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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. British captain
16. British fortune (probably)
17. Brixton
18. Burtonia (possibly)
19. Bygdo (possibly)
20. Carica milica
21. Castle galleon
22. Cd 14 (probably)
23. Cedarwood (possibly)
24. City of kobe
25. Claudia (possibly)
26. Cormead
27. Cresta
28. Crichtoun
29. Cross sand ltv
30. Dagmar (probably)
31. David b summers
32. Denewood
33. Disa (possibly)
34. Dolfijn (probably)
35. Dronning maud (possibly)
36. Dulwich
37. Dunwich bank wk
38. Edernian
39. El argentino
40. El dorado
41. Ethel radcliffe
42. Eva witte
43. F stobart (probably)
44. Farmatyr
45. Fidelio
46. Firth
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Frumenton
50. Gannet (possibly)
51. Gasfire
52. Gena
53. Geneva
54. George fisher
55. Gerhard
56. Gipsy (possibly)
57. Glen tilt (possibly)
58. Glynn
59. Golconda (possibly)
60. Grantleyhall (possibly)
61. Grenadier (probably)
62. Groenlo
63. Gulf breaker
64. H h petersen
65. Helena
66. Hms christopher (possibly)
67. Hms condor (probably)
68. Hms donside (possibly)
69. Hms eros (possibly)
70. Hms evesham (possibly)
71. Hms exmoor
72. Hms fontenoy
73. Hms glen prosen
74. Hms hirose (probably)
75. Hms irvana (part of)
76. Hms jessie nutten
77. Hms kaphreda
78. Hms m a west (probably)
79. Hms monarch
80. Hms new comet (possibly)
81. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
82. Hms orthos (probably)
83. Hms pelton (probably)
84. Hms river clyde (possibly)
85. Hms river clyde (possibly)
86. Hms sisters melville
87. Hms speeton (possibly)
88. Hms spider
89. Hms tervani
90. Hms tettenhall
91. Hms tonbridge
92. Hms tugela
93. Hms waveflower
94. Hms whooper
95. Hmsm d5
96. Hornchurch
97. Ignis (possibly)
98. Impulsion
99. Jamesina
100. Jim
101. Kenneth hawksfield
102. Knarsdale
103. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
104. Knitsley (possibly)
105. Kwasind
106. Lapwing
107. Lincairn (possibly)
108. Lindisfarne (probably)
109. Lingfield
110. Lisette
111. Magdapur
112. Mangara
113. Mardyke
114. Maria rosa
115. Marianne (probably)
116. Mascota (possibly)
117. Mascotte
118. Memento (possibly)
119. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
120. Mercurius
121. Mirella
122. Mudo
123. Murdoch (probably)
124. Nadir
125. Newhaven (possibly)
126. Nominoe
127. Nordborg (possibly)
128. Novocastrian
129. Oil trader
130. Otis tarda
131. Petshenga (possibly)
132. Phryne
133. Plawsworth (possibly)
134. Pluton
135. Polaris
136. Prima
137. Regain
138. Ren
139. Reward (possibly)
140. Rhenas (possibly)
141. Rhineland
142. Robin iv
143. Rochester city
144. Rogate
145. Roxanna
146. Scimitar
147. Scotia
148. Sea rhine
149. Silksworth hall (probably).
150. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
151. Skodsburg (possibly)
152. Southford
153. St patrick
154. Stad alkmaar
155. Stanmount
156. Sunniside (probably)
157. Taber park
158. Tergestea
159. Thomas m (possibly)
160. Thornaby (possibly)
161. Tidal (possibly)
162. Torchbearer
163. Tregantle (possibly)
164. U 13 (probably)
165. Ui-001
166. Vae victis
167. Vanguard
168. Viola (possibly)
169. War mehtar
170. War valley
171. White lady
172. White swan
173. White swan (possibly)
174. Wyetown
175. Yewkyle (possibly)
176. 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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