Cairnavon: Buchan Ness, North Sea
Motor Ship (20th Century), Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Cairnavon: Buchan Ness, North Sea
Classification Motor Ship (20th Century), Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Baarn; Boddam; Cairnavon; Cairnavon (Ex. Baarn)
Canmore ID 101835
Site Number NK14SW 8005
NGR NK 13596 41447
NGR Description NK c. 13 41
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Maritime - Aberdeenshire
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NK14SW 8004 c. 13 41
N57 28 W1 47
NLO: Buchan Ness [name: NK 127 432]
Boddam [name: NK 137 424].
Possibly on map sheet NK13NW.
Formerly entered as NK14SW 8341 at cited location NK 1347 4089 [N57 27.5 W1 46.5].
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The CAIRNAVON was wrecked 0.5 miles S of Buchan Ness on a voyage from Leith to Montreal.
Source: Wartime Standard ships vol 3.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as steel motor vessel, with cargo of coke and general goods: former name cited as Baarn, and date of loss as 1 November 1925). Cairnavon: this vessel stranded 0.5 miles S of Buchan Ness.
Registration: Newcastle. Built 1920. 5245grt. Length: 123m. Beam: 16m.
(Location cited as N57 27.5 W1 46.5).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location of loss assigned to this record is essentially tentative.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 May 2004.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 480
Name : CAIRNAVON (EX. BAARN)
Latitude : 572730
Longitude : 14630
Date Built : 1920
Registration : NEWCASTLE
Type : MV (STEEL)
Tonnage : 5245
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 123
Beam : 16
Draught : 8m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 1
Loss Month : 11
Loss Year : 1925
Comment : Stranded 0.5 mile S of Buchan Ness
Cargo : GENERAL AND COKE
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002266
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 57.46333,-1.77333
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 57.46310,-1.77503
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 57.45833,-1.77500
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 25
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : CAIRNAVON
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 125.6
Beam : 15.8
Draught : 8.5
Tonnage : 5030
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : GENERAL AND COAL
Date Sunk : 01/11/1925
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1925
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1920 BY 1920 BY W GREY & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CAIRN LINE. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 513NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE LEITH FOR MONTREAL. WRECKED 0.5M S BUCHAN NESS. (WARTIME STANDARD SHIPS & DODS).
Surveying Details : **WRECKED 0.5M S OF BUCHAN NESS. (DODS). POSN 572748N, 014624EW FOR FILING ONLY.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 07/10/2003
Date Position Last Amended : 07/10/2003
