This is the information page about the shipwreck Runo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 10.705 N,0 42.103 W (55.3447833, -0.8955833)

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: RUNO

Length 85.3 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1679 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1092 by the caledon shipbuilding & engineering co, dundee. owned at time of loss by thomas wilson & sons ltd, hull. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 196hp, single shaft. passage hull for archangel. general cargo. mined. 29 lost.

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 123 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H8203/19 H8203/19 SUNK IN 551000N, 005030W, OR ABOUT 22 MILES E BY N FROM TYNE. (WW1SL). 9.1.76 9.1.76 OBSTN SHOWN IN 551036N, 004148W ON KINGFISHER CHART NO KE 155-1A [MAY 1970 EDN]. H6330/87/2 8.12.88 H6330/87/2 8.12.88 WK EXAM'D 20.9.88 IN 551042N, 004200W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [6 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 62.2 IN GEN DEPTH 70.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.3MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LARGE, PARTLY BURIED, AND LYING 123/303 DEG WITH HIGH POINTS AT EACH END. GOOD SONAR TARGET FROM ALL DIR'NS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). BR STD. 2.7.07 2.7.07 IDENTIFIED AS THE 'SS RUNO' [SEE ALSO 4577], IDENTIFIED FROM 'WILSON LINE' PLATE. POSN ACCURATE, DEPTH WK 65MTRS IN GENERAL DEPTH 72MTRS (STANDS 7MTRS HIGH). LIES ON PORT SIDE, MOSTLY INTACT BUT HEAVILY DAMAGED AMIDSHIPS FORWARD & DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE BURIED. (S SLATER, E-MAIL DTD 1.7.07). RETAIN AS WK 62MTRS. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MOSTLY INTACT

Position: 55 10.705 N,0 42.103 W

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