This is the information page about the shipwreck Vaaren, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 17.565 N,0 13.758 W (54.29275, -0.2293)

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

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

Cause: Built in 1914 by bergens mek vaerks, bergen. owned at time of loss by carl traae aktiss. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage the tyne for palermo. cargo coal and coke. founderd, possibly after striking a mine laid by the german cruiser kolberg.

Year of registration: 1992

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 9 cm

Known since: 1992, last detected: 20160223

Details measurements/cartography: LOST 3.5 TO 4 MILES OFF WHITBY. (OFFICIAL REPORT). ALSO REPORTED AS BEING A VICTIM OF THE SCARBOROUGH MINEFIELD AND WAS LOST 5 MIES ESE OF SCARBOROUGH ROCK. OTHER REPORT GIVES 3.5 MILES NE BY N OF FILEY. 11.6.92 WK LOCATED IN 541735.5N, 001340.6W [OGB]. LENGTH 65-75MTRS. (S RICHARDSON, BRITSURVEY, TELECON). NCA YET. HH090/730/01 18.11.97 EXAM'D 9.7.97 IN 541732.4N, 001346.0W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.7 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. LIES 005/185 DEGS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. CARGO HATCHES AND SOME SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE ON SONAR RECORDS. SMALL SECTION OF DEBRIS 2MTRS HIGH LIES 10MTRS FWD OF BOWS. (GARDLINE, HI 730). PROBABLY BOWS N. BR STD. HH100/351/17 25.4.01 DIVED IN 1998. SITS UPRIGHT ON AN EVEN KEEL. BOWS HAVE STEEL RIBS STANDING HIGH WITH THE HULL PLATING COLLAPSED TO THE SEABED. WK IS FLAT FROM THE BOWS TO MIDSHIPS, FROM HERE AFT WK IS HIGH AND INTACT. LARGE DECK BEAMS STILL SPAN THE BEAM WIDTH. PRESSURE GAUGE LOCATED MARKED 'A/S BERGEN MEK VAERKSTED, BERGEN'. TOGETHER WITH HULL/MACHINERY DETAILS AND LENGTH CONFIRM IDENTITY. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 23.5.16 EXAM'D 23.2.16 IN 5417.565N, 0013.758W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 47MTRS. LENGTH 69.9MTRS, WIDTH 11.2MTRS, HEIGHT 8.7MTRS, OREIENTATION 009/189. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (EGS, HI 1472). AMEND TO NDW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT

Position: 54 17.565 N,0 13.758 W

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