This is the information page about the shipwreck Reggestroom (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 21.549 N,2 57.605 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Ailsa craig (probably)
2. Aleyna
3. Algarve
4. Angelena bm 271
5. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Bayonne
8. Bokn (possibly)
9. Boma
10. Borgund i (possibly)
11. Broomhill (probably)
12. Chateau yqem
13. Cheshire
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. Cornelia
17. Einar jarl
18. Gefion
19. General leman (possibly)
20. Gibel-hamam
21. Gorizia
22. Grane
23. Greleen
24. Greta c
25. Gudrun
26. Hms amazon
27. Hms bittern
28. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
29. Hms boadicea
30. Hms buccaneer
31. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
32. Hms formidable
33. Hms harstad
34. Hms hickory
35. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
36. Hms lord hailsham
37. Hms manor
38. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
39. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
40. Hms remindo (possibly)
41. Isbjorn
42. Karen marie (probably)
43. Kongshaug (probably)
44. L h carl
45. La blanca (possibly)
46. Lct 381
47. Lofoten (probably)
48. Lst 507 (bow section)
49. Lst 507 (stern section)
50. Lst 531
51. Lucinda (possibly)
52. Majorca
53. Marguerite (possibly)
54. Marjolene
55. Memnon
56. Minerva (probably)
57. Modavia
58. Moel tryvan
59. Moidart
60. Motano (probably)
61. Nil desperandum (probably)
62. Nyasaland
63. Ocean vagabond
64. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
65. Pergo
66. Pomella
67. Pomeranian
68. Radaas (probably)
69. Reggestroom (probably)
70. Renilde
71. Romsdalen (probably)
72. Rosten (possibly)
73. Rotorua
74. Salsette ii
75. Siren
76. Sparkling foam (possibly)
77. St dunstan
78. Tandil (probably)
79. Tracy
80. Trito
81. Ub 19 (probably)
82. Ull (probably)
83. Ursa (probably)
84. W h dwyer
85. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: REGGESTROOM (PROBABLY)

Length 101.1 meter, width: 14.7 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2836 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1923 by maats fijenoord, rotterdam. owned at time of loss by nv hollandsche stroomboot, maats. two s turbines. passage douala for uk. torpedoed & sunk by e-boats. was part of convoy wp 183. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: AUBD 303/31 GOOD SONAR AND POSN 502136N, 025724W. GAVE OFF FUEL OIL. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH). H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 25.3.45 SONAR CONTACT IN PA 502136N, 025724W. GAVE OFF FUEL OIL. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH, 25.3.45). H4638/55 1.10.54 H4638/55 22 7.55 EXAM'D IN 502132N, 025728W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22FMS IN GEN DEPTH 28FMS. SEABED GRAVEL, SHELL AND SAND. DIRECTION 155/335DEGS. GOOD A/S RESPONSE. (SCES/HMS SCOTT, 1.10.54). INS AS WK 22FMS. BR STD. H3950/70 24.5.71 H3950/70 24.5.71 AMEND TO WK 40.0MTRS. NC3315. H5982/82 20.1.83 H5982/82 20.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 502129N, 025732W ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982. NCA. HH090/961/01 13.7.03 HH090/961/01 13.7.03 EXAM'D 13.7.03 IN 5021.549N, 0257.605W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.9 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 113MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. DCS3 HT 11.9MTRS. LIES 175/355 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 42MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 50 21.549 N,2 57.605 W

 

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