This is the information page about the shipwreck Keret, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 16 N,23 8 W (54.266666666667, -23.133333333333)
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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: KERET
Length 76.8 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1718 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1927 by ateliers & chantiers de la seine. owned at time of loss by det bergenske d/s. triple expansion engine of 167nhp. passage the tyne for sydney, nova scotia. torpedoed and sunk. 13 men lost. (dods & lloyds war losses & ww2 br msl).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 3100 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 25.4.41 SANK IN 541600N, 230800 APPROX. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 16 N,23 8 W