This is the information page about the shipwreck Rochester city, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 20.411 N,1 46.516 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. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Begona no 5
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. British captain
15. British fortune (probably)
16. Brixton
17. Burtonia (possibly)
18. Bygdo (possibly)
19. Carica milica
20. Castle galleon
21. Cd 14 (probably)
22. Cedarwood (possibly)
23. City of kobe
24. Clan monroe
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. Dronning maud (possibly)
35. Dulwich
36. Dunwich bank wk
37. Edernian
38. El argentino
39. El dorado
40. Ethel radcliffe
41. Eva witte
42. F stobart (probably)
43. Faithful star
44. Farmatyr
45. Fidelio
46. Firth
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Frumenton
50. Gannet (possibly)
51. Gasfire
52. Gena
53. Geneva
54. Gerhard
55. Gipsy (possibly)
56. Glen tilt (possibly)
57. Glynn
58. Golconda (possibly)
59. Grantleyhall (possibly)
60. Grenadier (probably)
61. Groenlo
62. Gulf breaker
63. H h petersen
64. Helena
65. Hms adonis (possibly)
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 hirose (probably)
74. Hms irvana (part of)
75. Hms jessie nutten
76. Hms kaphreda
77. Hms m a west (probably)
78. Hms monarch
79. Hms moravia (possibly)
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. Mudo
122. Nadir
123. Newhaven (possibly)
124. Nominoe
125. Nordborg (possibly)
126. Novocastrian
127. Ocean pride
128. Oil trader
129. Ostprussen (possibly)
130. Pescado
131. Petshenga (possibly)
132. Phryne
133. Plawsworth (possibly)
134. Pluton
135. Polaris
136. Prima
137. Ren
138. Reward (possibly)
139. Rhenas (possibly)
140. Rhineland
141. Robin iv
142. Rochester city
143. Rogate
144. Roxanna
145. Scimitar
146. Scotia
147. Sea rhine
148. Silksworth hall (probably).
149. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
150. Skodsburg (possibly)
151. Southford
152. St patrick
153. Stad alkmaar
154. Sunniside (probably)
155. Taber park
156. Tergestea
157. Thomas m (possibly)
158. Thornaby (possibly)
159. Tidal (possibly)
160. Torchbearer
161. Tregantle (possibly)
162. U 13 (probably)
163. Ui-001
164. Vae victis
165. White lady
166. White swan
167. White swan (possibly)
168. Wyetown
169. Yewkyle (possibly)
170. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: ROCHESTER CITY

Length 70.1 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1239 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1910 by sir raylton dixon & co ltd. owned at time of loss by the rochester ss co, sunderland. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 156hp, single shaft. machinery aft by ne marine eng co ltd, sunderland. passage seaham for rochester. cargo 1700 tons coal. struck a mine laid by uc-10. one man lost.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 40 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161212

Details measurements/cartography: H3999/16 FNM 256/16 ISSUED. H3849/18 8.7.18 POSN 522025N, 014638E. LEAST DEPTH 42FT. (COMMODORE LOWESTOFT). INS AS WK 7FMS (1916). - FNM 457/18. H909/60 18.5.66 LEAST E/S DEPTH 45 IN GEN DEPTH 67FT. GOOD SONAR CONTACT AT 1500 YDS. (HMS MYRMIDON, 30.11.65). BR STD. H6285/69 27.1.70 LOCATED IN 522014N, 014618E USING DECCA. (KELVIN HUGHES [K5733/2]). 9.2.72 LIES IN 2 PARTS - STERN UPSIDE DOWN AND BOW ON STBD SIDE. BOTH PARTS SOUND, NO SIGN OF CRUMBLING. ORIENTATED E BY S/W BY N. (UNDERMARINE OPS, 1971). 31.7.74 AMEND TO WK 12.5MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H1942/80 20.8.82 EXAM'D 16.2.82 IN 522022N, 014637E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.5 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 6.54MTRS, LENGTH 75.5MTRS, BEAM 9.9MTRS. LIES 037/217 DEG WITH STERN AND PORT SIDE PARTIALLY BURIED IN SAND. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). NCA. HH090/564/01 25.1.93 EXAM'D 13.10.92 IN 522023.1N, 014637.1E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 13.2, FOUL AT 13.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.3 IN GEN DEPTH 20.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.6MTRS, LENGTH ABOUT 75MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEG, APPARENTLY BROKEN AFT OF MIDSHIPS. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. SONAR TRACE DOES NOT SUPPORT PREVIOUS REPORT THAT AFTER SECTION LIES UPSIDE DOWN. (NP 1016, HI 564). BR STD. SEP 2016/000091758 18.07.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16; IN 5220.411N, 0146.516E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.43MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS, LENGTH 70.7MTRS, WIDTH 14.9MTRS, HEIGHT 7.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 040/220 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 13.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 20.411 N,1 46.516 E

 

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