This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms rodino, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 7.043 N,1 23.785 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)
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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: HMS RODINO
Length 35.8 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.6, tonnage 230 ton
Cause: Built i 1913 by cook, wellington & gemmel ltd, beverley for g f sleight. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 70 nhp, single shaft. 1 x 12 pdr gun. hired 1915 - 1919 and again from 11.1939 as an auxillary patrol vessel (armed). convered to minesweeper in 4.1940. attacked by german aircraft and sunk. (sibi & ww2sl).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2010
Details measurements/cartography: H0689/40 8.7.49 WK, NOT CONSIDERED DANGEROUS, 137DEGS, 1.7M FROM S FORELAND LT. (VA DOVER, 24.7.40). CHART AS NDW.
- NM 2371/40. PFNM 1900/40 ISSUED. H5824/60 1.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 71FT. FIXED BY HSA. (HMS SCOTT, 15.3.60). H0689/40 20.11.61 LOCATED IN 510701N, 012353E USING DECCA. DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 62FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 75FT IN GEN DEPTH 93FT. (HMS SCOTT, 26.4.61). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. LC 1828. H2698/62 25.3.63 AMEND TO SW 10FMS 2FT. NC 1892. 4.3.69 NOW CHARTED AS SW 10FMS 0FT [LAT]. NE 1828. 15.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 18.9MTRS. NC 1828. H4453/72 20.4.79 EXAM'D 26.4.78 IN 510700N, 012355E USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.5 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. NO DISCERNIBLE SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 100FT, LYING NW/SE. ONLY FAIR SONAR RESPONSE FROM E & W. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 53/77). AMEND TO WK 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/606/01 1.2.94 EXAM'D 21.10.93 IN 510700N, 012354.7E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 21.2, FOUL AT 21.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.8 IN GEN DEPTH 26.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.0MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 33MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. SMALL, INTACT WK LYING 130/310DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 606). AMEND TO SW 21MTRS IN 510700N, 012354.5E [OGB]. BR STD. HH090/647/01 1.8.96 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 647). NCA. 31.1.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5107.043N, 0123.785E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.18MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. MAINLY INTACT WITH SLIGHT LIST TO PORT. BOW APPARENTLY MISSING WITH SOME DEBRIS EVIDENT IN THE SCOUR IN WHICH THE VESSEL SITS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1342). AMEND DW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW MISSING, SLIGHT LIST TO PORT, DEBRIS IN SCOUR
Position: 51 7.043 N,1 23.785 E