This is the information page about the shipwreck Rochester (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 53.283 N,0 42.207 E (53.6809167, 0.8108)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: ROCHESTER (POSSIBLY)
Length 31.8 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 165 ton
Load: fish
Cause: Built in 1898 by mackie & thompson, govan. owned at time of loss by consolidated fisheries co, grimsby. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 45hp, single shaft. passage hull for fishing and return. mined during return passage. one man lost.
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H0148/44 2.8.44 SUNK IN POSN 535400N, 004230E. (MINESWEEPING SUMMARY NO 250 FOR 26.7 TO 2.8.44). NCA. H4064/85 22.8.86 EXAM'D IN 535316N, 004219E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 38.3MTRS, FOUL AT 38.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.8MTRS. DCS3 LENGTH 28MTRS, BEAM 7MTRS. LYING 135/315 DEGS. (UDI GROUP LTD, HI 321A). INS AS SW 38MTRS. BR STD. H4064/85 13.1.87 EXAM'D 17.6.86 IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.2MTR. DCS3 HT 1.1MTR. THOUGHT PROBABLY TO BE OF WOODEN CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE OF WEAK SONAR & E/S RETURNS. (UDI, HI 321A). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 53.283 N,0 42.207 E