This is the information page about the shipwreck Carasa (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 30.186 N,5 8.791 W (50.505016666667, -5.2049666666667)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. Acadian
2. Angele (possibly)
3. Anna sophie
4. Antoinette (probably)
5. Arthurtown
6. Bard (possibly)
7. Bogstad
8. Brava
9. Brisk (probably)
10. Camelot challenger (possibly)
11. Carasa (possibly)
12. Carl
13. Cristina
14. Dageid
15. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
16. Dumfries
17. Ezra weston (bow section)
18. Ezra weston (stern section)
19. Genevieve (possibly)
20. Germaine
21. Gleno
22. Hanover
23. Hemsley 1
24. Hera
25. Hmcs regina
26. Hms warwick
27. Hugin
28. Humbergate (probably)
29. Hunsgrove
30. Island maid
31. John taylor
32. Kai (possibly)
33. Kwester
34. Kynance (probably)
35. La suippe
36. Lake edon
37. Lake owens
38. Lia'g
39. Lombard (possibly)
40. Madeline
41. Madryn
42. Marcelle
43. Marguerite pry
44. Maria asumpta
45. Mefjord (possibly)
46. Milly (possibly)
47. Nile
48. Norma (possibly)
49. Onega
50. Orfordness
51. Pearn pride (possibly)
52. Peer gynt (possibly)
53. Petersham
54. Portugal
55. Prestige
56. Princess royal
57. Quarnero
58. Risoy (probably)
59. Rossmore (possibly)
60. Runswick
61. Saphir
62. Secil japan (bow section)
63. Secil japan (stern section)
64. Shanes castle
65. Shoreham (probably)
66. Siracusa
67. Skopelos sky (after part)
68. Sphene (probably)
69. St george (possibly)
70. St joseph
71. St stanislas
72. Svint
73. Tagona
74. U 1021 (possibly)
75. U 325 (possibly)
76. U 400 (possibly)
77. Ub 65
78. Vesuvius
79. War baron (probably)
80. Warnow (possibly)

 

Name: CARASA (POSSIBLY)

Length 86.9 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2099 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1911 by william pickersgill & sons, sunderland. cia naviera vascongada. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 214 nhp, signle shaft. passage bilbao for cardiff. torpedoed by ub-92. 6 men lost. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 144 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H2959/73 23.7.74 H2959/73 23.7.74 WK LOCATED IN 503010N, 050844W USING DECCA. POSSIBLY CARASA [2099 GRT]. WK COVERED WITH ORE, PROBABLY IRON. HEIGHT 5-8FT IN GENERAL EXCEPT BOWS WHICH ARE FLATTENED & ABOUT 9FT HIGH, DAVITS 12-15FT, & BOILERS 10FT. LONG SHAFT TUNNEL. SEABED ROCK & GRAVEL. (MR GILES, 1974). CHART AS USC 28MTRS. BR STD. 4.5.78 4.5.78 AMEND WK 30MTRS. NC 1178. 23.11.11 23.11.11 LOCATED 25.3.10 IN 5030.186N, 0508.791W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.07 IN GEN DEPTH 38.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 76.2MTRS, WIDTH 24.0MTRS, HT 5.03MTRS. LIES 144/324 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). APPARENTLY BROKEN MIDSHIPS WITH PARTS IN LINE. AMEND WK 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS NW, INTACT, WK COVERED WITH ORE

Position: 50 30.186 N,5 8.791 W

 

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