This is the information page about the shipwreck Cavarna, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 42 25 N,27 49.5 E (42.5, 27.866666666667)
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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: CAVARNA
Length 110 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 3495 ton
Cause: built in 1939 by cant. nav. riuniti. owned at time of loss by romanian state maritime service. oil engines of 583nhp. vessel struck a mine and sank 15m e of burghaz, bulgaria. (dods)
Year of registration: 1972
Water depth above wreck: 37 meter
Known since: 1972, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: 25.9.72 25.9.72 VESSEL SANK IN 422500N, 274930E [UND] APPROX. (DODS) INS AS DW PA. NE 2230 25.11.74 25.11.74 SHOWN AS DW (1941), 118DEGS, 4.5M FROM LIGHT ON BULGARIAN 1251. BR STD. 23.7.87 23.7.87 DW PA (1941) SHOWN IN 422409N, 274651E ON GERMAN 1114. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 42 25 N,27 49.5 E