Wreck: Carasa (possibly) (Steam ship)
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 (50.503100, -5.146517)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
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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