This is the information page about the shipwreck Casanare, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 58 N,14 13 W (54.233333333333, -14.5)

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.

Name: CASANARE

Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 5376 ton

Cause: built in 1924 by cammel laird & co. owned at time of loss by elders & fyffes. triple expansion engine of 447nhp for 13.5 knots. torpedoed by u-99. 8 men lost. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 2000 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 535800N, 141300W. 12.8.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE PLOTS IN APPROX 2000MTRS. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). SUNK APPROX 200 MILES W OF IRELAND. (DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 58 N,14 13 W

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