This is the information page about the shipwreck Uss roanoke, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 15.782 N,4 49.767 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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. Adela (possibly)
2. Albert (possibly)
3. Alexandra
4. Angloman (possibly)
5. Arno mendi
6. Asmund
7. British viscount
8. Caernarvon bay (probably)
9. Castilian
10. Cognac
11. Cressida
12. Cyrene
13. Dagmar
14. Fairearn (probably)
15. Fairisle
16. Farfield
17. Fawn (possibly)
18. Ferocious
19. Fin-ar-bed
20. Fostimore
21. Harold
22. Hms campina
23. Hms westphalia (possibly)
24. Hmsm h5
25. Kirkmichael
26. La rochelle (possibly)
27. Lilly (possibly)
28. Maarten cornelis
29. Marquess of bute (possibly)
30. Mary
31. Meath
32. Minerva
33. Missouri
34. Morning spray
35. Normandy coast
36. Oliver cromwell
37. Oria
38. Osseo
39. Pegasus (possibly)
40. Penvearn
41. Perseus
42. Rhyl
43. Saint olaf
44. Segontium (sirgontium)
45. Slieve bloom
46. Tarbetness
47. Theme
48. Town of wexford (possibly)
49. Trinidad
50. Uss roanoke
51. Vivar
52. Westward ho

 

Name: USS ROANOKE

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN 531900N, 044800W APPROX. H7847/47 15.11.47 H7847/47 15.11.47 NDW IN 531545N, 045037W. (HMTS ARIEL). BR STD. H7847/47 19.10.65 H7847/47 19.10.65 LOCATED IN 531548N, 044937W. CLEAR A/S ECHO & GOOD TRACE OBTAINED AT 250YDS WITH SONAR TYPE 170. WK LIES 120/300 DEGS WITH LEAST E/S DEPTH OF 23FMS. (HMS PALLISER, 9.10.65). BR STD. 2.11.73 2.11.73 AMEND TO WK 42MTRS. NC 1970. H1286/76 30.6.76 H1286/76 30.6.76 AMERICAN BUILT VESSEL. UPRIGHT ON SEABED IN GEN DEPTH 125 - 160FT. HAS GUN SPONSONS FOR'D AND AFT AND A LARGE GUN ON STERN. (E HUTTER, 28.6.76). H3814/78 5.7.79 H3814/78 5.7.79 LEAST E/S DEPTH 14FM 4FT (27MTRS). NO SCOUR. GEN DEPTH 23FM 4FT (43MTRS). (E GILES, 2.7.79). H1270/79 18.7.79 H1270/79 18.7.79 SWEPT CLEAR AT 29MTRS IN 531546N, 044942W. (HMS BEAGLE, SIGNAL).

- NM 1771/79. H1270/79 10.8.79 H1270/79 10.8.79 EXAM'D 12.7.79 IN 531546.2N, 044941.7W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 29.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.6 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. DCS3 HT 19.3MTRS. APPEARS TO BE 70MTRS LONG, WITH BEAM 15MTRS. UPRIGHT, LYING N/S. NO SCOUR. THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO HAVE FALLEN INTO ITS SCOUR AND IN DOING SO BECAME UPRIGHT AND SO MORE DANGEROUS. (HMS BEAGLE, H525, 20.7.79). BR STD. H1935/80 19.3.84 H1935/80 19.3.84 POSN & LEAST DEPTH E/S DEPTH CONFIRMED ON 20.2.81. NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS FAWN, HI 3). NCA. H1310/87/31 13.8.87 H1310/87/31 13.8.87 DIVED ON 15.7.87. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE ROANOKE. LIES UPRIGHT WITH TOP OF WHEELHOUSE, HIGHEST PART OF WK, STANDING SOME 14MTRS ABOVE SEABED. HULL INTACT FOR'D OF AFTER END OF MIDSHIPS STRUCTURE, BUT DESTROYED AFT OF THIS. (P L SMITH, 31.7.87).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, AFT END COLLAPSED

Position: 53 15.782 N,4 49.767 W

 

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