This is the information page about the shipwreck Romeo, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 22.351 N,4 52.062 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.

 

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8. Cragsman
9. Crois bhride
10. Daily mail
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14. Eileen
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18. Fulmar
19. Garnet
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25. Kerrera (possibly)
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28. Marianne toft (possibly)
29. Mayfield
30. Melfort
31. Mfv polaris
32. Moonlight
33. Moonlight (possibly)
34. Oona hall
35. Our brighter dawn
36. Our lassie
37. Our queen
38. Pollux 2
39. Ringwall
40. Romeo
41. Romeo (possibly)
42. Scallywag
43. Silver quest 2
44. Thornfield
45. Thracian
46. Three sisters
47. Ulabrand (possibly)
48. Zafiris

 

Name: ROMEO

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

Cause: steel ss, built by earle's & co in 1881. owned at time of loss by t wilson, sons & co. compound engines of 333 nhp for 10 knots. torpedoed and sunk by u102 7 miles s of the mull of galloway. captain and 28 crew killed. (a corkill).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: H2112/75 H2112/75 LOCATED IN 542221N, 045200W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 7.9MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 51/74). APPEARS TO BE IN TWO PARTS, LYING CLOSE TOGETHER. INS AS WK 38MTRS.

- NM 395/75. H5982/82 29.7.83 H5982/82 29.7.83 WK SHOWN IN 542229N, 045201W [OGB] ON KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS C-PLOT C6, 1983. HH100/351/13 10.9.98 HH100/351/13 10.9.98 BELL HAS BEEN RECOVERED BY ANOTHER DIVER AND VESSEL IDENTIFIED AS 'ROMEO'. (A CORKILL). HH090/821/01 28.8.01 HH090/821/01 28.8.01 EXAM'D 27.6.01 IN 5422.351N, 0452.062W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 36.4 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTRS AROUND WK. IN TWO SECTIONS SOME 10MTRS APART. W SECTION LENGTH 25MTRS, LIES 090/270 DEGS. E SECTION LENGTH 65MTRS, LIES 060/240 DEGS. WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.9MTRS. NO DEBRIS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 821). HH208/400/05 4.9.01 HH208/400/05 4.9.01 AMEND TO WK 36MTRS.

- NM 3917/01.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS, LENGTH & ORIENTATION ARE MEAN VALUES

Position: 54 22.351 N,4 52.062 W

 

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