Wreck: Rosehill (probably) (Sailing vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Rosehill (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 26.889 N,1 34.37 W (50.448150, -1.572833)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: ROSEHILL (PROBABLY)
Length 35.7 meter, width: 6.7 meter, tonnage 213 ton
Load: clay products
Cause: built in 1875 of iron by r williamson & son, harrington. owned at time of loss by h b varwell, exeter. passage teighmouth for antwerp. sank following collision with ss holtenau. crew of 7 lost. (d c wendes).
Year of registration: 2002
Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 147 cm
Known since: 2002, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: REPORTED LOST 15 MILES WSW OF ST CATHERINE'S POINT. HH090/962/01 17.12.02 EXAM'D 22.7.02 IN 5026.891N, 0134.373W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.7 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 42MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.4MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. VERY BROKEN WK, MOSTLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 962). INS AS WK 35MTRS. BR STD. HH090/962/01 11.11.03 SWEPT CLEAR 36.1, FOUL 36.6MTRS. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 36MTRS. BR STD. 30.1.07 THIS IS THE WK OF A SMALL, IRON, SV. QUITE FLATTENED AND BROKEN, BUT NOT SPREAD OUT. ITEMS OF RIGGING LIE ON SITE. SIZE AND LOCATION ARE CONSISTENT WITH ROSEHILL. LARGE LUMPS OF GREY MATERIAL APPEAR TO BE THE RENANTS OF THE CHINA CLAY CARGO. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. SEP 2020/000123102 13.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5026.889N, 0134.370W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.56TRS IN GEN DEPTH 38MTRS. LENGTH 34MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS, HT 1.7MTRS. ORIENTATION 147/327 DEGS. POSSIBLE ITEM OF DEBRIS LENGTH 10MTRS TO E. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND NDW 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: VERY BROKEN WK, MOSTLY BURIED
Position: 50 26.889 N,1 34.37 W
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