This is the information page about the shipwreck La rochelle (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 30.11 N,4 40.493 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Abbotsford
2. Adela (possibly)
3. Albert (possibly)
4. Alexandra
5. Angloman (possibly)
6. Apapa
7. Arno mendi
8. Asmund
9. Benholm
10. British viscount
11. Castilian
12. Clwyd (probably)
13. Cognac
14. Conargo
15. Cressida
16. Dagmar
17. Dundalk
18. Fairisle
19. Farfield
20. Fawn (possibly)
21. Ferocious
22. Fin-ar-bed
23. Guillermo
24. Harold
25. Herbert
26. Hildena
27. Hms campina
28. Hms westphalia (possibly)
29. Kirkmichael
30. La plata (possibly)
31. La rochelle (possibly)
32. Lightstone (probably)
33. Lilly (possibly)
34. Liverpool
35. Maarten cornelis
36. Marquess of bute (possibly)
37. Mary
38. Meath
39. Minerva
40. Missouri
41. Normandy coast
42. Opal (possibly)
43. Oria
44. Osseo
45. Pegasus (possibly)
46. President harbitz
47. Rhyl
48. River humber
49. Saint olaf
50. Sarpfos
51. Seagull
52. Slieve bloom
53. Sonia
54. Theme
55. Town of wexford (possibly)
56. Treveal
57. U 1024 (probably)
58. U 246
59. Uss roanoke
60. Vivar
61. Westward ho

 

Name: LA ROCHELLE (POSSIBLY)

Length 76.3 meter, width: 11.4 meter, draught: 5.3, tonnage 1360 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built 1884 by palmers' co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by a d'orbigny, faustin & co. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 187hp, single shaft. passage povene, spain for workington. sank following collision with ss yews [see 7343]. all 19 crew lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20131106

Details measurements/cartography: ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE THE SS TREVEAL. 1918 BELIEVED SUNK NEAR THE SKERRIES. (M 6459) POSN UNKNOWN. (M 7482) INS AS OB PA IN 533200N, 044200W. BR STD. [NO DATE] NOW SHOWN AS NDW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 1170A. H2071/31 8.4.31 SWEPT FOR BY TH. NOT FOUND. NCA. 30.12.75 NOW SHOWN AS WK USC PA 20MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1977. H4827/75 24.1.77 EXAMINED 23.22.76 IN 533007N, 0044023W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46.3 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. DCS3 HT 12MTRS, LENGTH 94MTRS. LYING, BROKEN IN TWO, NE/SW. IN AREA OF SMALL ROCKY OUTCROPS. (HMS FOX, HI 54/76). INS AS WK 43MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/14 6.7.99 WK IS OF AN OLD LARGE SS. MOST OF THE HULL HAS COLLAPSED LEAVING ONLY THE MIDSHIPS AND STERN URIGHT. NO EVIDENCE OF CARGO. PROBABLY THE TREVEAL. (J SHAW, LTD DTD 30.6.99). NCA. HH100/351/15 20.12.99 PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE THE SS TREVEAL. (J SHAW, LTR DTD 20.12.99). SEE ALSO [7494]. NCA. 12.2.01 WRECK IS POSSIBLY LA ROCHELLE, AN IRON SS SUNK 19.6.1910. (S KERSHAW, WRECK 'N' TECH/G FURSE, TELECON 12.2.01) 10.3.14 EXAM'D 6.11.13 IN 5330.110N, 0440.493W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.38 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 94.6MTRS, WIDTH 23.1MTRS, HT 5.62MTRS. LIES 045/225 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPEARS TO BE INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1420). PROBABLY BOWS SW. UPRIGHT WITH BOW, FWD HOLD AND AFTER HOLD COLLAPSED. ?DEBRIS AT PORT SIDE FWD AND MIDSHIPS. AMEND WK 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?BOWS SW, FWD PART & AFTER HOLD COLLAPSED

Position: 53 30.11 N,4 40.493 W

 

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