This is the information page about the shipwreck Varangmalm (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 53.705 N,0 16.323 E (53.6109, 0.26485)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Albatross
4. Appolonia
5. B o borjesson
6. Beaconsfield
7. Bellerophon
8. Benmacdhui
9. Biesbosch
10. Bonhomme richard
11. Brabant
12. Brema
13. British councillor
14. British prince
15. Briton (possibly)
16. Cadmus
17. Cambrai
18. Canada
19. Caroline
20. Carson
21. Chant 63
22. Chloris (possibly)
23. Coastal fort no 1 (part of)(possibly)
24. Coastal fort no-1
25. Cook s26
26. Corhampton
27. Corinth (possibly)
28. Cyclope
29. Dana (possibly)
30. Diana
31. Diana
32. Dido
33. Dryade
34. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
35. Elfrida
36. Empress (probably)
37. Feltre
38. Fermo
39. Forest queen
40. Francis
41. G.3
42. Georgios
43. Gerhardt (possibly)
44. Girl ita
45. Giuseppe
46. Gluckauf (possibly)
47. Goodwood
48. Grangemouth
49. Greltoria (probably)
50. Hannah louisa
51. Harnis (probably)
52. Helmsman (probably)
53. Hercules
54. Hms akranes
55. Hms benvolio
56. Hms botanic
57. Hms dirk
58. Hms fairy
59. Hms falcon (stern section)
60. Hms falmouth
61. Hms silicia
62. Hms thalia
63. Hms warland (possibly)
64. Homer
65. Horsted
66. Hugh taylor
67. Hvitveis
68. Ida
69. Ionic (probably)
70. J b paddon
71. Jane (possibly)
72. Janet helen (possibly)
73. John rettig (probably)
74. Kalo (probably)
75. Katina bulgari
76. Kernoozer
77. Kieldrecht (possibly)
78. Kilrea
79. Kilrea (probably)
80. Kimberley (possibly)
81. Kingston cameo
82. Knuthenborg
83. Ladas (possibly)
84. Lady anstruther (probably)
85. Laurel (possibly)
86. Leonora
87. Lifeguard (possibly)
88. Lyra (bow section)
89. Magdalyn ann
90. Maggie
91. Malvina (fwd part)
92. Manchester engineer (probably)
93. Marian francis
94. Marie l
95. Markersdall (probably)
96. Meeuw
97. Merchiston
98. Middlesborough
99. Modig
100. Modiva (possibly)
101. Mongolian
102. Nar
103. Nitedal
104. Norfolk coast
105. Onward (possibly)
106. Ophir ii (possibly)
107. Orsa
108. Otis tetrax
109. Our lorraine
110. Paraciers
111. Peebles (possibly)
112. Peggotty
113. Portia
114. Realf
115. Reculver
116. Revello
117. Revi
118. River don (part of)(probably)
119. Saltoun
120. Seistan
121. Sergei
122. Sirajah
123. Sna iii
124. Sota eduardo
125. Stanburn
126. Storm drift
127. Tees
128. Thea
129. Thomas deas
130. Togston (possibly)
131. Trongate
132. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
133. Uc 39
134. Uc 47
135. Uc 75
136. Umbe
137. Upminster (possibly)
138. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
139. Varangmalm (possibly)
140. Vechstroom
141. Ville de valenciennes
142. Violet (probably)
143. Wayside flower (possibly)
144. Whitemantle (possibly)
145. Winga

 

Name: VARANGMALM (POSSIBLY)

Length 110 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3551 ton

Cause: 10.12.39 passage kirkens for antwerp. mined. (llww2, shipping casualties, foic humber 10.12.39).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 342 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20160321

Details measurements/cartography: H0146/39 10.12.39 MINED IN 535000N, 001700E. (SHIPPING CASUALTIES, FOIC HUMBER, 10.12.39). H5084/77 17.3.80 EXAM'D 27.11.79 IN 535341N, 001626E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 42.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.3MTRS, LENGTH 95MTRS. LYING 175/355DEGS. HIGHEST PARTS AT WK CENTRE. (HMS EGERIA, HI 64/79). INS AS WK 37MTRS. BR STD. H2534/74 WK IN THIS POSN NAMED AS SS FAGIN. (KINGFISHER BOOK OF TOWS, VOL1). SEP 2016/000053291 11.10.2016 EXAM'D 21.3.16; IN 5353.705N, 0016.323E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 37.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS, LENGTH 85.8MTRS, WIDTH 19.9MTRS, HEIGHT 5.42MTRS, ORIENTATION 342/162 DEGS. WRECK SITS UPRIGHT ON ITS HULL, TWO BOILERS VISIBLE IN CENTRAL SECTION. PORT SIDE HAS COLLAPSED, WRECK HAS A STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND NDW 37MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact

Position: 53 53.705 N,0 16.323 E

 

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