This is the information page about the shipwreck Roussalka, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 40.427 N,9 58.217 W (53.673783333333, -9.9702833333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: ROUSSALKA
Length 83.2 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 3.4
Cause: an ex-cross channel ferry. owned at time of loss by the guinness family. reported to have struck an underwater obstruction and sank.
Year of registration: 1933
Water depth above wreck: 22 meter
Known since: 1933, last detected: 1981
Details measurements/cartography: H6027/33 9.9.33 POSN 533945N, 100100W, APPROX OR 270 DEG, 2 MILES FROM W POINT OF FREHIL IS. (IRISH LIGHTS, NM 11/33). INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. H4005/34 23.6.34 LOCATED IN POSN 326.5 DEG, 9 CABLES FROM TRIG. PT, FREHIL IS. (HMS BEAUFORT, 1934). POSN 534025N, 095810W. AMEND TO DW MASTS.
- NM ACTION. 1.6.88 NOT FOUND. (R GOLDEN, TELECON). NCA. AMEND TO DW. (DATE NOT KNOWN). NC 2706 16.12.81 SHOWN AS DW ON NC 1820.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 40.427 N,9 58.217 W