This is the information page about the shipwreck Resurgam, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 23.723 N,3 33.335 W (53.615283333333, -3.42905)

 

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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. ? susie mo ii
2. Alarm
3. Albion (probably)
4. Amlwch rose
5. Angola
6. Angola (part of)(possibly)
7. Ann sumner
8. Ant
9. Ardlough
10. Auchenarden
11. Auspicious
12. Braeglen
13. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
14. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
15. Burbo tower (remains)
16. Burbo tower (remains)
17. Burbo tower (remains)
18. Burbo tower (remains)
19. Cairnross
20. Calcium (probably)
21. Chacabuco (possibly)
22. Chagres
23. City of brussels
24. Counsellor iii
25. Dublin
26. El oso
27. Ellan vannin
28. Eversfield
29. Fb 110 (possibly)
30. Fb 112 (possibly)
31. Fb 116 (possibly)
32. Fb 118 (possibly)
33. Fb 265 (possibly)
34. Fb 267 (possibly)
35. Fb 275 (possibly)
36. Fb 278 (possibly)
37. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
38. Fb 295 (possibly)
39. Fb 296 (possibly)
40. Fb 297 (possibly)
41. Fb 300 (possibly)
42. Fb 43 (possibly)
43. Fb 47 (possibly)
44. Fb 56 (possibly)
45. Fb 72 (possibly)
46. Fb 83 (possibly)
47. Fb 86 (possibly)
48. Fb 98 (probably)
49. Four brothers (possibly)
50. Gannochy
51. Gorsethorn
52. Horizon (possibly)
53. J b kee
54. Kilcoan (probably)
55. Lelia
56. Letty
57. Linda blanche
58. Lugar
59. Mancunium
60. Mermaid (probably)
61. Mersey
62. Mid jordan beacon
63. Munster
64. Nicola faith
65. North jordan bn
66. Ocean monarch
67. Penrhos (probably)
68. Penstone
69. Princess victoria
70. Queen
71. Queens tower
72. Rea 1
73. Rea 10
74. Rea 5
75. Rea 7 (possibly)
76. Rea 8 (possibly)
77. Rea 9 (possibly)
78. Resurgam
79. Rhosneigr
80. Speke (possibly)
81. Stanleigh
82. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
83. Strathrye
84. Thomas
85. Thorn
86. Tongue beacon
87. Tongue beacon (possibly)
88. Tower base
89. Tt 6 (possibly)
90. Vine (possibly)
91. Ystroom (probably)

 

Name: RESURGAM

Length 12.5 meter, width: 3 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 30 ton

Cause: 10.12.1879 left birkenhead for portsmouth 10.12.1879. put into foryd harbour, rhyl, for several experiments. when the 3 man crew returned in the morning, the submarine had disappeared. thought to have drifted from mooring & sank. (shipwrecks of n.wales, i.w. jones). 25.2.1880 sailed from rhyl on 25.2.1880 with escort launch elphin. developed engine trouble and was taken in tow. tow-line snapped in severe gale and submarine sank. (safety at sea, no.133, apr '80, p.55). designed by the merseyside engineer, rev. george garret. first dived in 1879 but sank in rough weather four years later. (nautical magazine, jan '97). built by cochran & company, birkenhead with 2 cylinder compound engine, single shaft. owned at time of loss by garrett sub. nav & pneunataphore co. (sibi)

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 9 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm

