This is the information page about the shipwreck Romeo (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 30.915 N,4 54.506 W (54.638416666667, -4.9028)

 

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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. Alzira
2. Audentia
3. Ben-may
4. Blue star
5. Cragsman
6. Daily mail
7. Destro (possibly)
8. Doris
9. Eileen
10. Ellen sheant
11. Enda
12. Fair morn
13. Florrieston (probably)
14. Fulmar
15. Garnet
16. Great ouse
17. Kafue
18. Kathleen
19. Kelvinside (probably)
20. Kerrera (possibly)
21. M3
22. Marianne toft (possibly)
23. Oona hall
24. Oswald
25. Our brighter dawn
26. Our queen
27. Pollux 2
28. Rexmoor
29. Romeo
30. Romeo (possibly)
31. Scallywag
32. Socrates
33. Three sisters
34. Ulabrand (possibly)
35. Winsome
36. Zafiris

 

Name: ROMEO (POSSIBLY)

Length 83.8 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 1730 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: torpedoed by german submarine.captain and 28 crew killed. for liverpool in ballast. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1983

Water depth above wreck: 85 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1983, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: 10.3.18 10.3.18 TORPEDOED POSN 543230N, 045800W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 5.3.18 5.3.18 SUNK APPROX IN VICINITY OF THE CHICKENS. SANK AT ONCE. (EVIDENCE UNCERTAIN). 13.3.18 13.3.18 SUNK ABOUT 10M S OF MULL OF GALLOWAY. (IDSA). H3671/72 21.2.73 H3671/72 21.2.73 EXAM'D IN 543054N, 045426W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 75MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 85MTRS. LENGTH 150FT. LIES 130/310 DEGS. NW END APPEARS TO DISAPPEAR INTO THE SAND. LIES ABOUT 2M ESE OF LISTED POSN OF ROMEO AND 1.5M SE OF DESTRO SO COULD BE EITHER. SIZE IS ABOUT RIGHT BUT TAKEN TO BE ROMEO. (HMS FAWN). BR STD. HH091/053/01 30.6.04 HH091/053/01 30.6.04 EXAM'D 17.2.04 IN 5430.915N, 0454.506W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 75.1 IN GEN DEPTH 85MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 61.6MTRS, WIDTH 9.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.0MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO DEBRIS FIELD. SMALL, INTACT WK LYING ON ITS SIDE. SOME VISIBLE BUT UNDISTINGUISHABLE UPPERDECK FEATURES. SEABED MEDIUM AND COARSE SAND AND GRAVEL. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 1053). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, LYING ON BEAM ENDS

Position: 54 30.915 N,4 54.506 W

 

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