This is the information page about the shipwreck Maria rosa, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 22.242 N,1 56.277 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Atle
9. Avonwood
10. Axminster (probably)
11. Barkis
12. Begona no 5
13. Bob read (probably)
14. Boulderpool (after part)
15. Bovey tracy
16. British captain
17. British fortune (probably)
18. Brixton
19. Burtonia (possibly)
20. Bygdo (possibly)
21. Carica milica
22. Castle galleon
23. Cd 14 (probably)
24. Cedarwood (possibly)
25. City of kobe
26. Claudia (possibly)
27. Cormead
28. Cresta
29. Crichtoun
30. Cross sand ltv
31. Dagmar (probably)
32. Daisy (possibly)
33. David b summers
34. Db 8 (possibly)
35. Denewood
36. Disa (possibly)
37. Dolfijn (probably)
38. Dronning maud (possibly)
39. Dulwich
40. Dunwich bank wk
41. Edernian
42. El argentino
43. El dorado
44. Elnet
45. Ethel radcliffe
46. Eva witte
47. F stobart (probably)
48. Farmatyr
49. Fidelio
50. Firth
51. Friargate (possibly)
52. Friargate (possibly)
53. Frumenton
54. G and e (possibly)
55. Gannet (possibly)
56. Gasfire
57. Gena
58. Geneva
59. George fisher
60. Gerhard
61. Gipsy (possibly)
62. Glen tilt (possibly)
63. Glynn
64. Golconda (possibly)
65. Grantleyhall (possibly)
66. Grenadier (probably)
67. Groenlo
68. Gulf breaker
69. H h petersen
70. Helena
71. Hms christopher (possibly)
72. Hms condor (probably)
73. Hms donside (possibly)
74. Hms eros (possibly)
75. Hms evesham (possibly)
76. Hms exmoor
77. Hms fontenoy
78. Hms glen prosen
79. Hms harvest gleaner
80. Hms hirose (probably)
81. Hms irvana (part of)
82. Hms jessie nutten
83. Hms kaphreda
84. Hms m a west (probably)
85. Hms monarch
86. Hms new comet (possibly)
87. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
88. Hms orthos (probably)
89. Hms pelton (probably)
90. Hms river clyde (possibly)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms sisters melville
93. Hms speeton (possibly)
94. Hms spider
95. Hms tervani
96. Hms tettenhall
97. Hms tonbridge
98. Hms tugela
99. Hms waveflower
100. Hms whooper
101. Hmsm d5
102. Hornchurch
103. Ignis (possibly)
104. Impulsion
105. Jamesina
106. Jim
107. Kenneth hawksfield
108. Knarsdale
109. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
110. Knitsley (possibly)
111. Kwasind
112. Lapwing
113. Lapwing (possibly)
114. Lincairn (possibly)
115. Lindisfarne (probably)
116. Lingfield
117. Lisette
118. Magdapur
119. Mangara
120. Mardyke
121. Maria rosa
122. Marianne (probably)
123. Mascota (possibly)
124. Mascotte
125. Memento (possibly)
126. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
127. Mercurius
128. Mirella
129. Mudo
130. Murdoch (probably)
131. Nadir
132. Newhaven (possibly)
133. Nominoe
134. Nordborg (possibly)
135. Novocastrian
136. Oil trader
137. Otis tarda
138. Petshenga (possibly)
139. Phryne
140. Plawsworth (possibly)
141. Pluton
142. Polaris
143. Prima
144. Regain
145. Ren
146. Reward (possibly)
147. Rhenas (possibly)
148. Rhineland
149. Robin iv
150. Rochester city
151. Rogate
152. Roxanna
153. Scimitar
154. Scotia
155. Sea king
156. Sea rhine
157. Silksworth hall (probably).
158. Sir william stephenson
159. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
160. Skodsburg (possibly)
161. Southford
162. St patrick
163. Stad alkmaar
164. Stanmount
165. Sunniside (probably)
166. Taber park
167. Tergestea
168. Thomas m (possibly)
169. Thornaby (possibly)
170. Tidal (possibly)
171. Torchbearer
172. Tregantle (possibly)
173. Tunisiana
174. U 13 (probably)
175. Uc 62 (possibly)
176. Ui-001
177. Vae victis
178. Vanguard
179. Viola (possibly)
180. War mehtar
181. War valley
182. White lady
183. White swan
184. White swan (possibly)
185. Wyetown
186. Yewkyle (possibly)
187. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: MARIA ROSA

Length 112.8 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4211 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: italian flag. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage marseille for hartlepool. in ballast. torpedoed by u-20. twelve men lost.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 228 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20161210

Details measurements/cartography: H0268/40 7.3.40 PFNM 603/40 ISSUED. H0259/40 14.5.40 INS DW.

- NM 1179/40. H0268/40 26.6.42 SUNK BY EXPLOSION. LEAST WATER BY MARK FIVE SWEEP 23FT BELOW MLWS. LEAST E/S 41FT. LYING UPRIGHT IN 94FT. HEADING 090/270 DEGS. POSN 522214N, 015625E. (FOIC YARMOUTH 23.6.42). AMEND POSN.

- NM 1828/42. H0268/40 20.3.43 SURVEY AFTER DISPERSAL. LEAST DEPTH OVER WRECK 35FT [LWST]. POSN 522215N, 015630E. (TH 19.4.43). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 2FT AND DELETE BUOY.

- NM 581/43. H0268/40 6.9.48 OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR 51FT. SEABED 96FT. LEAST E/S 76FT. POSN 522220N, 015606E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 3FT.

- NM 1999/48. H0268/40 27.8.51 EXAM'D 5.7.51 IN 522216N, 015627E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 52FT, FOUL 54FT. LEAST E/S 66FT. SEABED 99FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 47FT. LENGTH 380FT. DIRECTION 160/340 DEGS. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER 20.8.51). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 4FT. BR STD. H4629/71 20.1.72 STANDS 17FT HIGH IN 100FT. STANDING UPRIGHT. LYING NE/SW WITH BOWS SW. HULL VERY WEAK & STRUCTURE FORWARD OF BRIDGE LIKELY TO COLLAPSE. STRUCTURE AROUND BRIDGE LIKELY TO MAINTAIN PRESENT HT FOR SOME TIME. SMALL SCOUR AROUND STERN. (E GILES, 9.1.72). 31.3.74 AMEND TO SW 15.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H1942/80 23.8.82 EXAM'D 17.2.82 IN 522214N, 015627E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.7 IN GEN DEPTH 30.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 7.49MTRS, LENGTH 119.38 MTRS, BEAM 19.8MTRS. LYING 053/233 DEGS, BOWS NW. BROKEN UP, BUT UPRIGHT WITH HIGH POINT AT STERN. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11).

- NM 2403/82. SEP 2016/000091758 19.7.17 EXAM'D 10.12.16 IN 5222.242N, 0156.277E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 18.89MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS, LENGTH 119.9MTRS, WIDTH 25.8MTRS, HEIGHT 8.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 228/048 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 18.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 22.242 N,1 56.277 E

 

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