| Cairnross |
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| Location |
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Place Name : Liverpool Bay |
Lat / Long : 53 ° 31 ' 3 '' North - 3 ° 33' 30'' West |
System used to obtain Long / Lat : unknown |
| OS Grid Ref - |
Square : 0 |
8 Figure : 0 |
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| Construction |
| Type : Single screw steamship, steam turbines |
Built : |
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Shipyard : Doxford & Co. Sunderland
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Hull material : steel |
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| Dimensions |
| Size : 5494 tonnes |
Length : 141 m |
Beam : 18 m |
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| History |
| Sunk : 17/01/1940 |
Cause : mined |
Date Found : |
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| Depth |
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Shallowest |
Deepest |
| Top : |
26 m |
0 m |
Deck :
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0 m |
0 m |
| Bed : |
30 m |
0 m |
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| Postition |
| Orientation : unknown |
Lying : unknown |
Condition : Unknown |
Seabed Type : Unknown
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Artifacts : |
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| Wreck Owner |
| Owner : Originally owned by Cairn Line |
Access : public
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War Grave : Unknown |
Protected : Unknown |
| Restrictions : unknown |
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| When to Dive Best time to dive the wreck, relative to high wate |
| 0 - hours |
0 - minutes |
- - high water |
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| General Information : |
Small Boat Launching : |
New Brighton
Charters from Liverpool Marina |
Notes : |
Built in 1921 by Doxford & Co.Sunderland 425'x 55'x 26' 3 steam turbines, 3 single-ended boilers, single screw. Owned by Cairn Line. First British cargo ship to be fitted with steam-turbines. Cargo: coal + 50 tons general cargo inc. earthenware on route from Liverpool to St.Johns, Canada. Shortly after leaving Liverpool she struck a mine at 5.20pm 6.5miles 276° from the Bar Light vessel. N on of 48 crew's lives lost. Dive details: 30mts to seabed, 26mts to top off wreck. Wreckage scattered over large area, boilers still seen but much of wreck sanded in. Many large sand-waves in the area which could be mistaken for the wreck on an echo-sounder
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References : |
Wrecks of Liverpool Bay - see Underwater Bookshop |
Link to More Info : |
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| Information Provided by : |
| Name : Tom Tollitt |
From a dive on : |
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| Supplementary Imformation |
Added by:
glendon2
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Posted on : August 19, 2007
I think, forgive me, that Tom Scott's data is quite incorrect. The 'Cairnross' that is the subject of the page was built in 1921. There was an earlier vessel of the name, indeed 2 of of them. Built 1894 and 1912/13 respectively. But neither have anything to do with this wreck and this page.
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Added by:
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Posted on : February 23, 2007
CAIRNROSS DOXFORD YARD NO. 452 BUILT 1912 NOT 1921
OFFICIAL NO 133522,
TOM SCOTT EX SUNDERLAND SHIPBUILDER. COMPILE AND MAINTAIN SUNDERLAND SHIPBUILDNG RECORDS
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Added by:
Chris Warriner
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Posted on : November 16, 2004
HI, I am researching the Cairnline as my father and Grandfather were both with the company for many years. I have some info on the 'Empire Sailor' and the Cairnavon if you want to drop me a line please do so and I'll give you as much info as possible. contact UK DIVING for my e-mail address.
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Added by:
Tom Scott
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Posted on : September 16, 2004
CAIRNROSS DOXFORD YARD NO. 452 BUILT 1912 NOT 1921 OFFICIAL NO 133522, TOM SCOTT EX SUNDERLAND SHIPBUILDER. COMPILE AND MAINTAIN SUNDERLAND SHIPBUILDNG RECORDS
- - TOM SCOTT , 9 May 2004
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Added by:
Colin Aitchison
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Posted on : August 16, 2004
Is it possible to find out who the crew were on the Cairnross as my uncle William Thom was on this ship earlier? Thanks
- - Colin Aitchison , 1 Aug 2003
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