This is the information page about the shipwreck Ra, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 55.626 N,5 27.818 E (53.9826667, 5.3986667)

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: RA

Length 75.6 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1333 ton
Load: foodstuffs: liquid

Cause: Ex-konstaintina '88, ex-auto courir '85, ex-auto gulf '81, ex-aegean mark '78, ex-rah '77, ex-ra 74. built in 1977 by laivateoliisuus ab, turku. owned at time of loss by buk alandia ab ltd. passage ventspils for gunness, river trent. sank during bad weather. crew of 9 recovered by helicopter from boats. no emergency signal was sent. (ll & msd).

Year of registration: 1988

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter

Known since: 1988, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H4326/87 22.9.88 REPORTED SUNK IN 535540N, 052752E APPROX. (NETH CG, TELEX 163330Z SEP'88). NAVAREA I 302/88 ISSUED. NCA YET. H1956/88 19.10.88 DW REPORTED IN 535542N, 052754E. (HAMBURG TNM(21) 50/39/88). NCA YET. H4326/87 21.11.88 NOW REPORTED IN POSN 535540N, 052752E. (NETH NM 533(P)/88) NCA YET. H4326/87 23.11.88 DW IN 535540N, 052752E. (NETH NM 578/88).

- NM 3467/88. 13.10.05 SHOWN IN 5355.62N, 0527.78E [WGD] ON BA 1633 [EDN DTD 13.10.05, CO-PRODUCTION]. NE 1633. SEP 2011/000155396 22.8.11 NOW WK 23.5MTRS. (NETH NM 33/349/11).

- NM 4165/11.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 55.626 N,5 27.818 E

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