This is the information page about the shipwreck Marana (bow section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 13.252 N,3 38.604 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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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: MARANA (BOW SECTION)
Length 87.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 2177 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products,railway: stock and construction materials
Cause: built in 1880 by aitken & mansel, glasgow. passage london for columbo. ran on blackstone rock in the 'great snowstorm' of march 1891, tearing off propeller & rudder. only 4 survivors. (devon shipwrecks & sibi).
Year of registration: 1978
Water depth above wreck: 1 meter
Known since: 1978
Details measurements/cartography: 1.9.78 1.9.78 BOW SECTION LOCATED ON NW SIDE SINKING ROCK ABOUT 215 YDS FROM START POINT LTHO. (MR BARNARD, S. DEVON WATER AUTHORITY SUBAQUA CLUB, TELECON 1.9.78). POSN 501313N, 033832W FOR FILING ONLY. 16.8.11 16.8.11 UNABLE TO ACCESS POSN. TOO CLOSE INSHORE. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1356). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 13.252 N,3 38.604 W