This is the information page about the shipwreck Wanja, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 18.493 N,2 31.624 W (59.308216666667, -2.5270666666667)

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: WANJA

Length 91.6 meter, width: 14.4 meter, draught: 6.3, tonnage 2618 ton
Load: chemicals

Cause: ex-esther elina, ex-aldebaran. built in 1919 by fredrikstad mek vaerks, fredrikstad. owned at time of loss by a/b transmarin. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 212hp, single shaft. machinery by a/b lindholmen motloa, gothenburg. passage boca grande for stockholm. cargo phosphate. grounded.

Year of registration: 2002

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter

Known since: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: 31.10.02 REMAINS LIE IN 5918.493N, 0231.624W [WGD] USING GPS. SECTION OF BULKHEAD ABOVE HW LINE. OTHER REMAINS VISIBLE AT LW. (K HEATH, TELECON). INS AS NDW. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY WRECKAGE REMAINS

Position: 59 18.493 N,2 31.624 W

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