Wreck: Hms romney (possibly) (Sailing vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms romney (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 51.825 N,6 23.919 W (49.863750, -6.398650)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: HMS ROMNEY (POSSIBLY)
Length 39.9 meter, width: 10.5 meter, draught: 4.1, tonnage 683 ton
Cause: built in 1694 by johnson, blackwall, river thames. passage gibraltar for portsmouth. ran aground on western rocks and was wrecked. only 1 survivor, 289 lives lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1977
Water depth above wreck: 2 meter
Known since: 1977, last detected: 2004
Details measurements/cartography: H1291/77 2.9.77 H1291/77 2.9.77 SCATTERED WKGE LOCATED BETWEEN 19.6.77 AND 1.7.77 DURING SEARCH FOR REMAINING UNDISCOVERED WRECKS OF SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVELL'S FLEET: THE 'ROMNEY' AND THE 'FIREBRAND'. NUMEROUS ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING 15 LARGE CANNON [2.7MTRS LONG], 16-18 SMALL CANNON [0.8MTRS LONG], CONCRETED CANNON BALLS, BAR AND GRAPE SHOT, LEAD SOUNDING WEIGHT AND NUMEROUS BALLAST WEIGHTS. MOST WERE FOUND BETWEEN DAISY AND PEDNATHISE HEAD WITHIN A RADIUS OF 300MTRS OF POSN 495148N, 062404W [OGB]. COULD ALSO BE THE REMAINS OF 'ROYAL OAK' [1665], LARGE VESSEL SUNK IN 1679, LARGE VESSEL SUNK 1750, OR FRENCH FRIGATE OF 36 GUNS [1780]. (LT CDR G N GREENER, 771/12/1 17.8.77). NCA, POSN FOR FILING ONLY. HH100/351/21 29.7.04 HH100/351/21 29.7.04 BLACK ROCK CANNON SITE LOCATED IN 4951.825N, 0623.919W [WGD] USING DGPS & MAGNETOMETER. DESCRIBED AS LOTS OF CANNON SCATTERED DOWN THE SIDE OF A DEEP REEF, UP AGAINST A SQUARE ROCK. (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE TELECON 12.7.04) NCA, EXISTING SCALES TOO SMALL.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 51.825 N,6 23.919 W
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