This is the information page about the shipwreck Rimac, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 5.426 N,1 17.802 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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. Actuosity (possibly)
2. Ahamo
3. Algarve
4. Ambrose fleming
5. Antiope
6. Aquarius (possibly)
7. Artemisia
8. Asteria
9. Baron ailsa
10. Bertha
11. Birtley
12. Blackburn
13. Boulderpool (fwd part)
14. British triumph
15. Burgos
16. Camilla weston
17. Cantabria (probably)
18. Chatwood (possibly)
19. Chelsea (possibly)
20. Chevychase
21. Clan morrison
22. Clansman (possibly)
23. Continental (possibly)
24. Corchester
25. Cormarsh
26. Czestochowa
27. Duncarron
28. Efos
29. Eikhaug
30. Empire newcomen
31. Empress
32. Ethel
33. Fireglow
34. Francois trixier
35. Friesland
36. Fulgens
37. Gardenia
38. George royle
39. Georgia (stern section)
40. Giorgio ohlsen
41. Granta
42. Hauxley (possibly)
43. Heathfield
44. Hms arley
45. Hms cap d'antifer
46. Hms caroline moller
47. Hms cloughton wyke
48. Hms dungeness
49. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
50. Hms francolin
51. Hms kylemore
52. Hms solomon
53. Hms vortigern
54. Hmsm c 11
55. Hmsm umpire
56. Homefire
57. I t l anna b
58. Jessie maersk
59. Jevington court
60. Kenton
61. Keymun
62. King egbert
63. La combattante (stern section)
64. Lanterna (probably)
65. Londoner (probably)
66. Marden
67. Minorca
68. Nimrod (probably)
69. Ogono
70. Ole bull
71. Ottar jarl
72. Otter
73. P.l.m. 25
74. Pacific (possibly)
75. Pacific (possibly)
76. Pegrix
77. Pontfield (forepart)
78. Rimac
79. Robert w pomeroy
80. Rosalie (possibly)
81. Rose marie
82. Salvus ii
83. Schieland
84. Sitona
85. St mark
86. St thomas (possibly)
87. Tayjack 1 (part of)
88. Tayjack 1 (part of)
89. Teddington
90. Thursonian
91. Trajan
92. Traviata (possibly)
93. Trelissick
94. Tyneford
95. Upminster
96. Varoy
97. Vera (probably)
98. Virgin de lourdres
99. Welholme (possibly)
100. Western mist (possibly)
101. Westland
102. Winhill or whinhill
103. Zephyr
104. Zor

 

Name: RIMAC

Length 61.6 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 942 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Ex-havmoy '34, ex-frank. built in 1919 by porsgrund mek vaerks, porsgrunn. owned at time of loss by a/s mairo. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 75hp, single shaft. passage blyth for london. cargo coal. sank following a collision.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H01665/41 24.6.41 SUNK FOLLOWING COLLISION IN 530522N, 011801E IN 12FMS. ORIENTATED 350/170 DEG. LEAST DEPTH 32FT. (HMS FRANKLIN, 3.6.41). INS AS WK 5.25FMS.

- NM 1450/41. H01665/41 7.8.48 EXAM'D IN 530522N, 011757E. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 49FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58 IN GEN DEPTH 69FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1948). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 1FT.

- NM 1751/48. HH090/561/01 4.1.93 EXAM'D 29.9.92 IN 530524.3N, 011754.7E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.1, FOUL AT 18.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.8 IN GEN DEPTH 20.6MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTR. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 105/285 DEG. (SEATEAM, HI 561).

- NM 263/93. SEP 2018/000212985 5.9.18 EXAM'D 27.3.18 IN 5305.426N, 0117.802E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.68MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20.6MTRS, LENGTH 54.1MTRS, WIDTH 14.8MTRS, HEIGHT 3MTRS, ORIENTATION 095/275 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 46.3MTRS, 0.4MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 275 DEGS. BROKEN IN TWO AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1515). AMEND TO DW 17.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 5.426 N,1 17.802 E

 

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