This is the information page about the shipwreck Rotorua, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 18.479 N,2 59.773 W (50.307983, -2.996217)

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: ROTORUA

Length 147.6 meter, width: 19 meter, draught: 12.5, tonnage 11140 ton
Load: personnel,foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1910 by w denney & bros, dumbarton. owned at time of loss by the new zealand shipping co ltd. triple shaft. passage wellington for london. torpedoed by uc-17. 1 crew member lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 161 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: 16.6.41 16.6.41 TRACING SHOWING OPERATION OF A U BOAT HUNT DURING 8 TO 13.6.41. ATTACK TOOK PLACE IN 501800N, 025830W. (NOIC DARTMOUTH). SONAR CONTACT IN 501730N, 025930W. (HD 340 1197). H3526/44 H3526/44 WK IN 501730N, 025930W. H113/45 4.7.45 H113/45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 501705N, 025905W. (PLYMOUTH LIST 4.7.45). H4638/55 22.7.55 H4638/55 22.7.55 LOCATED IN 501826N, 025940W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22FMS IN GEN DEPTH 29FMS. SEABED GRAVEL SAND & SHELL. LIES 155/335 DEGS. (SCES & HMS SCOTT 1954). INS AS WK 22FMS. 7.3.73 7.3.73 AMEND TO WK 40MTRS. NC 2519. H1310/83/1 11.1.83 H1310/83/1 11.1.83 IDENTIFIED AS SS ROTORUA - BELL RECOVERED. DIVED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. LIES NW/SE, WITH LIST OF 40 DEGS TO STB, AND IS COMPLETE. LEAST DEPTH 42MTRS (REDUCED) IN GEN DEPTHS 55 TO 60MTRS. (A HILLGROVE). 25.11.99 25.11.99 UPRIGHT WITH SLIGHT LIST TO PORT. 11MTRS PROUD OF THE SEABED. INTACT FORE AND AFT BUT MUCH COLLAPSED MIDSHIPS AND AROUND THE ENGINE ROOM. SIX CYLINDER STEAM ENGINES SHOW CLEARLY. (DIVER MAGAZINE, DEC 1999). HH090/961/01 10.12.03 HH090/961/01 10.12.03 EXAM'D 21.6.03 IN 5018.479N, 0259.773W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 42.5 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 156MTRS, WIDTH 28MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.5MTRS. LIES 161/341 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 42MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 50 18.479 N,2 59.773 W

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