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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. British captain
16. British fortune (probably)
17. Brixton
18. Burtonia (possibly)
19. Bygdo (possibly)
20. Carica milica
21. Castle galleon
22. Cd 14 (probably)
23. Cedarwood (possibly)
24. City of kobe
25. Clan monroe
26. Claudia (possibly)
27. Cormead
28. Cresta
29. Crichtoun
30. Cross sand ltv
31. Dagmar (probably)
32. Daisy (possibly)
33. David b summers
34. Db 8 (possibly)
35. Denewood
36. Disa (possibly)
37. Dronning maud (possibly)
38. Dulwich
39. Dunwich bank wk
40. Edernian
41. El argentino
42. El dorado
43. Elnet
44. Ethel radcliffe
45. Eva witte
46. F stobart (probably)
47. Faithful star
48. Farmatyr
49. Fidelio
50. Firth
51. Friargate (possibly)
52. Friargate (possibly)
53. Frumenton
54. G and e (possibly)
55. Gannet (possibly)
56. Gasfire
57. Gena
58. Geneva
59. Gerhard
60. Gipsy (possibly)
61. Glen tilt (possibly)
62. Glynn
63. Golconda (possibly)
64. Grantleyhall (possibly)
65. Grenadier (probably)
66. Groenlo
67. Gulf breaker
68. H h petersen
69. Helena
70. Hms adonis (possibly)
71. Hms christopher (possibly)
72. Hms condor (probably)
73. Hms donside (possibly)
74. Hms eros (possibly)
75. Hms evesham (possibly)
76. Hms exmoor
77. Hms fontenoy
78. Hms harvest gleaner
79. Hms hirose (probably)
80. Hms irvana (part of)
81. Hms jessie nutten
82. Hms kaphreda
83. Hms m a west (probably)
84. Hms monarch
85. Hms moravia (possibly)
86. Hms new comet (possibly)
87. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
88. Hms orthos (probably)
89. Hms pelton (probably)
90. Hms river clyde (possibly)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms sisters melville
93. Hms speeton (possibly)
94. Hms spider
95. Hms tervani
96. Hms tettenhall
97. Hms tonbridge
98. Hms tugela
99. Hms waveflower
100. Hms whooper
101. Hmsm d5
102. Hornchurch
103. Ignis (possibly)
104. Impulsion
105. Jamesina
106. Jim
107. Kenneth hawksfield
108. Knarsdale
109. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
110. Knitsley (possibly)
111. Kwasind
112. Lapwing
113. Lapwing (possibly)
114. Lincairn (possibly)
115. Lindisfarne (probably)
116. Lingfield
117. Lisette
118. Magdapur
119. Mangara
120. Mardyke
121. Maria rosa
122. Marianne (probably)
123. Mascota (possibly)
124. Mascotte
125. Memento (possibly)
126. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
127. Mercurius
128. Mudo
129. Nadir
130. Newhaven (possibly)
131. Nominoe
132. Nordborg (possibly)
133. Novocastrian
134. Ocean pride
135. Oil trader
136. Ostprussen (possibly)
137. Pescado
138. Petshenga (possibly)
139. Phryne
140. Plawsworth (possibly)
141. Pluton
142. Polaris
143. Prima
144. Ren
145. Reward (possibly)
146. Rhenas (possibly)
147. Rhineland
148. Robin iv
149. Rochester city
150. Rogate
151. Roxanna
152. Scimitar
153. Scotia
154. Sea king
155. Sea rhine
156. Silksworth hall (probably).
157. Sir william stephenson
158. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
159. Skodsburg (possibly)
160. Southford
161. St patrick
162. Stad alkmaar
163. Sunniside (probably)
164. Taber park
165. Tergestea
166. Thomas m (possibly)
167. Thornaby (possibly)
168. Tidal (possibly)
169. Torchbearer
170. Tregantle (possibly)
171. Tunisiana
172. U 13 (probably)
173. Uc 62 (possibly)
174. Ui-001
175. Vae victis
176. White lady
177. White swan
178. White swan (possibly)
179. Wyetown
180. Yewkyle (possibly)
181. 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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