This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms rhodesia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 41.213 N,6 20.814 W (57.576166666667, -6.41435)

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: HMS RHODESIA

Length 30.5 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 155 ton

Cause: built in 1899 by cook, welton & gemmell, hull. originally owned by hull steam, fishing & ice co. ltd. hired by royal navy from 1915 as armed patrol trawler no 1215. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 40nhp, single shaft. ran ashore. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 1983

Details measurements/cartography: H5348/30 17.9.30 H5348/30 17.9.30 WK CLOSE E OF SE END OF REEF OFF SOUTH END OF TULM ISLAND 40 YARDS FROM SHORE HULL IS NEARLY AWASH AT LOW WATER, MAST SHOWING AT HIGH WATER. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). GIVES APPROX POSN 574111N, 062051W. NCA. H1280/78/5 4.1.78 H1280/78/5 4.1.78 WK STILL IN GENERALLY GOOD CONDITION. LIES APPROX E/W WITH 50 DEG LIST TO PORT ON GRAVEL BOTTOM. HOLDS EMPTY, DECK MACHINERY STILL IN PLACE AS IS FIRST LEVEL OF SUPERSTRUCTURE. BOILER & TRIPLE EXPANSION STEAM ENGINE STILL THERE. RATED AS GOOD DIVE, BUT CONSIDERED HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT. BOX-LIKE STRUCTURE ON STBD BOW WAS ONLY 3.5FT BELOW SURFACE AT LW IN EARLY SEPT (1977). (J O HALL). CHART AS DW PA. NC 1795. H1310/80 15.10.80 H1310/80 15.10.80 PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT LW 28.8.80 SHOWS TOP OF STBD BULWARK DRYING ABOUT 0.6MTRS. WK IS LISTING ABOUT 60 DEGS TO PORT, HAS LENGTH 32MTRS, WIDTH 6.5MTRS, HULL DEPTH 4.2MTRS. SKETCH OF DECK LAYOUT & ELEVATION ENCLOSED. (J O HALL,3.10.80). FROM PHOTOGRAPH POSN IS APPARENTLY 574114N, 062045W [OGB]. AMEND TO ST. BR STD. H1270/80 28.5.82 H1270/80 28.5.82 BULWARKS ON STBD BOW AND PART OF 'CABIN' DRY 1MTR AT LWS. MAST LYING ON SEABED. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL V). H1288/83/361 22.3.84 H1288/83/361 22.3.84 DIVED ON IN 1983. STILL IN GOOD CONDITION. FUNNEL & MAST LYING ON SEABED. DECKING & STBD SIDE COVERED HEAVILY WITH KELP. IRON PROPELLER. BOW HEADING 202DEGS (T). (S HUMPHREY).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, LISTS TO PORT

Position: 57 41.213 N,6 20.814 W

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