This is the information page about the shipwreck Dudley rose, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 23.672 N,3 26.43 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: DUDLEY ROSE
Length 76.2 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1600 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1929 by d & w henderson & co, glasgow. owned at time of loss by richard hughes & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 232nhp, single shaft. machinery by mckie & baxter, glasgow. passage plymouth for portsmouth. hit by single bomb near the bridge. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: H01372/41 25.6.41 H01372/41 25.6.41 NDW IN 502332N, 032437W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
- NM 1458/41. H2502/51 25.1.52 H2502/51 25.1.52 AMENDED TO WK 14FMS. (HMS SEAGULL, E8881). BR STD. 23.2.60 HO1372/41 23.2.60 POSN 502336N, 032436W, OR 098DEGS, 2.8M FROM BERRY HEAD. LEAST DEPTH BY SWEEPING 15FMS. (DARTMOUTH RN COLLEGE, 30.4.41). H2502/51 23.2.60 H2502/51 23.2.60 EXAM'D IN 502338N, 032615W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 14FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 31FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). H5413/60 19.1.64 H5413/60 19.1.64 LIES ON AN EVEN KEEL VIRTUALLY INTACT THOUGH THE BRIDGE IS BADLY DAMAGED. UNCONFIRMED REPORT BY ONE DIVER STATED THERE IS A CYLINDRICAL METAL OBJECT (?BOMB) UNDER THE BRIDGE. (BSAC, 17.11.64). H3950/70 22.9.70 H3950/70 22.9.70 AMENDED TO WK 26MTRS. NC 2656. H2396/77 10.2.77 H2396/77 10.2.77 LOCATED 6.75 IN 502331N, 032608W [OGB] USING DECCA. ABOUT 300FT LONG BY SONAR. LIES ABOUT WNW/ESE. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 10.2.77). H5982/82 4.2.83 H5982/82 4.2.83 SHOWN IN 502339N, 032616W [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1 [1982 EDN]. 24.6.83 24.6.83 THOUGHT TO HAVE ONE, POSSIBLY TWO, MASTS STANDING AND THAT LEAST DEPTH FROM DCS3 IS ABOUT 22MTRS. DCS3 HT 8-10MTRS. COAL CARGO APPARENTLY LIES EITHER SIDE OF HULL. (RACAL SURVEY LTD COLLEGE, BRIXHAM, TELECON HOLDEN/PUGH). NCA YET. H3923/74 28.6.83 H3923/74 28.6.83 DCS HT 14.2MTRS FROM SONAR RECORDS DTD 1979. SCOUR AT BOW & STERN. (RACAL TRAINING SERVICES LTD, 27.6.83). AMEND TO WK 20MTRS.
- NM 1795/83. H2923/83 26.9.84 H2923/83 26.9.84 EXAM'D 30.5.84 IN 502338N, 032620W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR 19.1, FOUL 19.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.2 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 37.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. LENGTH 87MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. WK HAS 2 MASTS, THE W'LY BEING THE HIGHER OF THE TWO. LIES 111/291DEGS. DIVERS REPORT MUCH FISHING GEAR ON WK. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). AMEND TO WK SW 19.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
- NM 2778/84.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE 9.2.99 9.2.99 LOCATED IN 5023.667N, 0326.408W [WGD]. (HMS MIDDLETON, ROUTE SURVEY DTD 6.1997). NCA. 14.11.08 SEP 2008/000090480 14.11.08 LOCATED IN LISTED POSN. SWEPT CLEAR 26.6MTRS, FOUL 27.3MTRS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 27.83 IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR 5.3MTRS DEEP. LENGTH 79MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. UPRIGHT. (TRINITY HOUSE, THV GALATEA, ROS DTD 28.8.08). INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS WNW, MASTS NOT EVIDENT WITH M/B. AMEND WK SW 26.5MTRS.
- NM 6766/08. 1.5.13 1.5.13 EXAM'D 20.1.13 IN 5023.672N, 0326.430W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.4 IN GEN DPETH 35MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS EXTENDS 490MTRS ALONG 020/200 DEGS. LENGTH 79.6MTRS, WIDTH 15.2MTRS, HT 6.6MTRS. LIES 115/295 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS WNW. NO MASTS EVIDENT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). AMEND WK 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS WNW, SCOUR RUNS 020/200 DEGS
Position: 50 23.672 N,3 26.43 W