Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Redesmere, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 28.847 N,1 21.215 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)
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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.
Naam: REDESMERE
Lengte 88.4 meter, breedte: 13 meter, tonnage 2123 ton
Lading: coal
Oorzaak: built in 1911 by sunderland shipbuilding co. owned at time of loss by bromport steam ship co ltd (h r greenhalgh, managers). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 266 nhp, single shaft. machinery by ne marine engineering co. passage barry dock for southampton. torpedoed by ub-40. (d c wendes).
Jaar registratie: 1955
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 35 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 72 cm
Bekend sinds: 1955, laatst gedetecteerd: 2020
Details metingen/cartografie: ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE SS BRAAT II (SEE [18978]). 8.3.18 SUNK IN 502800N, 012200W. SANK AT ONCE. (IDSA MASTER, DOCKET M12127). H6391/19 SUNK 7MILES SW BY S OF ST CATHERINES PT. (LL WW1). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. H3287/24 12.5.24 AMEND TO DW. BR STD. H4607/28 AMEND TO NDW. BR STD. H6895/55 15.12.55 WK EXAM'D IN 502850N, 012102W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16FMS IN GEN DEPTH 19FMS. SEABED GRAVEL AND SHELL. (HMS SCOTT 31.10.55 & 1.11.55). AMEND TO WK 16FMS (29MTRS). NE 2045. H1284/74 13.6.75 REPORTED S OF ST CATHERINES PT. 20FT HIGH, UPRIGHT. NO SCOUR. LYING E/W. (R TODD, SPITHEAD MARINE SALVAGE LTD, 20.5.75). NCA. HH090/962/01 5.12.02 EXAM'D 31.7.02 IN 5028.847N, 0121.217W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.0 IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 99MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.6MTRS. LIES 075/255 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPEARS PARTIALLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 962). RETAIN AS WK 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/962/01 11.11.03 SWEPT CLEAR 30.1, FOUL 30.4MTRS. (GARDLINE, H 962). AMEND TO SW 30MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/22 25.1.05 DIVED IN 5028.844N, 0121.217W [WGD]. HIGHEST POINT IS THE BOILERS AT 30MTRS. THERE IS ONE PROP SHAFT THAT HAS BEEN PULLED BACK OUT OF THE HULL AND IS SUSPENDED OFF THE SEABED BY A BEARING. POSSIBLY DUE TO THE FORCE OF IMPACT WITH THE SEABED DURING SINKING. (P STREET, EMAIL DTD 23.1.05). NCA. PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE BRAAT II. 2.2.07 THIS IS SS REDESMERE. STANDS ABOUT 6MTRS HIGH IN 38MTRS ON SEABED OF HARD CHALK WITH A COVERING OF SHINGLE. IDENTITY BY ELIMINATION AND THE NAME WATSON & CO (NAME OF SHIPOWNERS) WAS FOUND ENGRAVED ON A TELESCOPE RECOVERED FROM THE WK. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). SEP 2020/000123102 4.10.21 EXAM’D 9.10.20 IN 5028.847N, 0121.215W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.29MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HT 5.3MTRS. ORIENTATION 072/252 DEGS. UPRIGHT, THE E PART IS BROKEN UP. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND DW 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, HIGHEST POINT IS THE BOILERS. THE E PART IS BROKEN UP
Positie: 50 28.847 N,1 21.215 W