This is the information page about the shipwreck Rosario, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 45 39.94 N,2 40.08 W (45.416666666667, -2.8833333333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: ROSARIO
Length 83.5 meter, width: 12.4 meter, draught: 5.6, tonnage 1821 ton
Load: ore
Cause: vessel, built 1900 by blyth shipbuilding co, was torpedoed & sunk by a german submarine. the captain & 19 crew were killed, 1 survivor was taken prisoner. owned at the time of loss by orders & hanford steamship co. (dods). sunk while on passage from huelva to troon. (ll ww1).
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 116 meter
Known since: 1919, last detected: 1992
Details measurements/cartography: H2474/19 7.7.19 H2474/19 7.7.19 SHOWN AS WK IN 454000N, 024020W ON FRENCH WK CHART 10104. INS AS NDW. BR STD. 30.4.74 30.4.74 SHOWN AS NDW PD IN 454000N, 024000W ON FRENCH 6572 [1974 EDN]. 30.8.79 30.8.79 SHOWN AS NDW PD ON FRENCH 6788. 15.8.89 15.8.89 WK IN 454000N, 024000W. POSN ACCURACY 1M [=PA]. GEN DEPTH 120MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14552012). CHART AS NDW. NC 20. STS FOR PA. 28.7.93 28.7.93 SHOWN AS NDW PA ON FRENCH 6990 [1992 EDN]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: Chart No: BA 20
Position: 45 39.94 N,2 40.08 W