This is the information page about the shipwreck Rio parana, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 56.036 N,1 37.733 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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.

 

1. Acer
2. Acer
3. Admiral gardner
4. Advent
5. Africa
6. Agen
7. Alhama
8. Amandine
9. Amplegarth
10. Andaman
11. Argo
12. Ashley
13. Atlantic (possibly)
14. Belford
15. Blanc nez
16. Ca 4
17. Cachalot
18. Camisard
19. Cap de la hague
20. Carmen
21. Colbert
22. Colbert (possibly)
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. Costas michalos (fwd part)
26. D'artagnan
27. Dartmore
28. Dinard
29. Dixie
30. Dotterel
31. Dyck ltv
32. Efford
33. Eidsiva (probably)
34. Eleonora
35. Elizabeth and unknown
36. Emma
37. Emma (possibly)
38. En avant
39. Eustratios (probably)
40. Evolution
41. Falcon (probably)
42. Fearless
43. Flachsee
44. Flandres
45. Francesco ciampa
46. G 85 (possibly)
47. G-42 (possibly)
48. Genimar
49. Gladys
50. Gloire a sainte therese
51. Harmatris
52. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
53. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
54. Hms aragonite (part of)
55. Hms aries (possibly)
56. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
57. Hms flirt
58. Hms glen boyne
59. Hms hermes
60. Hms kingston galena
61. Hms lord grey
62. Hms lydian
63. Hms niger (possibly)
64. Hms othello ii
65. Hms peridot
66. Hms rodino
67. Hms tranquil
68. Hms war sepoy
69. Hms weigelia
70. Hms wessex
71. Hmsm b2
72. Hundvaag
73. Iltis (possibly)
74. Ines
75. Ira (possibly)
76. Jacob luckenbach
77. James harrod
78. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
79. Kirsten skou
80. L'armandeche
81. La fleche
82. Lady stella
83. Le pelerin de la mer
84. Le tregor
85. Loanda
86. Loic
87. Luray victory
88. Mahratta
89. Marie-ange loic
90. Mariner moon
91. Mercator
92. Moise
93. Moorside (probably)
94. Munificent
95. Murillo
96. Nagro (possibly)
97. Nancy moran
98. Nicolaw
99. Niendorf (possibly)
100. North eastern victory
101. Notre dame des trois epis
102. Ophelie
103. Ousel (probably)
104. Pallieter
105. Petit antoine
106. Phoenix
107. Polgrange
108. Preussen
109. Pulborough
110. Quentovic
111. Rio parana
112. Rochester castle (possibly)
113. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
114. Sabac
115. Saint antoine de padoue
116. Saint benoit labre
117. Saint michael veillez sur nous
118. Saint ronan (possibly)
119. Saint ronan (possibly)
120. Sambut
121. Santagata
122. Santagata (?part of)
123. Smarapaan
124. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
125. Strathclyde
126. Tbd 317
127. Teeswood
128. The queen
129. Toornvliet (probably)
130. Toward
131. Tusnastabb (possibly)
132. U 11 (possibly)
133. U 16 (possibly)
134. U 37
135. Ub 103 (possibly)
136. Ub 38
137. Ub 55 (probably)
138. Ub 56 (possibly)
139. Uc 26
140. Uc 46
141. Uc 46 (possibly)
142. Uc 78 or uc 79
143. Virginie
144. Virgo sancta
145. W a scholten
146. Wheatman (possibly)
147. Will and maggie (probably)
148. Xanthence

 

Name: RIO PARANA

Length 105.5 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 4015 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Sunk by submarine. vessel, previously known as 'persiana', was renamed 'rio parana' shortly before being sunk. passage tyne for port ferrajo. sunk 7 miles ese of beachy head. (m vanalderweireldt & ww1sl). previously thought to be wk [20473].

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter

Known since: 1915, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H5493/69 7.7.71 DANGEROUS WRECK REPD IN 505555N, 013745E. (A CHERBOURG 159/71). NAVEAM 239/71 ISSUED. H5493/69 26.8.71 INS WK 2FMS MARKED WITH G CAN LT BUOY QKFLG 1C WNW IN 505550N, 013749E [CORR FROM POSN ON FR 5519]. (PARIS NM 712910 & 713111C).

- NM 1413/71. H5493/69 WRECK WITH LESS THAN 3.5MTRS WITH G CAN LT BUOY QKFLG IN POSN 235DEGS, 200MTRS FROM WRECK IN 505558N, 013737E. (A CHERBOURG 161/71). NAVEAM 252/71 ISSUED. 29.10.71 INS WK 3.5METRES WITH G CAN LT BUOY FLG IN 505548N, 013746E [OGB]. (FR CHART). NC 1892. H3765/66 2.2.73 BUOY REPORTED AS BEING NOW A BLACK SPAR LT BUOY QKFLG WITH A TOPMARK OF TWO TRIANGLES APEX TO APEX. (HN SS DOVER, 2.1.73). AWAITING FRENCH NM. NCA. 10.9.73 SHOWN AS WK 3.5MTRS WITH G CAN LT BUOY QKFLG ON NC 1892. 12.12.77 SHOWN AS WK 3.1MTRS ON FR 6681 [1977 EDN]. NAME FROM FR WK RECORDS. DEPTH OF WATER 20MTRS. R/P. H2981/78 11.3.85 WK POSN MOVED TO 505607N, 013750.5E [EUR]. SHOAL SDNG CLOSE N DELETED. (FR NM 85 05 36). [OGB] POSN: 505602N, 013752E. BR STD. H4951/84 14.11.85 LEAST DEPTH NOW 10.5MTRS. (BREST NM 85 43 30). AMEND TO WK 10.5MTRS.

- NM 3184/85. HH100/351/11 26.1.96 BELL RECOVERED WITH NAME 'PERSIANA'. ACCORDING TO LLOYD'S VESSEL SANK UNDER THE NAME 'RIO PARANA'. (R H VANALDERWEIRELDT). 6.11.97 NOW CHARTED WITH W CARD PILLAR BUOY VQ(9)10S CLOSE W. NE 1892. 23.4.13 SHOWN IN 5056.036N, 0137.732E [WGD] ON FR401060 [EDN 3.37].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 56.036 N,1 37.733 E

 

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