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 58 56 N,11 20 W (58.933333333333, -11.333333333333)

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 160.3 meter, width: 18.6 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 10890 ton
Load: foodstuffs: preserved,general and mixed goods

Cause: built 1911. was torpedoed & sunk by german submarine u 96, whilst en-route lyttleton & halifax to avonmouth. owned at time of loss by new zealand shipping co.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 1867 meter

Known since: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 585600N, 112000W. 27.7.87 27.7.87 SINKING POSN AS ABOVE PLOTS IN 1867MTRS. (WW2SL, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES, LL WW2). SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 150M NW OF HEBRIDES. (DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 56 N,11 20 W

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