This is the information page about the shipwreck Gunnaren, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 44.759 N,3 3.661 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Argyll
6. Athenic
7. Avra (possibly)
8. B 109 (part)
9. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
10. Ben barvas
11. Benachie
12. Bettina danica
13. Bountiful
14. Bremse
15. Brummer
16. Budrie
17. Busy bee (part of)
18. Carolina thornden
19. Carron
20. Challenger
21. Clan mackinlay
22. Clio
23. Clio ii
24. Collingdoc
25. Copeland
26. Corinthia (stern section)
27. Croma
28. Daghestan (probably)
29. Danmark (after part)
30. Dresden
31. Duna
32. Dyle
33. Ebanezer
34. Edinboune
35. Elton
36. Emerald wings
37. Empire parsons (possiby)
38. Empire seaman
39. Empire seaman
40. Energy
41. Ephram
42. F2
43. Faro
44. Fulmar (possibly)
45. G101
46. G103
47. G104
48. Gartmore
49. Giralda (possibly)
50. Gobernador bories
51. Gondolier
52. Grosser kurfurst
53. Gunnaren
54. Hessen
55. Hindenburg
56. Hmd chance
57. Hmd imbat
58. Hmd lustring
59. Hmd lustring
60. Hmd lustring
61. Hms albacore (bow section)
62. Hms dewey eve
63. Hms endeavour
64. Hms loch garry
65. Hms narborough
66. Hms opal
67. Hms roedean
68. Hms rose valley
69. Hms royal oak
70. Hms strathgarry
71. Hms vanguard
72. Ilsenstein
73. Invader
74. Inverlane (bow section)
75. Irene
76. James barrie
77. Johanna thorden
78. Juanita
79. Juniata (fore part)
80. Jv 526
81. Jv 751
82. Kaiser
83. Kaiserin
84. Karlsruhe
85. Kathe niederkirchner
86. Koln
87. Konig
88. Kronprinz wilhelm
89. Lapland
90. Lizzie bain (possibly)
91. Loch maddy (stern section)
92. Lorne
93. Lycia
94. Mara
95. Markgraf
96. Martis
97. Martis
98. Minieh
99. Naja (part of)
100. Napier star
101. Neptune
102. Norholmen
103. Numidian
104. Numidian
105. Ocean racer
106. Pennsylvania
107. Pinnace 288
108. Pinnace 744
109. Pitstruan (probably)
110. Pontos
111. Prinzregent luitpold
112. Prolific
113. Prudentia
114. Radiation
115. Reginald
116. Reinfield
117. Remus
118. Rfa isleford
119. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
120. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
121. Rosewood
122. Ross puma
123. Rotherfield
124. S 36 (bow section)
125. Seydlitz
126. Skua flaes beacon
127. Stellatus
128. Strathelliot
129. Sunbeam
130. Swiftsure
131. Tabarka (possibly)
132. Tbf fn899
133. Teeswood
134. Tern 1
135. Thames
136. Thunfisch
137. U 18 (probably)
138. Ub 116
139. V 78 (part of)
140. V 81
141. V83
142. Yc 21

 

Name: GUNNAREN

Length 107.9 meter, width: 15.3 meter, draught: 3.8, tonnage 3229 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: bult in 1930 by akt. linholmen-motala, gothenburg. owned at time of loss by a/b transatlantic, sweden. oil engines of 543 hp. twin screw. passage new york for stockholm. cargo mail and mixed. drove ashore in thick fog. salvors decided to cut in two in attempt to save the undamaged stern section, but ground swell set in and broke vessel in tow. both sections later lost.

Year of registration: 1935

Water depth above wreck: -1 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1935, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: 25.2.72 LIES OF W SIDE OF SWONA ISLAND. VERY CLOSE INSHORE FROM A PINNACLE OF ROCK WHICH RIPPED OUT HER BOTTOM. BROKE IN HALF, STERN HALF SWUNG ROUND & CAME TO REST 100 YDS OFFSHORE. PARTS OF WK SHOW AT ANY STATE OF TIDE, BUT MOST HAS BEEN RIPPED AWAY BY SWELL. REMAINS ARE PROP SHAFT, BEARINGS, PARTS OF ENGINE, BOW, STERN & KEEL. (UNDERMARINE OPS LTD). 31.3.80 OBSTN SHOWN IN 584447N, 030334W ON AERIAL PHOTOS. (SORTIE NO.08 74 067 [1974]). INS AS OBP. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PROP SHAFT, ENGINE, PARTS OF HULL REMAIN

Position: 58 44.759 N,3 3.661 W

 

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