This is the information page about the shipwreck Karen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 11.061 N,2 58.838 W (56.019716666667, -3.1120833333333)

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: KAREN

Length 39.6 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 331 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-willemoes, ex-havet. built of wood in 1920 by christensen,kragh, v kolding. owned at time of loss by m pedersen. passage tees for copenhagen. caught fire after explosion in hold, burnt out and sank at methil. total loss. (sibi & shipwrecks of the forth).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 6 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H622/40 15.2.40 DW IN 561100N, 025800W APPROX, OR 073DEG, 1.1M FROM METHIL PIER LT. (NCSO METHIL CG.ELIE). - TNM 418/40 ISSUED. H622/40 27.2.40 DW, MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, GPFL(3)G CLOSE SE. (NCSO METHIL).

- NM 524/40. H622/40 11.8.50 WIRE SWEPT TO LEAST DEPTH 3FMS IN 561104N, 025845W. BUOY REMOVED. (NLB & HMS SHARPSHOOTER).

- NM 1578/50. H2618/60 28.7.60 NOT LOCATED. (HMS SCOTT 1959). NCA. 12.10.76 NOW CHARTED AS WK SW 5.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 734. 14.12.05 EUT POSN: 5611.061N, 0258.838W. NE 741.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 56 11.061 N,2 58.838 W

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