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 (51.089833333333, 1.7715833333333)

 

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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 (aft section)
26. Costas michalos (fwd part)
27. D'artagnan
28. Dartmore
29. Dinard
30. Dixie
31. Dotterel
32. Dyck ltv
33. Efford
34. Eidsiva (probably)
35. Eleonora
36. Elizabeth and unknown
37. Emma
38. Emma (possibly)
39. En avant
40. Eustratios (probably)
41. Evolution
42. Falcon (probably)
43. Fearless
44. Flachsee
45. Flandres
46. Francesco ciampa
47. G 85 (possibly)
48. G-42 (possibly)
49. Genimar
50. Gladys
51. Gloire a sainte therese
52. Harmatris
53. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
54. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
55. Hms aragonite (part of)
56. Hms aragonite (part of)
57. Hms aries (possibly)
58. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
59. Hms flirt
60. Hms glen boyne
61. Hms hermes
62. Hms kingston galena
63. Hms lord grey
64. Hms lydian
65. Hms niger (possibly)
66. Hms othello ii
67. Hms peridot
68. Hms rodino
69. Hms tranquil
70. Hms war sepoy
71. Hms weigelia
72. Hms wessex
73. Hmsm b2
74. Hundvaag
75. Iltis (possibly)
76. Ines
77. Ira (possibly)
78. Jacob luckenbach
79. James harrod
80. Jupiter (probably)
81. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
82. Kirsten skou
83. L'armandeche
84. La fleche
85. Lady stella
86. Le pelerin de la mer
87. Le tregor
88. Loanda
89. Loic
90. Luray victory
91. Mahratta
92. Marie-ange loic
93. Mariner moon
94. Mercator
95. Moise
96. Moorside (probably)
97. Munificent
98. Murillo
99. Nagro (possibly)
100. Nancy moran
101. Nicolaw
102. Niendorf (possibly)
103. North eastern victory
104. Notre dame des trois epis
105. Ophelie
106. Ousel (probably)
107. Pallieter
108. Petit antoine
109. Phoenix
110. Polgrange
111. Preussen
112. Pulborough
113. Quentovic
114. Rio parana
115. Rochester castle (possibly)
116. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
117. Sabac
118. Saint antoine de padoue
119. Saint benoit labre
120. Saint michael veillez sur nous
121. Saint ronan (possibly)
122. Saint ronan (possibly)
123. Sambut
124. Santagata
125. Santagata (?part of)
126. Smarapaan
127. Spanish prince
128. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
129. St claire (possibly)
130. Strathclyde
131. Tbd 317
132. Teeswood
133. The queen
134. Toornvliet (probably)
135. Toward
136. Tusnastabb (possibly)
137. U 11 (possibly)
138. U 16 (possibly)
139. U 37
140. Ub 103 (possibly)
141. Ub 29 (possibly)
142. Ub 38
143. Ub 55 (probably)
144. Ub 56 (possibly)
145. Uc 26
146. Uc 46
147. Uc 46 (possibly)
148. Uc 78 or uc 79
149. Virginie
150. Virgo sancta
151. W a scholten
152. Wheatman (possibly)
153. Will and maggie (probably)
154. 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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