This is the information page about the shipwreck Roscommon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 29.404 N,8 1.034 W (55.799933333333, -7.9008)

 

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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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Name: ROSCOMMON

Length 137.3 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 11.7, tonnage 8328 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-oswestry grange. built in 1902 by workman, clarke & co ltd, belfast. owned at time of loss by union ss co, new zealand. four boilers, twin triple expansion engines, twin shaft. passage manchester for australia. torpedoed by u-53. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 73 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1981, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H2175/81 9.1.81 H2175/81 9.1.81 EXAM'D 15.5.80 IN 552922N, 080100W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 67 IN GEN DEPTH 73MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.5MTRS, LENGTH APPROX 130MTRS. LYING 080/260DEG. LARGE BROKEN UP CONTACT WITH APPARENTLY A MAST AT W END. (HMS HYDRA, HI 21/79-80). INS AS WK 63MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/22 22.9.04 HH100/351/22 22.9.04 DIVED 9.9.04 IN LISTED POSN. BADLY BROKEN ON SEABED AT 76MTRS. LARGE GUN ON STERN. FOUR BOILERS ARE THE HIGHEST POINT, RISING TO 70MTRS. THREE HOLDS CONTAIN GENERAL CARGO OF PLATES, BOTTLES, ROLLS OF LINO, VARIOUS RUBBER COILS, TYRES ETC. NUMBER OF BOILERS, STERN GUN AND PORCELAIN WITH 'AUSTRALIAN LIMITED STEAMSHIPS' CONFIRM IDENTITY. (M ADES, EMAIL DTD 13.9.04). NCA. 25.4.07 25.4.07 WK LOCATED IN 5529.404N, 0801.034W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 73MTRS. LENGTH 132MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, HT 6.5MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 070/250 DEGS. GENERALLY INTACT WITH BOWS NE. HIGH POINT, PRESUMED BOILERS, MIDSHIPS. SCOUR AT BOTH ENDS. AMEND WK 65MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 66.83MTRS. (GSI). AMEND WK 66MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HULL FORM INTACT BUT BROKEN UP, BOWS NE, SCOUR AT ENDS

Position: 55 29.404 N,8 1.034 W

 

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