This is the information page about the shipwreck Rask (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 10.142 N,6 11.245 W (52.192216666667, -6.1479666666667)

 

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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: RASK (POSSIBLY)

Length 50.9 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 632 ton

Cause: ex-goteborg, ex-uno. built in 1890 by aa wilton van reede, papendrecht. owned at time of loss by a/s d/s rask (sigvald risnager). one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage cork for newport. bombed by german aircraft. later abandoned and sank. 7 men lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 74 meter, Height above seabed: 34 cm

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H3140/69 13.5.77 H3140/69 13.5.77 LOCATED 29.10.76 IN 521006.7N, 061111.3W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 67 IN GEN DEPTH 76MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HEIGHT 13MTRS. ORIENTATION 020/200DEG. LENGTH 55MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 55/76). BR STD. H2396/77 21.12.77 H2396/77 21.12.77 DESCRIBED AS UPRIGHT, BOWS 040DEG IN GEN DEPTH 250FT. STANDS 32 TO 38FT HIGH. ABOUT 200 X 30 X 18FT. POSSIBLY A COLLIER. (RISDON BEAZLEY, LTR DTD 16.12.77). NCA. 8.5.07 8.5.07 WK LOCATED IN 5210.142N, 0611.248W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 77MTRS. LENGTH 68MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 8.2MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 040/220 DEGS. INTACT. NO SCOUR. RETAIN AS WK 67MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 17.7.12 17.7.12 LEAST M/B DEPTH 70.35MTRS. (IRISH WKS LIST). AMEND WK 70MTRS. BR STD. 24.8.12 24.8.12 EXAM'D 18.7.12 IN 5210.1421N, 0611.2448W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 66.0 IN GEN DEPTH 74.4MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTR DEEP. LENGTH 64.3MTRS, WIDTH 10.6MTRS, HT 8.4MTRS. LIES 034/214 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. (INFOMAR CV 12_02, VIA K SHEEHAN, MARINE INSTITUTE, IRELAND, EMAIL DTD 23.8.12). NCA. 10.9.12 10.9.12 LEAST DEPTH CONFIRMED AS 66.0MTRS. (K SHEEHAN, MARINE INSTITURE IRELAND, EMAIL DTD 31.8.12). BR STD. 8.2.13 8.2.13 LENGTH 57MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 9.55MTRS. (WARSHIPS, U-BOATS & LINERS - GSI, 2012).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS NE, SMALL SCOUR AT BOW

Position: 52 10.142 N,6 11.245 W

 

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