Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Rotha, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 54 58.255 N,1 16.411 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)
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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: ROTHA
Lengte 67.1 meter, breedte: 9.5 meter, diepgang: 4.7, tonnage 1108 ton
Lading: coal
Oorzaak: built in 1893 by j laing at sunderland. owned at time of loss by sharp & co of newcastle. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. iron propeller. machinery built by the ne marine engineering co of sunderland. collided with the danish steamer skjold. passage tyne for dartmouth. cargo coal.
Jaar registratie: 1962
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 42 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 128 cm
Bekend sinds: 1962, laatst gedetecteerd: 2019
Details metingen/cartografie: H1657/62 14.5.62 WK LOCATED IN 541813N, 011612W [OGB] USING HSA. FOUND BY CHANCE OROPESA SWEEP. SWEPT CLEAR AT 12FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 124FT IN GEN DEPTH 140FT. SCOUR 142FT. (HMS SHACKLETON). INS AS SW 12FMS. BR STD. 2.11.67 AMENDED TO WK 21FMS. BR STD. H2433/71 22.4.71 NOT LOCATED. (ISS, HI 9/70). NCA. 25.5.73 AMENDED TO WK 37MTRS. NC 152. HH090/796/01 30.12.98 EXAM'D 18.7.98 IN 545815.0N, 011624.2W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 38.1, FOUL 38.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.2 IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS. GENERALLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT. PROBABLY PARTIALLY BURIED. SUPERSTRUCTURE STANDS PROUD OF SEABED. SOME DEBRIS AROUND THE EDGES OF THE WK. (GARDLINE, HI 796). AMEND TO SW 38MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/15 20.10.99 HH100/351/15 20.10.99 NOT POSTIVELY IDENTIFIED AS ROTHA BUT POSN IS CORRECT AND WK APPEARS TO BE VERY OLD AND PRE WW1. LIES ON STONE AND PEBBLE SEABED. SUBSTANTIAL BUT WELL BROKEN UP. BOWS ARE FAIRLY INTACT AND LIE AT 60 DEGS TO REST OF THE WK. THE SECTION WHERE THE HOLD IS STILL HAS ITS SHAPE AND COULD BE ENTERED. BOILER AND ENGINE ARE OPENLY VISIBLE IN THE CENTRE OF THE WRECKAGE. GENERALLY THE REST OF THE WK IS A JUMBLED PILE OF TWISTED GIRDERS, STEEL PLATES, LENGTHS OF BENT AND FLATTENED COPPER PIPE AND BROKEN MACHINERY. (R YOUNG). 18.6.01 18.6.01 HAS BEEN DIVED IN LISTED POSN. BRASS NAME PLATE INSCRIBED 'ROTHA' HAS BEEN RECOVERED. (R YOUNG, TELECON). SEP 2019/000043627 1.3.19 EXAM’D 1.3.19 IN 5458.255N, 0116.411W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.01MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. LENGTH 68.2MTRS, WIDTH 21.3MTRS, HT 4MTRS, ORIENTATION 128/308DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 8MTRS, WIDTH 53.8MTRS, 0.2MTRS DEEP TOWARD 123DEGS. WELL BROKEN UP WITH LOTS OF LINEAR DEBRIS. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND NDW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP
Positie: 54 58.255 N,1 16.411 W