.
**H3965/75 25.4.77 REPD NOT FOUND BY E/S & TRANSIT SONAR. (FORTH P.A. LTR DTD 25.4.77). NCA YET.
**H1942/86 29.7.86 NO SOUNDINGS OF 13.2MTRS EXISTS S OF NO.9 BUOY. (FORTH PORTS AUTHORITY, 6.3.86). AMENDED TO ABEY. DELETE. - NM 2297/86.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**27.4.01 AMENDED TO DEAD. NCA.
Chart Symbol : WK SW 13.2
Date Last Amended : 27/04/2001
