This is the information page about the shipwreck Romsdalen (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 18.521 N,2 44.819 W (50.46995, -3.0108833333333)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Ailsa craig (probably)
3. Aleyna
4. Algarve
5. Amy
6. Apache
7. Athen
8. Avalanche
9. Bayonne
10. Bokn (possibly)
11. Bonita
12. Borgund i (possibly)
13. Britannia (possibly)
14. Broomhill (probably)
15. Chateau yqem
16. Chorley
17. Conch
18. Einar jarl
19. Franziska
20. Frogner ?
21. Gibel-hamam
22. Gorizia
23. Grane
24. Greenville
25. Greta c
26. Gripfast
27. Gudrun
28. Himalaya
29. Hms amazon
30. Hms bittern
31. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
32. Hms boadicea
33. Hms buccaneer
34. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
35. Hms fisgard ii
36. Hms harstad
37. Hms hickory
38. Hms james fennel
39. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
40. Hms landrail (probably)
41. Hms lord hailsham
42. Hms manor
43. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
44. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
45. Hms remindo (possibly)
46. Hmsm l24
47. Hmsm m2
48. Hmsm p555
49. Hmsm sidon
50. Inisinver
51. K m b (possibly)
52. Kongshaug (probably)
53. L h carl
54. La portaise (probably)
55. Lct 381
56. Lst 507 (bow section)
57. Lst 507 (stern section)
58. Lst 531
59. Lucinda (possibly)
60. Majorca
61. Marguerite (possibly)
62. Marie therese
63. Martha
64. Memnon
65. Merchant royal
66. Minerva (probably)
67. Miniota
68. Modavia
69. Moel tryvan
70. Moidart
71. Motano (probably)
72. Netley abbey (possibly)
73. Nyasaland
74. Ocean vagabond
75. Onward (probably)
76. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
77. Pas (c.182)
78. Pergo
79. Pomella
80. Pomeranian
81. Reggestroom (probably)
82. Romsdalen (probably)
83. Rosten (possibly)
84. Rotorua
85. Royal adelaide
86. Salsette ii
87. Scaldis
88. Siren
89. Sparkling foam (possibly)
90. Stancrest
91. Tandil (probably)
92. Thera (possibly)
93. Tracy
94. Trito
95. U 1191
96. Ub 19 (probably)
97. Ub 74
98. Ull (probably)
99. Ursa (probably)

 

Name: ROMSDALEN (PROBABLY)

Length 91.4 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2548 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases

Cause: built in 1895 by w grey & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by g b harland & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 224nhp, single shaft. passage swansea for calais. torpedoed by u84. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1968

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 106 cm

Known since: 1968, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H7800/68 6.3.69 H7800/68 6.3.69 WK, PROBABLY HM TRAWLER LORD STAMP, LOCATED BY ASDIC IN 501924N, 024712W. LENGTH 120 FEET, WIDTH 30 FEET. LIES IN 30 FMS ORIENTATED 140/320DEGS. GAVE VERY GOOD SONAR RETURN. (HMS PELLEW). DECCA POSN QUOTED PLOTS IN 501830N, 024442E. INS AS NDW. - FNM 27/69. 7.3.73 7.3.73 INS AS USC 28MTRS. NC 2519. 11.8.78 11.8.78 AMENDED TO USC 34MTRS. NE 2454. HH100/351/13 10.10.97 HH100/351/13 10.10.97 DIVED IN 501824N, 024448W [OGB] USING DECCA. A LARGE, UPRRIGHT WK, BROKEN DOWN IN THE CENTRE WITH A HIGH STERN. PROPELLER AND RUDDER INTACT. BOW BROKEN AND IN TWO PIECES. PROBABLY FOUR HOLDS, ALL FULL WITH PATENT FUEL COAL BLOCKS. PROBABLY 'ROMSDALEN'. (N R CHIPCHASE). HH090/961/01 10.12.03 HH090/961/01 10.12.03 EXAM'D 27.7.03 IN 5018.521N, 0244.819W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45.9 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 101MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.6MTRS. LIES 106/286 DEGS WITH BOWS PROBABLY TOWARDS 286 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 11MTRS SOUTH. UPRIGHT, VERY BROKEN AT W (?BOW) END. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 45MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BROKEN DOWN IN CENTRE, ?4 HOLDS, BOWS ?NWN

Position: 50 18.521 N,2 44.819 W

 

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