This is the information page about the shipwreck Rossmore (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 25.243 N,5 15.46 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)
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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: ROSSMORE (POSSIBLY)
Length 54.9 meter, width: 8.4 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 627 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1907 by murdoch & murray. owned at the time of loss by county of cornwall shipping co. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 80nhp, single shaft. bombed and sunk by german aircraft. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 113 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2011
Details measurements/cartography: H01268/41 26.3.41 H01268/41 WK IN 502500N, 051500W, ABOUT 12M NE GODREVEY ISLAND. (FOIC FALMOUTH, 26.3.41). H4698/59 6.6.61 H4698/59 6.6.61 POSN THOUGHT DOUBTFUL. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. 4.5.78 4.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS USC 25MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1178. 11.6.07 11.6.07 DIVED IN 5025.274N, 0515.047W [WGD]. IN TWO PARTS BROKEN FWD OF ENGINE. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE AND SHAFT WITH IRON PROP ARE INTACT. FWD PART NOT YET DIVED. (R ROSEVEARE, TELECON 11.6.07). RETAIN AS WK USC 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 22.11.11 22.11.11 LOCATED 5.10.09 IN 5025.243N, 0515.460W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.40 IN GEN DEPTH 36.95MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 67.0MTRS, WIDTH 13.4MTRS, HT 2.55MTRS. LIES 113/293 DEGS WITH BOWS ESE. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). APPARENTELY INTACT. AMEND WK 34MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS ESE
Position: 50 25.243 N,5 15.46 W