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Baron Ardrossan: Sandray, Sea Of The Hebrides
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Baron Ardrossan: Sandray, Sea Of The Hebrides
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 'At The Se Tip Of Sandray'; Sandray Island; Sanndraigh; Barra Head Lighthouse; Baron Ardrossan
Canmore ID 102803
Site Number NL69SW 8017
NGR NL 64808 90119
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102803
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Maritime - Western Isles
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NL69SE 8001 6509 9003
N56 52.8333 W7 29.9667
NLO: Sandray (Sanndraigh): name centred NL 64 91
Barra (Barraigh): [name centred NL 67 02].
Formerly entered as NL69SE 9469 and also as NL69SW 8003 and NL69SW 9472 at cited location NL 6500 9000 (N56 52.81 W7 30.05).
Steamship BARON ARDROSSAN, 3000 ton of Ardrossan. Master, McPhail. Bound from Greenock to Hull. Lost 30 Dec 1940, 0100am. Sandray Island, 9 miles from Barra Head Lighthouse, Minch. Fog signal sounding, wind force 1, sea quiet, fog & drizzle. Cause of wreck, fog. All 54 on board saved. General cargo.
[Contemporary] source: Lightkeeper, Barra Head Lighthouse.
Quality of fix = 0200
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 6
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The BARON ARDROSSAN was built in 1932. It ran aground at Sandray island, whilst en-route Calcutta and Table Bay to Hull. It was owned at time of loss by H Hogarth & Sons.
Source: Dictionary of Disasters at Sea.
Surveying Details
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1 January 1970 . The vessel went aground at SE tip of Sandray Island, at approximately 56 52 50N, 007 29 58W, with broken back.
Source: Dictionary of Disasters at Sea, Lloyds.
5 March 1985 . The wreck of a large rivetted merchant ship is reported close inshore and well smashed up into the nearby gulleys. The general depth is about 6 metres.
Report by P. Camilli, 25 February 1985.
10 August 1994. The site was located at 56 52 54N, 007 30 24W [world geodetic datum]. The vessel is totally broken up. Many large plates and hull sections are visible, but the hightest piece is 2 metres above seabed. The bows point inland. The boilers and engines lie on the corner of the bay. Wreckage spreads out to a depth of 24 metres. It does not stand higher than the highest rocks.
Report by J Leigh.
Wrecks Officer Note; The OGB position derived from the WGD position plots ashore.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of oil cake, nuts and pig iron: date of loss cited as 30 December 1940). Baron Ardrossan: this vessel stranded at the SE tip of Sandray.
Registration: Ardrossan. Built 1932. 3896grt. Length: 108m. Beam: 15m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 52.83 W7 29.97).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is that cited by UKHO (1994 report).
Barra Head is presumably to be equated with Rubha Sgait, Berneray [name: NL 545 802]. Barra Head lighthouse (NL58SW 7) is at NL 5489 8025.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 9 November 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 908
Name : BARON ARDROSSAN
Latitude : 565250
Longitude : 72958
Date Built : 1932
Registration : ARDROSSAN
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 3896
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 108
Beam : 15
Draught : 7m
Position : Exact Position
Loss Day : 30
Loss Month : 12
Loss Year : 1940
Comment : Stranded at SE tip of Sandray
Cargo : OIL CAKE, NUTS, PIG IRON
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002603
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.88113,-7.50422
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.88088,-7.50508
WGS84 Origin : Original
Previous Position : 56.88055,-7.49945
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 4
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : BARON ARDROSSAN
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 110.0
Beam : 15.5
Draught : 7.0
Tonnage : 3896
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : PEANUTS, PIG IRON, OILCAKE
Date Sunk : 30/12/1940
Bottom Texture : Rock
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Diver Sighting
Original Detection Year : 1970
Last Detection Year : 1994
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Divers
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT 1932. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY H HOGARTH & SONS. PASSAGE FOR CALCUTTA & TABLE BAY. RAN AGROUND AT SANDRAY ISLAND. (DODS).
Surveying Details : **1.1.70 AGROUND AT SE TIP OF SANDRAY I, IN 565250N, 072958W APPROX, WITH BROKEN BACK. (DODS, & LLOYDS, 1.1.70). IN ABOUT 80FT. NCA.
**H1310/85/9 5.3.85 WK OF LARGE RIVETTED MERCHANT SHIP. CLOSE INSHORE AND WELL SMASHED UP INTO THE NEARBY GULLIES. GEN DEPTH IS ABOUT 6MTRS. (P CAMILLI, 25.2.85). NCA.
**HH100351/08 10.8.94 LOCATED IN 565254N, 073024W [WGD]. TOTALLY BROKEN UP. MANY LARGE PLATES AND HULL SECTIONS, BUT THE HIGHEST PIECE IS 2MTRS ABOVE SEABED. BOWS POINT INTO SANDRAY. BOILERS AND ENGINES LIE ON CORNER OF BAY. WRECKAGE OUT TO A DEPTH OF 24MTRS. DOES NOT STAND HIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST ROCKS. (J LEIGH). PLOTS ASHORE. POSN 5652.853N, 0730.305W [WGD] FOR FILING ONLY.
General Comments : TOTALLY BROKEN UP
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 15/02/2005
Date Position Last Amended : 15/02/2005
