Tuscania: Atlantic
Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Tuscania: Atlantic
Classification Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Turcania; Rathlin Island Light; '7 Miles North Of Rathlin [island]'; North Channel; Tuscania (Probably)
Canmore ID 102605
Site Number NR14SE 8001
NGR NR 15040 40481
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102605
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR14SE 8001 1503 4048
N55 34.4667 W6 31.3
Formerly entered as NR14SE 1.
See also NR23SE 8001.
Quality of fix = SYL
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 86
Orientation of keel/wreck = 175/355
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The TUSCANIA was an Anchor Line vessel, built 1914, which was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U77. The vessel had been taken over as a war transport and was carrying 2030 American troops from Halifax to Liverpool. 166 lives were lost.
Source; Dictionary of Disasters at Sea.
Surveying Details
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1918. The TUSCANIA sank at 55 36 00N, 006 29 00W approximately. Or 7 miles north of Rathlin Island light.
5 July 1957. The site was not found.
Report by HMS COOK, 1956.
11 February 1986. The wreck was examined on 17/18 Cotober 1985 at 55 34 28N, 006 31 18W or decca [hebrides] red g 2.12, purple c 70.11. The least echosounder depth was 80 in a general depth of 86 metres. No scouring was observed. The side scan sonar indicated a height of 5 metres, and a length of 70 - 80 metres (229 -262 feet). The wreck is lying with its keel orientated 175/355 degrees, but is not well defined. Two other contacts nearby could be possibly be wreckage, but these are considered to be probably natural features. These two features lie approximately 450 metres to the west.
Report by Bue Subsea.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of wax, oil and steel: date of loss cited as 5 February 1918). Tuscania: this vessel was torpedoed 7 miles North of Rathlin [Island], or at N55 26.50 W6 26.50. Capt. McLean.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1914. 14348grt. Length: 165m. Beam: 20m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 36.50 W6 26.40).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Loss (5 February 1918)
(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of wax, oil and steel: date of loss cited as 5 February 1918). Tuscania: this vessel was torpedoed 7 miles North of Rathlin [Island], or at N55 26.50 W6 26.50. Capt. McLean.
Registration: Glasgow. Built 1914. 14348grt. Length: 165m. Beam: 20m.
(Location of loss cited as N55 36.50 W6 26.40).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Evidence Of Loss (1995)
Quality of fix = SYL
Evidence = Echo sounder
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 86
Orientation of keel/wreck = 175/355
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The TUSCANIA was an Anchor Line vessel, built 1914, which was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U77. The vessel had been taken over as a war transport and was carrying 2030 American troops from Halifax to Liverpool. 166 lives were lost.
Source; Dictionary of Disasters at Sea.
Surveying Details
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1918. The TUSCANIA sank at 55 36 00N, 006 29 00W approximately. Or 7 miles north of Rathlin Island light.
5 July 1957. The site was not found.
Report by HMS COOK, 1956.
11 February 1986. The wreck was examined on 17/18 Cotober 1985 at 55 34 28N, 006 31 18W or decca [hebrides] red g 2.12, purple c 70.11. The least echosounder depth was 80 in a general depth of 86 metres. No scouring was observed. The side scan sonar indicated a height of 5 metres, and a length of 70 - 80 metres (229 -262 feet). The wreck is lying with its keel orientated 175/355 degrees, but is not well defined. Two other contacts nearby could be possibly be wreckage, but these are considered to be probably natural features. These two features lie approximately 450 metres to the west.
Report by Bue Subsea.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 906
Name : TUSCANIA
Latitude : 553630
Longitude : 62624
Date Built : 1914
Registration : GLASGOW
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 14348
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 165
Beam : 20
Draught : 12m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 5
Loss Month : 2
Loss Year : 1918
Comment : Torped 7 miles north of Rathlin or 5526.50/0626.50? Capt. McLean
Cargo : WAX, OIL AND STEEL
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 003681
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.57444,-6.52167
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.57439,-6.52260
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 55.60833,-6.44000
Position Method : Syledis
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 13.0
Depth : 80.0
Depth Method : Found by echo-sounder
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 86
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : TUSCANIA (PROBABLY)
Type : SS
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 167.3
Beam : 20.4
Draught : 12.8
Sonar Length : 80.0
Shadow Height : 5.0
Orientation : 175.0
Tonnage : 14348
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : WAX, OIL & STEEL
Date Sunk : 05/02/1918
Scour Depth : 0.0
Debris Field : TWO CONTACTS 450MTRS W (?WRECKAGE)
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
