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 (50.361833, -2.967267)

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.

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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