This is the information page about the shipwreck Ravnanger (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 43.691 N,1 3.065 W (54.728183, -1.051083)

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: RAVNANGER (PROBABLY)

Length 102.3 meter, width: 14.7 meter, draught: 6.9, tonnage 3371 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1919 by c v de giessen & zonen's schpsv., ijssel. owned at time of loss by westflay larsen & co. triple expansion engine of 257hp, single shaft. machinery by rotterdansche droogdok maatschappij, rotterdam. passage the tees for sydney. in ballast. bombed and sunk by german aircraft.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 140 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1989

Details measurements/cartography: H01039/40 4.1.41 H01039/40 4.1.41 SANK 1 TO 1.5 MILES NE OF 20 BUOY. (NOIC MIDDLESBROUGH, 11.11.40). H438/40 1.12.49 H438/40 1.12.49 WRECK LOCATED IN 544342N, 010300W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 107 IN GEN DEPTH 135FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, ROS DTD 11.11.49). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H460/67 5.4.67 H460/67 5.4.67 EXAM'D IN 544339N, 010259W. SWEPT CLEAR 66FT. NO FOUL. LEAST E/S DEPTH 102 IN GEN DEPTH 138FT. SCOUR DEPTH 142FT. LARGE WK. (HMS ENTERPRISE, ROS DTD 19.9.66). AMEND TO WK 17FMS. BR STD. 15.5.73 15.5.73 AMEND TO WK 31MTRS. NC 2567. H460/67 24.12.76 H460/67 24.12.76 AMEND TO SW 20.1MTRS (11FTHMS).

- NM 71/77. H1921/77 25.4.77 H1921/77 25.4.77 EXAM'D 9.3.77 IN 544342N, 010259W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 8MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS. SCOUR 1.4MTR DEEP. LIES 150/330 DEG. GOOD SONAR TARGET. INTACT, HIGH POINT AMIDSHIPS. (HMS FOX, HI 46/77). AMEND TO WK 29MTRS.

- NM 1093/77. H6331/87 16.1.89 H6331/87 16.1.89 EXAM'D 21.7.88 IN 544341N, 010258W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 29.9, FOUL AT 30.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.1 IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 8.8MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEG, IN ONE PIECE. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). AMEND TO SW 29.5MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 54 43.691 N,1 3.065 W

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