This record comprises a documentary reference to a shipping casualty which has been assigned to the maritime named location OFF THE SOUTH BISHOP LIGHT pending more information which may allow a more precise location for the loss to be assigned.

Event and Historical Information:
The CARAPANAMA was a small steel-hulled steamship of 43nt built in 1904. At time of loss in January 1905, the vessel was owned by J C Hermandos of Iquitos, Peru, and was enroute from Garston to Para. The ship is upposed to have sunk off the South Bishops with all hand in heavy weather.

Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1905 Appendix C Table 1 pg133 (623)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, December 2009.