This is the information page about the shipwreck Karanan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 42.7 N,5 31.78 W (54.711667, -5.529667)

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: KARANAN

Length 45.7 meter, width: 10.7 meter, tonnage 395 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built 1939 by de haan & oerlemans scheeps-bwf, heusden, netherlands. owned at time of loss by w veld int, groningen. 8 cylinder 4 stroke oil engine of 94hp, single shaft. machinery by klockner-humboldt deutz ag, koln. passage liverpool for belfast. sank following collision with s tanker 'british engineer'. 2 men lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 295 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/05 29.5.92 WK OF DUTCH MV 'KARANAN' LOCATED IN 544251N, 053143W. (T C MARTIN, 9.4.92). INS AS USC PA 25MTRS.

- NM 1793/92. HH100/351/12 26.9.97 'KARANAN' DIVED DURING 1990. LOCATED BY DECCA APPROX 1M N OF LIGHTHOUSE ISLAND. SHOALEST PART IS STERN IN 544254N, 053145W. LENGTH 150FT, BEAM 35FT. LEAST DEPTH 34MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS AT HIGH TIDE. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. SEABED SAND. LYING 090/270DEGS, ON PORT SIDE. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HULL ON STARBOARD SIDE JUST FORWARD FROM AMIDSHIPS OWING TO COLLISION. CARGO: FOOD STUFFS, CAR BATTERIES & COPPER PIPING. (P STEELE, 22.5.97). NCA. 15.1.07 DIVED IN 5442.83N, 0531.71W [WGD]. LIES ON PORT SIDE IN A CONSIDERABLE STATE OF COLLAPSE. (C FIDDIS, EMAIL DTD 13.1.08). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2010/000156213 24.9.10 EXAM'D 2008 IN 5442.704N, 0531.780W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.68MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 1273). AMEND WK 34MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2019/000054120 19.12.19 EXAM’D 23.3.19 IN 5442.700N, 0531.780W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.95MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. LENGTH 58.55MTRS, WIDTH 14.89MTRS, HT 6.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 295/115DEGS. INTACT, LYING ON ITS SIDE. DEBRIS CLOSE NE. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1581). AMEND NDW 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON ITS SIDE. DEBRIS CLOSE NE

Position: 54 42.7 N,5 31.78 W

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