This is the information page about the shipwreck Rosten (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 21.71 N,2 58.036 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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.

 

1. Ailsa craig (probably)
2. Aleyna
3. Algarve
4. Angelena bm 271
5. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Bayonne
8. Bokn (possibly)
9. Boma
10. Borgund i (possibly)
11. Broomhill (probably)
12. Chateau yqem
13. Cheshire
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. Cornelia
17. Einar jarl
18. Gefion
19. General leman (possibly)
20. Gibel-hamam
21. Gorizia
22. Grane
23. Greleen
24. Greta c
25. Gudrun
26. Hms amazon
27. Hms bittern
28. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
29. Hms boadicea
30. Hms buccaneer
31. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
32. Hms formidable
33. Hms harstad
34. Hms hickory
35. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
36. Hms lord hailsham
37. Hms manor
38. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
39. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
40. Hms remindo (possibly)
41. Isbjorn
42. Karen marie (probably)
43. Kongshaug (probably)
44. L h carl
45. La blanca (possibly)
46. Lct 381
47. Lofoten (probably)
48. Lst 507 (bow section)
49. Lst 507 (stern section)
50. Lst 531
51. Lucinda (possibly)
52. Majorca
53. Marguerite (possibly)
54. Marjolene
55. Memnon
56. Minerva (probably)
57. Modavia
58. Moel tryvan
59. Moidart
60. Motano (probably)
61. Nil desperandum (probably)
62. Nyasaland
63. Ocean vagabond
64. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
65. Pergo
66. Pomella
67. Pomeranian
68. Radaas (probably)
69. Reggestroom (probably)
70. Renilde
71. Romsdalen (probably)
72. Rosten (possibly)
73. Rotorua
74. Salsette ii
75. Siren
76. Sparkling foam (possibly)
77. St dunstan
78. Tandil (probably)
79. Tracy
80. Trito
81. Ub 19 (probably)
82. Ull (probably)
83. Ursa (probably)
84. W h dwyer
85. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: ROSTEN (POSSIBLY)

Length 57.2 meter, width: 9.2 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 897 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-grippen, ex comp stm. built in 1920 by a/b ostersjovarfvet, norrkoping. owned at time of loss by tonsbergs rederi a/b nord-sverige. triple expansion engine of 62hp, single shaft. passage barry for shoreham in convoy wp 183. torpedoed & sunk by german e-boats. 6 lives lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 138 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H02412/42 9.7.42 H02412/42 118DEGS, 7 CABLES FROM ANOTHER WK LOCATED IN 502210N, 025930W. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH, 9.7.42). 30.12.44 AUBD 303/30 30.12.44 GOOD SONAR CONTACT AND POSN 502142N, 025812W. LENGTH 120FT, HEIGHT 20FT. (ESCORT GROUP 4, 30.12.44). H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT & POSN IN 502148N, 025836W. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). H4638/55 10.2.60 H4638/55 10.2.60 WK IN 502141N, 025758W. GENERAL DEPTH 28FMS. LEAST E/S 24FMS. SEABED GRAVEL, SHELL AND SAND. DIRECTION 140/320DEGS. GOOD A/S RESPONSE. (SCES/HMS SCOTT 29.9.54). INS AS WK 24FMS. BR STD. H3950/70 24.5.71 H3950/70 24.5.71 AMEND TO WK 44.0MTRS. NC3315. H5982/82 20.1.83 H5982/82 20.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 502139N, 025756W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982). NCA. HH100/351/11 16.7.96 HH100/351/11 16.7.96 POSSIBLY 'ROSTEN'. ON PORT SIDE, TWISTED AND COLLAPSED. (N R CHIPCHASE). HH100/351/19 25.10.02 HH100/351/19 25.10.02 A MACHINERY AFT COASTER. LIES ON PORT SIDE AND THE HULL FWD OF THE BOILER HAS BROKEN AWAY. AT THE STERN THE ENGINE CAN BE SEEN AT THE HIGHEST POINT TOGETHER WITH PROP AND RUDDER. PART OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE IS STILL INTACT. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. HH090/961/01 13.7.03 HH090/961/01 13.7.03 EXAM'D 13.7.03 IN 5021.710N, 0258.036W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48.0 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 67MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.9MTRS. LIES 138/318 DEGS. DEBRIS EXTENDS 4MTRS SW. GENERALLY INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 48MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON PORT SIDE, MAINLY INTACT, TWISTED & COLLAPSED

Position: 50 21.71 N,2 58.036 W

 

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