Known since: 1980, last detected: 20190206

Details measurements/cartography: 14.7.80 1931 REPORT THAT A CABIN CRUISER SAILING TOO CLOSE TO RHYL BEACH AT LOW TIDE, CAME INTO LIGHT CONTACT WITH A RUSTY CYLINDRICAL OBJECT OF CONSIDERABLE SIZE. (SHIPWRECKS OF N WALES, I W JONES). HH210/350/01 11.5.89 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED AND SALVAGE OPS BEING PLANNED. (DAILY TELEGRAPH, 16.4.89). 25.4.89 REPORTED TO LIE IN W END OF COLWYN BAY SOME 5050FT FROM LAND. (CDR COMPTON-HALL, SUBMARINE MUSEUM, GOSPORT, TELECON). AMEND FILING POSN TO 531830N, 034300W. HH100/351/01 10.7.89 CURRENT SEARCH FOR WK UNSUCCESSFUL. (K HURLEY, 4.7.89). 12.2.96 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND OFF RHYL WHEN IT SNAGGED FISHING NETS. REQUEST TO K HURLEY TO CLEAR THEM RESULTED IN ITS IDENTIFICATION. (DAILY MAIL, 16.12.95). 29.3.96 FINDERS WILL NOT RELEASE POSN TO ARCHEOLOGICAL DIVING UNIT. LONGITUDE KNOWN TO BE IN THE REGION OF 033330W. (M DEAN, ARCHEOLOGICAL DIVING UNIT, TELECON). HH212/400/09 28.6.96 WK LIES IN 532343N, 033315.0W [OGB], IN AREA KNOWN AS 'RHYL STONES'. HT 9FT. NO SCOUR. LIES BOWS W. STILL HAS SOME OF ORIGINAL WOOD CLADDING IN PLACE. HATCH MISSING AND CONNING TOWER DENTED. POSN NOW WIDELY KNOWN AND BEING DIVED REGULARLY. (K HURLEY). HH212/400/09 15.7.96 DESIGNATED AS AN HISTORIC WRECK. RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 532347N, 033311W. (CADW LETTER DTD 12.7.96). INS AS WK USC 6MTRS WITH RESTRICTED AREA.

- NM 2739/96. HH212/400/10 9.9.96 DESIGNATED AS AN HISTORIC WRECK. RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 532347N, 033311W [OGB]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1741/96). NCA. HH090/759/01 7.4.98 POSN IS 532343.3N, 033313.6W [OGB]. HT OF WK ABOVE SEABED 2.1MTRS. (ADU, LTR DTD 20.3.98). NCA. 2.11.98 DIVE REPORT BY N WALES BRANCH OF NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY MAKING A ROUTINE DIVE STATED VESSEL HAD MOVED NEARLY UPRIGHT WITH LIST OF 14DEGS. SHE HAS SWIVELLED THROUGH 090DEGS AND SHIFTED BODILY 9MTRS FROM PREVIOUS POSN. WOODEN HULL CLADDING HAS GONE. CHANGES DUE TO RECENT HEAVY WEATHER. (DIVE MAGAZINE NOV '98) HH090/759/01 7.9.99 EXAMINED IN 5323.723N, 0333.330W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.5 IN GEN DEPTH 10.2MTRS. SCOUR 10.7MTRS. LENGTH 10MTRS, WIDTH 2.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.2MTRS. LIES 010/190DEGS. NO DEBRIS. BELIEVED TO BE UPRIGHT BUT CYLINDRICAL DESIGN MAKES ESTIMATION OF ATTITUDE DIFFICULT. WK WAS MOVED DURING NIGHT OF 9/10.6.1999 SOME 140MTRS SSW FROM ITS CHARTED POSN. RELOCATED BY POLICE DIVERS ON 11.6.99. SCOUR EXTENDS 20MTRS TOWARDS 010DEGS, BUT WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY THE MOVEMENT OF THE WK. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 759). AMEND TO WK 8.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. POSN OF RESTRICTED AREA CURRENTLY REMAINS AS IN NM 2739/96. BR STD. SEP 2018/000313290 8.9.19 EXAM'D 6.2.19 IN 5323.723N, 0333.335W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.62MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 9MTRS. LENGTH 12.2MTRS, WIDTH 2.5MTRS, HEIGHT 2.3MTRS. ORIENTATION 020/200 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1572). AMEND TO DW 7.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, SLIGHTLY TILTED, CLEAR STRUCTURES VISIBLE.

Position: 53 23.723 N,3 33.335 W

 

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