This is the information page about the shipwreck Rotherfield, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 55.618 N,3 18.595 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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. B 109 (part)
2. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
3. Benachie
4. Bettina danica
5. Bountiful
6. Bremse
7. Brummer
8. Budrie
9. Challenger
10. Copeland
11. Corinthia (stern section)
12. Croma
13. Dalewood (possibly)
14. Dresden
15. Dyle
16. Ebanezer
17. Empire parsons (possiby)
18. Energy
19. Ephram
20. F2
21. Freesia
22. G101
23. G103
24. G104
25. Gobernador bories
26. Grosser kurfurst
27. Gunnaren
28. Hindenburg
29. Hmd chance
30. Hmd imbat
31. Hms dewey eve
32. Hms hampshire
33. Hms pheasant
34. Hms roedean
35. Hms rose valley
36. Hms strathgarry
37. Hms vanguard
38. Inconnu
39. Inverlane (bow section)
40. James barrie
41. Johanna thorden
42. Jv 751
43. Kaiser
44. Kaiserin
45. Karlsruhe
46. Koln
47. Konig
48. Kronprinz wilhelm
49. Lizzie bain (possibly)
50. Mara
51. Markgraf
52. Napier star
53. Norholmen
54. Pennsylvania
55. Pinnace 288
56. Pinnace 744
57. Prinzregent luitpold
58. Prudentia
59. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
60. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
61. Ross puma
62. Rotherfield
63. S 36 (bow section)
64. Seydlitz
65. Siherite
66. St patrick (probably)
67. Strathelliot
68. Sunbeam
69. Tabarka (possibly)
70. Tbf fn899
71. Ub 116
72. V 78 (part of)
73. V83
74. Yc 21

 

Name: ROTHERFIELD

Length 97.5 meter, tonnage 2831 ton

Cause: built in 1899 west hartlepool. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 240 nhp, single shaft. sunk as a blockship.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 4 meter, Height above seabed: 113 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H3875/26 15.5.40 H3875/26 SHOWN, WITH OTHER BLOCKSHIPS ON 2568, 2180. SHOWN IN 585538.5N, 031830W, DOWN BY THE BOW WITH PROPELLER EXPOSED, LYING ALMOST PARALLEL WITH SHORE ON SURVEY [C 8009/1]. WRECKAGE, DRYING 8FT, SHOWN ON FRANKLIN'S SURVEY DTD 15.5.40. H2515/56 15.8.62 H2515/56 15.8.62 SHOWN AS ISOLATED OBSTNS ON TRACING OVERLAY CHART 2568. 24.2.75 24.2.75 NO LONGER SHOWN ON CHARTS. H3579/88 22.7.88 H3579/88 22.7.88 WAS BLOWN UP AND DISPERSED IN 1962. (THE SHIPS OF SCAPA FLOW). CHARTED AS DWP 98MTRS LONG. LEAST DEPTH 1.2MTRS. LYING 190/010DEGS (BOW SSW), CENTRED ON 585538.5N, 031830W [OGB]. BR STD. 5.11.10 5.11.10 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. DATA VERY NOISY CLOSE E OF LISTED POSN AND HENCE DELETED. (FATHOMS LTD, SCAPA FLOW SURVEY, POSN SDC REPROCESSING). RETAIN AS CHARTED. NCA. 2.4.14 2.4.14 LOCATED CENTRED ON 5855.618N, 0318.595W [WGD]. LENGTH 79.6MTRS, WIDTH 14.0MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS. LIES 113/193 DEGS. UPRIGHT, DISPERSED. (WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY SURVEY OF SCAPA FLOW 2012). BOWS ESE, STERN COLLAPSED. AMEND POSN. SEP 2022/000015366 11.4.22 EXAM'D BY BDC IN 2022. NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET 2019. (ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL SURVEY,12.10.2019,H525). NFA
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, WELL DISPERSED,

Position: 58 55.618 N,3 18.595 W

 

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