This is the information page about the shipwreck Raagan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 16.057 N,4 44.667 E (54.2493333, 4.832)
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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: RAAGAN
Length 78.6 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1477 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,general and mixed goods
Cause: Built in 1919 by laxvaags msk & jensk, bergen. owned at time of loss by thorleif lea. passage egersund for dordrecht. sprang a leak and sank. crew of 12 recovered. (msd).
Year of registration: 1967
Water depth above wreck: 47 meter
Known since: 1967, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: H2239/64 11.2.67 WK REPORTED IN 541400N, 043600E. (HAMBURG NM 106(T)/67 & HAGUE NM 142P/67). INS AS DWPA.
- NM 336/67. H1001/52 29.10.69 WK 35MTRS SHOWN IN 541554N, 044430E ON W GERMAN 53 [1969 EDN]. AMEND WK 19FMS. BR STD. H1001/52 19.1.70 WK IN 541615N, 044400E. (HAGUE NM 73T/69). THIS IS PRESUMABLY SAME WK AS THAT IN 541554N, 044430E. AWAIT FURTHER. H2239/64 22.1.70 REPEAT OF HAGUE NM 142P/67, FURTHER REPORT FOLLOWS. (HAGUE NM 72P/70). NCA. H3150/69 10.2.71 WK 'RAAGAN' IN 541603N, 044445E & ALREADY CHARTED AS WK 35MTRS CLOSE SW. DW PA IN 541400N, 043600E MAY BE CANCELLED, AWAIT FINAL NM. (HAMBURG NM 36T/71). NCA. H1001/52 11.2.71 WK 35MTRS IN 541552N, 044430E. (HAGUE CORRECTION SLIP). NCA. H3150/69 30.10.72 WK 35MTRS IN 541606N, 044445E. (HAMBURG NM 3956/72). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 2.11.72 AMEND WK 35MTRS. NC 2182B. H4868/71 13.12.73 WK 35MTRS SHOWN IN 541606N, 044445E ON NETHERLANDS 1037 [1973 EDN]. 3.5.89 RAAGAN, WK 35MTRS IN 541606N, 044445E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS - JAN'88 NO. F15 296) 24.190.13 [WGD] POSN: 5416.056N, 0444.666E. 24.10.13 SHOWN AS WK 34MTRS ON GERMAN 50 [2013 EDN]. NE 1432.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 54 16.057 N,4 44.667 E