This is the information page about the shipwreck Rothsay castle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 18.299 N,4 2.34 W (53.304983, -4.039000)

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: ROTHSAY CASTLE

Length 28.3 meter, width: 4.9 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 75 ton

Cause: was washed ashore on dutchman's bank following engine failure and incompetent seamanship during a gale. (dods). vessel, built 1816 by a.m. maclachlan &co., dumbarton with paddle & 2 cylinder compound engine & 2 boilers. owned at time of loss by liverpool & beaumaris packet co. was in poor condition when she was used for sightseeing trips from liverpool to beaumaris. 127 lives lost. (sibi) descriptions of lost and drawings. only 23 survivors. (shipwrecks of n wales & shipwrecks around wales)

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter

Known since: 1981, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/81/31 18.11.81 LOCATED, AND DIVED ON, 173DEGS, 900MTRS FROM TRWYN-DU LT. 55FT OF KEEL AND RIBS, AND THE STERN REMAINS FAIRLY INTACT, LYING UP TO GUNWHALE IN SAND. AVERAGE DEPTH 40FT. (M BINSTED). CHART AS F IN 531817N, 040216W [OGB]. NE 1464. 29.3.04 EUT POSN: 5318.299N, 0402.340W. BA 1463 [MAY'02 EDN].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY BURIED IN SAND

Position: 53 18.299 N,4 2.34 W

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