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 (50.302916666667, -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.

 

1. Ailsa craig (probably)
2. Aleyna
3. Algarve
4. Angelena bm 271
5. Avalanche
6. Bamse (probably)
7. Bayonne
8. Bokn (possibly)
9. Boma
10. Borgund i (possibly)
11. Broomhill (probably)
12. Chateau yqem
13. Cheshire
14. Chorley
15. City of swansea (probably)
16. Clan stuart (probably)
17. Cornelia
18. Einar jarl
19. Gefion
20. General leman (possibly)
21. Gibel-hamam
22. Glocliffe
23. Gorizia
24. Grane
25. Greenville
26. Greleen
27. Greta c
28. Gudrun
29. Hms amazon
30. Hms bittern
31. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
32. Hms boadicea
33. Hms buccaneer
34. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
35. Hms formidable
36. Hms harstad
37. Hms hickory
38. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
39. Hms lord hailsham
40. Hms manor
41. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
42. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
43. Hms remindo (possibly)
44. Isbjorn
45. Karen marie (probably)
46. Kongshaug (probably)
47. L h carl
48. La blanca (possibly)
49. La portaise (probably)
50. Lct 381
51. Lofoten (probably)
52. Lord stewart
53. Lst 507 (bow section)
54. Lst 507 (stern section)
55. Lst 531
56. Lucinda (possibly)
57. Majorca
58. Marguerite (possibly)
59. Marie des isles
60. Marjolene
61. Minerva (probably)
62. Modavia
63. Moel tryvan
64. Moidart
65. Motano (probably)
66. Nyasaland
67. Ocean vagabond
68. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
69. Pergo
70. Pomella
71. Pomeranian
72. Radaas (probably)
73. Reggestroom (probably)
74. Renilde
75. Romsdalen (probably)
76. Rosten (possibly)
77. Rotorua
78. Salsette ii
79. Siren
80. Sparkling foam (possibly)
81. Ster de zee (possibly)
82. Tandil (probably)
83. Tracy
84. Trito
85. U 1191
86. Ub 19 (probably)
87. Ull (probably)
88. Ursa (probably)
89. W h dwyer
90. Westergate (probably)

 

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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