This is the information page about the shipwreck Rosehill, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 19.788 N,4 18.524 W (50.1442, -4.17415)

 

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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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4. Australbush (possibly)
5. Bell virtue
6. Birgitte
7. Brialan
8. Carol anne
9. Chancellor
10. Charlwood
11. Chelydra (possibly)
12. Constance
13. Dartmeet
14. Die frau metta catharina von flensburg
15. Dutton
16. East point
17. Encourage
18. Exploiter
19. Fylrix
20. Glen strathallan
21. Hazel claire (possibly)
22. Heron i
23. Hms abelard
24. Hms coronation (part)
25. Hms coronation (part)
26. Hms elk (probably)
27. Hms foyle
28. Hms kingston alalite (probably)
29. Hms lord stonehaven
30. Hms scylla
31. Hms ullswater
32. Hmsm a7
33. Hmsm h 52
34. Hmsm untiring
35. Hopper barge no.42
36. James eagan layne
37. Kazan
38. Kishmul of ayr
39. Lab
40. Lancaster
41. Lauwerzee
42. Marie
43. Mcgregor
44. Medoc
45. Orchis
46. Phoenix
47. Poulmic
48. Reine des flots
49. Rosehill
50. Sabrina
51. Solstice ph199
52. St katharine (probably)
53. Tinker di
54. Unicorn
55. W woolvern (possibly)
56. Western coast (possibly)
57. Yewforest

 

Name: ROSEHILL

Length 95.7 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2788 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-minster. built in 1911. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage cardiff for devonport. torpedoed by ub-40 and was abandoned. later reboarded but sank before reaching kennack sands. (sibi, ww1sl & ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 102 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: H2537/28 REPD SUNK IN 286DEGS, 3.5M FROM RAME HD. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. H1282/78/126 - H1270/79 27.6.79 LOCATED IN 501939N, 041827W [OGB] USING DECCA. ARMED MERCHANT SHIP, GUNS STILL MOUNTED ON STERN. LEAST DEPTH, ABOVE BOILERS, 84 IN GEN DEPTH 102FT. WK ABOUT 200FT LONG, BUT DIVED DURING POOR VISIBILITY. IDENTIFIED AS 'ROSEHILL' BY MAKERS NAME AND NUMBER ON STEERING GEAR. (M COOMBS, 25.6.79). CHART AS WK 25MTRS. BR STD. 15.8.79 LOCATED IN 502001N, 041829W [OGB] USING DECCA. (MR BOWEN, TELECON). NCA. H1961/79 18.3.81 EXAM'D 28.4.80 IN 501944.8N, 041826.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.0 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 21.9, FOUL AT 22.0MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 5.44MTRS. LIES ON SIDE OF 23MTR BANK IN AREA OF ROCK & GRAVEL ON HEADING 100/280DEGS. POOR DCS3 RETURN DUE TO MASKING FROM BANK. (HMS WOODLARK, HI 71A/80). ACCEPT SWEPT DEPTH.

- NM 767/81. H1961/79 20.5.81 NO EXPLANATION FOR DISCREPANCY BETWEEN SWEPT AND E/S DEPTH CAN BE OFFERED. RECOMMEND E/S DEPTH BE ACCEPTED. (LT CDR B HUMPHREY, 1.5.81, REPLY TO SURVEY APPRAISAL). CHART AS WK 20MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/07 7.7.93 DIVED ON 7.2.93 IN 501841.5N, 041821.5W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 24 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. NO SCOUR. FAIRLY BROKEN UP. BOILERS STANDS 5MTRS CLEAR OF ROCK SEABED. GUN ON STERN. DIFFICULT TO FIND WITH E/S. (G PEACHAM, 30.6.93). NCA. 29.4.02 DIVED IN 1995. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. LARGE GUN ON STERN, HULL FAIRLY INTACT, SUPERSTRUCTURE FLATTENED AND STANDS NO MORE THAN 5MTRS HIGH. (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE, TELECON 29.4.02). NCA. SEP 2020/000287353 25.11.20 WRECK EXAMINED 28.4.20 IN POSITION 5019.788N, 0418.524W [WGD], LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.60 MTRS IN GENERAL DEPTH 26 MTRS, LENGTH 93 MTRS, WIDTH 18 MTRS, HEIGHT 5.2 MTRS, ORIENTATION 102 DEGS. (HI1678, CLINTON MARINE SURVEY LTD). AMEND DW 20.6 MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HULL INTACT, SUPERSTRUCTURE FLATTENED

Position: 50 19.788 N,4 18.524 W

 

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