This is the information page about the shipwreck Karina, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 49.482 N,7 2.832 W (51.867, -6.7975)

 

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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.

 

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Name: KARINA

Length 112.8 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 4222 ton
Load: grain,timber,oil

Cause: built in 1905 by alexander stephen & sons ltd, glasgow. owned at time of loss by african ss co (elder, dempster). four boilers, triple expansion engine of 422nhp, single shaft. passage sierra leone for liverpool). torpedoed by uc-75 while zig-zagging in convoy. 11 passengers and crew lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 73 meter, Height above seabed: 125 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 17M SSW HALF W FROM HOOK POINT, WATERFORD. (WWISL). H1933/79 9.4.81 H1933/79 9.4.81 LARGE WK EXAM'D 25.9.80 IN 514923N,070253W [OGB] USING HF/6 [2 LOPS] & DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 64MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LENGTH 110MTRS, BEAM 30MTRS. LYING 125/305DEGS. GIVES STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. POSSIBLY MAST STILL STANDING. (HMS FOX, HI 51B/79). BR STD. H2791/86 29.7.87 H2791/86 29.7.87 DIVED ON 20.10.85. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS KARINA BY RECOVERED BELL. POSN 514936N, 070241W. (SEASALVE MARINE). NCA. 19.11.99 19.11.99 CENTRAL POSN OF 3 BOILERS: 5149.483N, 0702.834W [WGD] USING DGPS. (BOB DAVIS, ECHOSCAN, TELECON 10.11.99). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 10.5.07 10.5.07 WK LOCATED IN 5149.482N, 0702.832W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 73MTRS. LENGTH 106MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS, HT 5.9MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 125/305 DEGS. NO SCOUR. NO DEBRIS. INTACT. AMEND WK 66MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 18.7.12 18.7.12 LEAST M/B DEPTH 66.64MTRS. (IRISH WKS LIST). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, HIGH POINT MIDSHIPS

Position: 51 49.482 N,7 2.832 W

 

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