This is the information page about the shipwreck Rofayda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 34 42 N,34 0 E (34.4, 34.1)

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.

Name: ROFAYDA

Length 74.7 meter, width: 11.4 meter, draught: 3.6, tonnage 398 ton
Load: grain

Cause: sank after fire in the engine room. of crew of 8, 6 recovered from raft by m tanker siena. vessel apparently burned for three hours before sinking. no help received as incorrect callsign set and sent via satellite distress system. passage limassol to lattakia. later considered to have been scuttled after cargo of seeds transferred to mv marivan in suez. considered that no one was killed.

Year of registration: 1999

Water depth above wreck: 1850 meter

Known since: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: 6.8.99 CREW RECOVERED FROM RAFTS IN 3442.0N, 3400.0E [?EUR]. NCA. FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 34 42 N,34 0 E

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