Wreck: Roulette worker (Fishing vessel)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Roulette worker, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 45.191 N,1 46.031 W (57.753183, -1.767183)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: ROULETTE WORKER

Year of registration: 1986

Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1986, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H2334/84 25.6.86 H2334/84 25.6.86 WK EXAM'D 1.3.86 IN 574514N, 014556W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 57.6 IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH HT 10.1MTRS, LENGTH 132MTRS, BEAM 26MTRS. LYING N/S ON EVEN KEEL WITH A MAST AMIDSHIPS WHICH GIVES MAX HT. KNOWN BY LOCAL FISHERMEN AS THE ROULETTE WORKER, WHICH SANK DURING WWII WHILE ON PASSAGE ICELAND FOR ABERDEEN. CHART AS WK 56MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 246). INS AS WK 56MTRS. BR STD. HH091/155/01 20.1.10 HH091/155/01 & SEP 2010/000027978 20.1.10 EXAM'D 10.5.09 IN 5745.191N, 0146.031W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 59.33 IN GEN DEPTH 63.8MTRS. SCOUR 0.9MTR DEEP EXTENDS 7MTRS TOWARDS 030 DEGS FROM N END. LENGTH 114MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. HIGHLY DEGRADED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1155). FULLY COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 59MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED, ?MAST MIDSHIPS

Position: 57 45.191 N,1 46.031 W

 

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