This is the information page about the shipwreck Vaaren (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 16.358 N,0 14.109 W (54.2726333, -0.23515)

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: VAAREN (POSSIBLY)

Length 68.9 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1090 ton
Load: coal,coke

Cause: Mined while on passage newcastle to palermo.

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 203 cm

Known since: 1914, last detected: 20160222

Details measurements/cartography: 20.1.34 WRECKAGE REPORTED 5M EAST OF SCARBOROUGH IN 541600N, 001400W. (LL 20.1.34). H680/34 30.1.34 UNSUCCESSFULLY SEARCHED FOR. (TH). H1310/84/22 1.8.84 WK LOCATED AND DIVED IN 541604N, 001434W USING RADAR. STANDS 7MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS [HWS]. (P J LASSEY, 19.7.84). INS AS WKPA 28MTRS. BR STD. H1310/86/34 18.12.86 WK DIVED IN 541624N, 001400W. LIES ON PORT SIDE. SINGLE BOILER OBSERVED. LEAST DEPTH 45 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS [MHWS]. (G WADSWORTH, 13.11.86). TIDAL REDUCTION 6MTRS. NCA. HH100/351/06 10.3.93 DIVED IN 541620.5N, 001401W USING GPS. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). AMEND TO WK 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/730/01 18.11.97 EXAM'D 8.7.97 IN 541621.9N, 001406.4W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 38.2, FOUL 38.5MTRS. LEAST E/SDEPTH 38.5 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.0MTRS. LENGTH 82MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, LIES 020/200 DEGS. WELL DEFINED, PARTIALLY BURIED IN PLACES. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. SEP 2016/000007250 07.06.16 EXAM'D 22.02.16 IN 5416.358N, 0014.109W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. LENGTH 74.2MTRS, WIDTH 13.7MTRS, HT 7.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 340/160. WRECK DEGRADED. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WK Degraded.

Position: 54 16.358 N,0 14.109 W

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