This is the information page about the shipwreck William rockefeller, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 45.422 N,1 21.803 W (57.757033333333, -1.3633833333333)

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: WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER

Length 131.1 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 7157 ton

Cause: built 1916 by william cramp & sons ship & engineering building co. owned at time of loss by standard oil co, new jersey. triple expansion engine of 565nhp. passage new york for glasgow. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine. (ll ww1 & dods).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 89 meter, Height above seabed: 55 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: TWO REPORTS RECEIVED IN 1918 GAVE POSITIONS AS 574400N, 012100W AND 574900N, 012300W. A MID POSITION OF THE TWO WAS TAKEN AND ACCEPTED IN 574700N, 012200W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H4087/26 24.6.26 INS NDW (1918) PA IN 574600N, 012200W. LC 2397. 7.2.57 AMEND NDW PA. NC 1409. 19.5.76 AMEND WK USC PA 75MTRS. NC 278. HH091/155/01 - SEP 2010/000027978 20.1.10 EXAM'D 11.5.09 IN 5745.422N, 0121.803W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 72.34 IN GEN DEPTH 89.3MTRS. SCOUR 1.4MTRS DEEP AT BOW AND STERN. LENGTH 134MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 17MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEGS WITH BOWS NE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). SCOUR ALSO EXTENDS SOME 100MTRS N & S FROM WK. AMEND WK 72MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 16.2.10 LOCATED IN 5745.4221N, 0121.8011W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 74.49MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 88MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 133MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 14MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEGS. (SDC BATHY EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL DATA FOR HI 1155). INTACT, PROBABLY UPRIGHT, BOWS NE. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BOWS NE, SCOUR AT BOW & STERN

Position: 57 45.422 N,1 21.803 W

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