This is the information page about the shipwreck Rothesay castle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 53.144 N,6 21.758 W (55.882816666667, -6.1208666666667)

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: ROTHESAY CASTLE

Length 135.3 meter, width: 18.6 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 7016 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1935 by harland & wolff ltd, belfast. owned at time of loss by union castle line. 8 cylinder, 2 stroke oil engine, single shaft. passage new york for glasgow. was running a zig-zag at 16 knots when she drove ashore near nave island, islay. broke in two within 24 hours and eventually went to pieces. crew recovered by port askaig lifeboat. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 1 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1976

Details measurements/cartography: H391/40 1.3.40 H391/40 1.3.40 ST IN 555345N, 062100W. (NOIC GLASGOW).

- NM 542/40. H1280/75 7.3.75 H1280/75 7.3.75 ENGINE EXPOSED AT LW OR IN TROUGHS OF HEAVY SWELLS. CORRECT POSN IS 555330N, 062435W. (MR P L SELLARS, LTR DTD 11.2.75). NCA YET. H1288/75 10.3.76 H1288/75 & H1270/75 10.3.76 POSN 555309N, 062142W. POSN FIXED BY PLOTTING AFTER DIVING ON WK SEVERAL TIMES AND READING OFF POSN FROM CHART. (MR P L SELLARS, LTR DTD 5.10.75). AMEND POSN BR STD. 22.6.83 22.6.83 SALVAGE RIGHTS OWNED BY PORT CHARLOTTE HOTEL, ISLAY. (DIVER MAGAZINE, APR'81). HH100/351/13 25.6.98 HH100/351/13 25.6.98 NO WRECKAGE VISIBLE ABOVE WATER EVEN AT LOW WATER SPRINGS. (R EATON, ISLAY MARINE CHARTERS, FAX 24.6.98). WK IS AN EXCITING DIVE FOR EXPERIENCED DIVERS IN PERFECT WEATHER. WRECKAGE LIES IN APPROX 8MTRS, SW OF EILEAN BEAG. ALTHOUGH HEAVILY SALVAGED STILL A LARGE AMOUNT OF WRECKAGE INCLUDING PROP SHAFT RISING FROM THE SEABED AS RESULT OF STERN BEING UPSIDE DOWN. PROP SHAFT REACHES TO WITHIN 2MTRS OF SURFACE. PIECES OF HULL, KEEL, & ENGINE STILL PRESENT. (ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS BY P MOIR PUBLISHED 1994). 4.10.00 4.10.00 RECORD REVIEWED. AMEND TO DW. BR STD. 28.1.13 28.1.13 NOT LOCATED. AREA TOO SHALLOW TO ACCESS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1362). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 53.144 N,6 21.758 W

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