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Chindwin: Salt Pans Bay, Larbrax, North Channel
Steam Trawler (19th Century)
Site Name Chindwin: Salt Pans Bay, Larbrax, North Channel
Classification Steam Trawler (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) H 34; Chidwin; Salt Pan Bay; Irish Sea; Chindwin; Chidwin (H 34) (Chindwin ?)
Canmore ID 101673
Site Number NW96SE 8005
NGR NW 96480 61386
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/101673
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Maritime - Dumfries And Galloway
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NW96SE 8005 9642 6138
N54 54.3333 W5 10.5
NLO: Salt Pans Bay [name: NW 964 614]
Larbrax [name: NW 976 604].
Formerly entered as NW96SE 8083.
7 February 1895, CHINDWIN, 8 years, of Fleetwood. Lloyds +100A1 survey 7/92. Iron steam trawler. 59 ton. 9 men. Master T. Glanton, owner G. Beeching, Fleetwood. Fleetwood to fishing. Ballast. Wind SE11. Pan Bay, Wigtownshire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1894-95 (1896 [C.8247] LXXV.489).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1095).
Quality of fix = E
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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The boiler of this wreck shows at low water about 90 metres from shore at 54 54 20N, 005 10 30W.
Report by P. C. Miller 6 November 1982.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as iron steam trawler, with cargo of fish: registration number cited as H 34 and date of loss as 7 February 1895). Chidwin (Chindwin?): this vessel stranded at Pan Bay [Salt Pans Bay]. Capt. Glanton. (Fleetwood registered?).
Registration: Hull. Built 1887. 59nrt. Length: 30m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 54.00 W5 10.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The form of the vessel's name that is cited in the primary account is preferred.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 June 2009.
Loss (7 February 1895)
7 February 1895, CHINDWIN, 8 years, of Fleetwood. Lloyds +100A1 survey 7/92. Iron steam trawler. 59 ton. 9 men. Master T. Glanton, owner G. Beeching, Fleetwood. Fleetwood to fishing. Ballast. Wind SE11. Pan Bay, Wigtownshire.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1894-95 (1896 [C.8247] LXXV.489).
NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1095).
(Classified as iron steam trawler, with cargo of fish: registration number cited as H 34 and date of loss as 7 February 1895). Chidwin (Chindwin?): this vessel stranded at Pan Bay [Salt Pans Bay]. Capt. Glanton. (Fleetwood registered?).
Registration: Hull. Built 1887. 59nrt. Length: 30m. Beam: 6m.
(Location of loss cited as N54 54.00 W5 10.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Evidence Of Loss (6 November 1982)
Quality of fix = E
Horizontal Datum = OGB
Surveying Details
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The boiler of this wreck shows at low water about 90 metres from shore at 54 54 20N, 005 10 30W.
Report by P. C. Miller 6 November 1982.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
Note (25 June 2009)
The form of the vessel's name that is cited in the primary account is preferred.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 June 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 2887
Name : CHIDWIN (H 34) (CHINDWIN ?)
Latitude : 545400
Longitude : 51030
Date Built : 1887
Registration : HULL
Type : STEAM TRAWLER(IRON)
Tonnage : 59
Tonnage Code : N
Length : 30
Beam : 6
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 7
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1895
Comment : Stranded Pan Bay. Capt. Glanton (FLEETWOOD reg?)
Cargo : FISH
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 005221
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 54.90556,-5.17500
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 54.90561,-5.17610
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 0
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : CHINDWIN
Type : S TRAWLER
Flag : BRITISH
Date Sunk : 07/02/1895
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Partial wreck
Original Sensor : Video Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1982
Original Source : Other
Surveying Details : **H1285/82/226 BOILER OF THIS WK SHOWS AT LW ABOUT 100YDS FROM SHORE IN 545420N, 051030W. (P C MILLER, 6.11.82). FOR FILING ONLY. NCA.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 02/09/2005
