Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Resurgam, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 53 23.723 N,3 33.335 W (53.615283333333, -3.42905)
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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: RESURGAM
Lengte 12.5 meter, breedte: 3 meter, diepgang: 3.7, tonnage 30 ton
Oorzaak: 10.12.1879 left birkenhead for portsmouth 10.12.1879. put into foryd harbour, rhyl, for several experiments. when the 3 man crew returned in the morning, the submarine had disappeared. thought to have drifted from mooring & sank. (shipwrecks of n.wales, i.w. jones). 25.2.1880 sailed from rhyl on 25.2.1880 with escort launch elphin. developed engine trouble and was taken in tow. tow-line snapped in severe gale and submarine sank. (safety at sea, no.133, apr '80, p.55). designed by the merseyside engineer, rev. george garret. first dived in 1879 but sank in rough weather four years later. (nautical magazine, jan '97). built by cochran & company, birkenhead with 2 cylinder compound engine, single shaft. owned at time of loss by garrett sub. nav & pneunataphore co. (sibi)
Jaar registratie: 1980
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 9 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 20 cm
Bekend sinds: 1980, laatst gedetecteerd: 20190206
Details metingen/cartografie: 14.7.80 1931 REPORT THAT A CABIN CRUISER SAILING TOO CLOSE TO RHYL BEACH AT LOW TIDE, CAME INTO LIGHT CONTACT WITH A RUSTY CYLINDRICAL OBJECT OF CONSIDERABLE SIZE. (SHIPWRECKS OF N WALES, I W JONES). HH210/350/01 11.5.89 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED AND SALVAGE OPS BEING PLANNED. (DAILY TELEGRAPH, 16.4.89). 25.4.89 REPORTED TO LIE IN W END OF COLWYN BAY SOME 5050FT FROM LAND. (CDR COMPTON-HALL, SUBMARINE MUSEUM, GOSPORT, TELECON). AMEND FILING POSN TO 531830N, 034300W. HH100/351/01 10.7.89 CURRENT SEARCH FOR WK UNSUCCESSFUL. (K HURLEY, 4.7.89). 12.2.96 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND OFF RHYL WHEN IT SNAGGED FISHING NETS. REQUEST TO K HURLEY TO CLEAR THEM RESULTED IN ITS IDENTIFICATION. (DAILY MAIL, 16.12.95). 29.3.96 FINDERS WILL NOT RELEASE POSN TO ARCHEOLOGICAL DIVING UNIT. LONGITUDE KNOWN TO BE IN THE REGION OF 033330W. (M DEAN, ARCHEOLOGICAL DIVING UNIT, TELECON). HH212/400/09 28.6.96 WK LIES IN 532343N, 033315.0W [OGB], IN AREA KNOWN AS 'RHYL STONES'. HT 9FT. NO SCOUR. LIES BOWS W. STILL HAS SOME OF ORIGINAL WOOD CLADDING IN PLACE. HATCH MISSING AND CONNING TOWER DENTED. POSN NOW WIDELY KNOWN AND BEING DIVED REGULARLY. (K HURLEY). HH212/400/09 15.7.96 DESIGNATED AS AN HISTORIC WRECK. RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 532347N, 033311W. (CADW LETTER DTD 12.7.96). INS AS WK USC 6MTRS WITH RESTRICTED AREA.
- NM 2739/96. HH212/400/10 9.9.96 DESIGNATED AS AN HISTORIC WRECK. RESTRICTED AREA RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 532347N, 033311W [OGB]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1741/96). NCA. HH090/759/01 7.4.98 POSN IS 532343.3N, 033313.6W [OGB]. HT OF WK ABOVE SEABED 2.1MTRS. (ADU, LTR DTD 20.3.98). NCA. 2.11.98 DIVE REPORT BY N WALES BRANCH OF NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY MAKING A ROUTINE DIVE STATED VESSEL HAD MOVED NEARLY UPRIGHT WITH LIST OF 14DEGS. SHE HAS SWIVELLED THROUGH 090DEGS AND SHIFTED BODILY 9MTRS FROM PREVIOUS POSN. WOODEN HULL CLADDING HAS GONE. CHANGES DUE TO RECENT HEAVY WEATHER. (DIVE MAGAZINE NOV '98) HH090/759/01 7.9.99 EXAMINED IN 5323.723N, 0333.330W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.5 IN GEN DEPTH 10.2MTRS. SCOUR 10.7MTRS. LENGTH 10MTRS, WIDTH 2.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.2MTRS. LIES 010/190DEGS. NO DEBRIS. BELIEVED TO BE UPRIGHT BUT CYLINDRICAL DESIGN MAKES ESTIMATION OF ATTITUDE DIFFICULT. WK WAS MOVED DURING NIGHT OF 9/10.6.1999 SOME 140MTRS SSW FROM ITS CHARTED POSN. RELOCATED BY POLICE DIVERS ON 11.6.99. SCOUR EXTENDS 20MTRS TOWARDS 010DEGS, BUT WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY THE MOVEMENT OF THE WK. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 759). AMEND TO WK 8.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. POSN OF RESTRICTED AREA CURRENTLY REMAINS AS IN NM 2739/96. BR STD. SEP 2018/000313290 8.9.19 EXAM'D 6.2.19 IN 5323.723N, 0333.335W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.62MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 9MTRS. LENGTH 12.2MTRS, WIDTH 2.5MTRS, HEIGHT 2.3MTRS. ORIENTATION 020/200 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1572). AMEND TO DW 7.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, SLIGHTLY TILTED, CLEAR STRUCTURES VISIBLE.
Positie: 53 23.723 N,3 33.335 W