This is the information page about the shipwreck Rock island bridge, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 5.656 N,5 5.685 W (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Andola
4. Andromeda
5. Arab
6. Ardgarry
7. Arvor
8. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
9. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
10. Atlantis (possibly)
11. Atlantis (possibly)
12. Ballarat
13. Bamse (probably)
14. Bard (possibly)
15. Bay of panama
16. Beatrice (possibly)
17. Bellucia
18. Ben asdale
19. Ben rein
20. Benito
21. Bjornvik (possibly)
22. Brest
23. Bretonne (probably)
24. Cape finisterre (probably)
25. Carmarthen
26. Caroline
27. Caroni river
28. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
29. Centurion (possibly)
30. Cieszyn
31. Citrine
32. City of corinth (possibly)
33. City of ghent
34. Clan apline
35. Clan malcolm
36. Corvus
37. Cristina
38. Cromdale
39. Czar
40. Dionne marie
41. Dispatch (possibly)
42. Elisabeth (possibly)
43. Epsilon
44. Erato
45. Eric calvert (possibly)
46. Eskdale
47. Eva (possibly)
48. Forde
49. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
50. Ganymede
51. Gap
52. Genevieve (possibly)
53. Godolphin
54. Grip (part of)
55. Gunvor
56. Hanover
57. Hansy
58. Happy returns (possibly)
59. Hera
60. Hmml 380
61. Hms almond (after part)
62. Hms almond (bow part)
63. Hms anson
64. Hms brandlebas
65. Hms comet
66. Hms gloaming
67. Hms kurd
68. Hms lady of the isles
69. Hms primrose
70. Hms rinovia
71. Hms roche bonne
72. Hms torrent
73. Hmy sappho (possibly)
74. Hnlms brielle
75. Hockwold
76. Ilston
77. Jersey queen (possibly)
78. John
79. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
80. Juno
81. Karen marie
82. Kerris reed
83. Krosfond
84. Kwester
85. La suippe
86. Lady dalhousie
87. Le vieux tigre
88. Leander
89. Leon martin (part of)
90. Lia'g
91. Libourne
92. Loe bar wk
93. Lord snowden (probably)
94. Lucent (possibly)
95. Lydie
96. Merle
97. Mervyn (possibly)
98. Mina cantiquin
99. Mitera marigo
100. Mohegan
101. Mosel
102. Mountby
103. Mourne (probably)
104. N g petersen
105. Normand
106. Noya (possibly)
107. Nyassa
108. Ocklinge
109. Omer denise
110. Ospra
111. Pearl (possibly)
112. Peer gynt (possibly)
113. Penelope jane (possibly)
114. Pindos
115. Plantaganet
116. Poljames
117. Poljames
118. Ponus
119. Port chalmers
120. Prestige
121. Princess royal
122. Quarnero
123. Queen (possibly)
124. Rigmor (possibly)
125. Robert
126. Rock island bridge
127. Royal anne galley
128. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
129. Schiedam
130. Secil japan (bow section)
131. Secil japan (stern section)
132. Shoal fisher
133. Spital
134. Spyridion vagliano
135. St anthony (possibly)
136. St george (possibly)
137. Stanwood
138. Twilight water
139. U 1018
140. U 399
141. U 95
142. Ub 106 (possibly)
143. Ub 112 (possibly)
144. Ub 128 (possibly)
145. Ub 86 (possibly)
146. Ub 97 (possibly)
147. Ula
148. Veritas
149. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
150. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
151. Violet
152. Volnay
153. War baron (probably)
154. War tune
155. Westwood (possibly)
156. Wyndcliffe
157. Zebra

 

Name: ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE

Year of registration: 1986

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1986, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H2697/85 19.6.86 LOCATED 19.5.86 IN 500536N, 050532W [OGB] WHEN ANCHOR WAS FOULED ON WEIGHING. POSN BY 4 RANGE RADAR FIX. DIVERS INVESTIGATING FOUND STEEL WK APPROX 23MTRS LONG AND STANDING 2MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (AB(R) M OATES & DIVING TENDER IXWORTH). POSSIBLY PART OF ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE, SUNK 1920 AND SALVAGED 1927. INS AS WK 7MTRS

- NM 1915/86. HH090/638/01 19.2.96 AFTER SCRUTINY OF THE SONAR TRACE BELIEVED WK HAS BROKEN UP. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 638). AMENDED TO FOUL. 19.2.13 EXAM'D 18.8.12 IN 5005.656N, 0505.685W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.2 IN GEN DEPTH 8.4MTRS. SCOUR 0.7MTR DEEP AT WK. LENGTH 102MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 1.9MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, FOR CHANNEL COASTAL OBSERVATORY, HI 1404). ?LARGE PORTION OF SHIP'S SIDE LYING FLAT IN SHALL SCOUR. CONSIDERED TO BE 'ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE'. AMEND WK 7.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF SHIP'S SIDE IN SHALLOW SCOUR

Position: 50 5.656 N,5 5.685 W

 

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