This is the information page about the shipwreck Rota, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 24.976 N,3 18.902 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.

 

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4. Antonio (probably)
5. Avalon g ii
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Bayonne
8. Bleamoor (probably)
9. Blue marlin
10. Boma
11. Bretagne
12. Bretton hall
13. Broadmayne (part of)
14. Brunhilda
15. Buesten
16. Bull steamer (possibly)
17. Chorley
18. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
19. City of swansea (probably)
20. Claverley (possibly)
21. Colorado (possibly)
22. Dudley rose
23. Elsa
24. Elsa (possibly)
25. Emma
26. Emsstrom
27. Farn
28. Galicia
29. Garm (possibly)
30. Gefion
31. General leman (possibly)
32. Girl barbara
33. Glocliffe
34. Glory
35. Greatham
36. Greleen
37. Gro
38. Hms benton castle
39. Hms formidable
40. Hms harstad
41. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
42. Hms lord hailsham
43. Hms manor
44. Hms picton castle
45. Hms savage
46. Hmsm d1
47. Irma germaine (possibly)
48. Isbjorn
49. Jade star gypsy
50. Jordan a
51. Karen marie (probably)
52. Kendal castle
53. La blanca (possibly)
54. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
55. Lct 381
56. Les mercenaires
57. Lofoten (probably)
58. Lord stewart
59. Marie des isles
60. Marjolene
61. Medina
62. Modavia
63. Motano (probably)
64. Mudstomper (probably)
65. Nil desperandum (probably)
66. Northville (possibly)
67. Pergo
68. Peronne
69. Pomella
70. Quest
71. Radaas (probably)
72. Rayder
73. Renilde
74. Rota
75. Sarah jayne
76. Sevilla
77. Shirley betty
78. Ster de zee (possibly)
79. Two sisters
80. Uc 49 (probably)
81. Ursa (probably)
82. W h dwyer
83. Waikawa (possibly)
84. Warsaw
85. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: ROTA

Length 94.5 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 2171 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1915 by dunlop, bremner & co, port glasgow. owned at the time of loss by dansk russiske d/s. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 262 nhp, single shaft. passage benisaf for middlesbrough. torpedoed by ub-40. 5 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: ATTACKED 7M S FROM BERRY HEAD. (WW1SL). H2502/51 24.5.51 WK IN 502456N, 031843W. DEPTH OVER WK 16FMS, HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 43FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). CHART AS WK 16FMS [29MTRS]. BR STD. H1310/81 2.9.81 WK UPRIGHT & COMPLETE,BUT WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE BETWEEN BOWS AND BRIDGE, ON STBD SIDE. IDENTIFIED AS THE ROTA BY BELL RECOVERED 20.6.81. (A HILLGROVE, 31.8.81). NCA. H5982/82 4.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 502454N, 031838W. POSN BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982). NCA. H2923/83 27.9.84 EXAM'D 27.5.84 IN 502457N, 031850W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 28.0MTRS, FOUL 28.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.2 IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 12MTRS, LENGTH 98MTRS, BEAM 11MTRS. LYING 071/251DEGS. CONSIDERED FOUL WAS OBTAINED ON MAST WHICH DOES NOT SHOW ON SONAR OR E/S TRACES. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2778/84. 2.5.13 EXAM'D 20.1.13 IN 5024.976N, 0318.902W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.8 IN GEN DEPTH 44.5MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 1100MTRS ALONG 050/230 DEGS. LENGTH 100.9MTRS, WIDTH 15.6MTRS, HT 10.7MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. INTACT, UPRIGHT. DAMAGED FWD OF THE BRIDGE. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). BOWS ENE. AMEND WK 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS ENE, SCOUR RUNS 050/230 DEGS

Position: 50 24.976 N,3 18.902 W

 

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