Hmt Dunraven Castle: Iron Rock Ledges, Arran, Firth Of Clyde
Requisitioned Trawler (20th Century)
Site Name Hmt Dunraven Castle: Iron Rock Ledges, Arran, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Requisitioned Trawler (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sa69; Swansea; Hms Dunraven Castle; Iron Rock Ledge; Bennan Head; Outer Clyde Estuary; Dunraven Castle (Sa 69) (Ex. Swansea)
Canmore ID 112500
Site Number NR92SW 8005
NGR NR 921 228
NGR Description NR c. 921 228
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Maritime - North Ayrshire
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR92SW 8005 c. 921 228
N55 27.3 W5 17.3
Formerly entered as NR92SW 9136 at cited location NR 9080 2280 (N 55 27.25 W 5 18.53), and at cited location NR c. 908 228 [N55 27.3 W5 18.5].
(Classified as steel trawler: registration cited as SA 69, former name as Swansea, and date of stranding as 29 January 1945). Dunraven Castle: this vessel stranded on Iron Rock Ledge.
Registration: Swansea. Built 1917. 276nrt. Length: 37m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 26.42 W5 15.43).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Displacement: 276grt 107nrt
Engines: 87hp
Armament: 1x12pdr 1x3.5in
Bomb thrower (A/S howitzer)
Admiralty no: 3045.
Port registration: SA. 69
P. No. WWII: FY.570
This vessel was built at Southbank-on-Tees by Smith's Dock, and launched in 1917. She was owned by Consolidated Fisheries of Grimsby, being requisitioned in June 1917, and converted for service as a minesweeper; she was returned to the owners in 1919.
In March 1940, the vessel was again requisitioned and converted to a minesweeper. She was again returned to her owners in September 1945.
G Toghill 2004.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Iron Rock Ledge or Ledges are not noted as such on the current edition of the OS (GIS) MasterMap, but the name apparently refers to rocks off Bennan Head [name: NR 991 201], on the S coast of Arran.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 February 2004.
(Re-entered at cited location NR c. 921 228 [N 55 27.3 W5 17.3]). Per contra the above, UKHO chart no. 2126 (1975, amended 1992) notes Iron Rock Ledges as isolated rocks (forming a buoyed hazard in shallow water), around N55 27.3 W5 17.3, just off the SW coast of Arran.
The information given by Toghill is apparently at variance with that given by Whittaker. The vessel may have been successfully refloated after stranding, and subsequently returned to her owners.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 July 2010.
Loss (29 January 1945)
(Classified as steel trawler: registration cited as SA 69, former name as Swansea, and date of stranding as 29 January 1945). Dunraven Castle: this vessel stranded on Iron Rock Ledge.
Registration: Swansea. Built 1917. 276nrt. Length: 37m. Beam: 7m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 26.42 W5 15.43).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (14 February 2004)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Iron Rock Ledge or Ledges are not noted as such on the current edition of the OS (GIS) MasterMap, but the name apparently refers to rocks off Bennan Head [name: NR 991 201], on the S coast of Arran.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 February 2004.
External Reference (2004)
Displacement: 276grt 107nrt
Engines: 87hp
Armament: 1x12pdr 1x3.5in
Bomb thrower (A/S howitzer)
Admiralty no: 3045.
Port registration: SA. 69
P. No. WWII: FY.570
This vessel was built at Southbank-on-Tees by Smith's Dock, and launched in 1917. She was owned by Consolidated Fisheries of Grimsby, being requisitioned in June 1917, and converted for service as a minesweeper; she was returned to the owners in 1919.
In March 1940, the vessel was again requisitioned and converted to a minesweeper. She was again returned to her owners in September 1945.
G Toghill 2004.
Note (15 July 2010)
(Re-entered at cited location NR c. 921 228 [N 55 27.3 W5 17.3]). Per contra the above, UKHO chart no. 2126 (1975, amended 1992) notes Iron Rock Ledges as isolated rocks (forming a buoyed hazard in shallow water), around N55 27.3 W5 17.3, just off the SW coast of Arran.
The information given by Toghill is apparently at variance with that given by Whittaker. The vessel may have been successfully refloated after stranding, and subsequently returned to her owners.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 15 July 2010.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 1598
Name : DUNRAVEN CASTLE (SA 69) (EX. SWANSEA)
Latitude : 552625
Longitude : 51526
Date Built : 1917
Registration : SWANSEA
Type : TRAWLER (STEEL)
Tonnage : 276
Tonnage Code : N
Length : 37
Beam : 7
Draught : 3m
Loss Day : 29
Loss Month : 1
Loss Year : 1945
Comment : Stranded on Iron Rock Ledge.
