This is the information page about the shipwreck Roseburn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 54.493 N,0 56.501 E (50.8163, 0.959)
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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: ROSEBURN
Length 99.1 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 6.7, tonnage 3103 ton
Load: timber
Cause: Steel construction. triple expansion engine. attacked by e-boats and torpedoed 5 miles off dungeness. beached and became a total loss. passage st johns for the tyne. cargo pit props.
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 5 meter, Height above seabed: 101 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: H597/40 WK IN 505418N, 005624E OR 247DEGS, 1.3M FROM DUNGENESS HIGH LT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS ST. H0601/40 27.2.47 INS G CON BUOY 1 CABLE S OF WK. (TH).
- NM 507/47. H0601/40 9.9.50 AMEND BUOY TO G CAN. (TH).
- NM 1737/50. 19.6.52 SHOWN IN 505420N, 005638E, WITH BUOY, ON SURVEY [E3393]. AMEND POSN. BR STD. H0601/40 6.1.53 LOCATED 17.6.52 IN 505426N, 005634E USING HSA. (HMS FRANKLIN). H0601/40 3.8.54 H0601/40 3.8.54 INS BELL AGAINST BUOY. (TH).
- NM 1748/54. H0601/40 28.10.57 WRECK DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH OF 14FT. (TH). AMEND TO WK 2FMS 2FT AND DELETE BUOY.
- NM 2532/57. 14.7.71 AMEND TO WK 4.3MTRS. NC 536. H495/73 24.3.75 NOT FOUND DURING NORMAL SOUNDING. NO CLOSE SEARCH MADE. GEN DEPTH 6MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). NCA. [WGD] POSN: 5054.469N, 0056.467E. 4.12.13 LOCATED 14.8.13 IN 5054.493N, 0056.501E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.00 IN GEN DEPTH 4.7MTRS. SCOUR 0.9MTR DEEP. LENGTH 34MTRS, WIDTH 13 MTRS, HT 1.1MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SCATTERED DEBRIS. (EGS, HI 1312). FULLY COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: FULLY COLLAPSED, DEBRIS
Position: 50 54.493 N,0 56.501 E