This is the information page about the shipwreck Carrabin (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 40.03 N,8 9.04 W (51.768116666667, -8.2951166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: CARRABIN (POSSIBLY)
Length 96.5 meter, width: 13.2 meter, draught: 7.4, tonnage 2739 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products,railway: stock and construction materials
Cause: passage bunbury for london. torpedoed by submarine. ex- susanne vinnen, ex- alsterufer, ex- north star, built 1892 by grangemouth dockyard co., alloa. owned at time of loss by british government, war transport. torpedoed without warning or loss of life by a german submarine. (sii)
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 60 meter
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2003
Details measurements/cartography: H6907/29 H6907/29 [NO DATE] POSN 514000N, 080900W, 10M S OF DAUNT ROCK. (AUTHORTY NOT STATED). NCA. 13.3.78 13.3.78 INS AS WK USC PA 35MTRS. NC 2049. 14.9.01 14.9.01 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 15M S OF DAUNT ROCK. (LL WW1). NCA. HH100/351/20 15.8.03 HH100/351/20 15.8.03 REPORTED IN 5138.90N, 0805.52W (M DENNEHY, FAX DTD 4.2.03). RECORD AMENDED TO 'CARRABIN' (POSSIBLY). SEE ALSO 62747. 26.2.10 26.2.10 EUT POSN: 5140.030N, 0809.040W. NE 1765.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 40.03 N,8 9.04 W