Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936289
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936289
UKHO Identifier : 000971
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.80953,-3.16385
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.80953,-3.16385
WGS84 Origin : Original
Previous Position : 58.81000,-3.16333
Position Method : Differential Global Positioning System
Position Quality : Surveyed
Position Accuracy : 3.0
Depth : 8.6
Depth Method : Found by multi-beam
Depth Quality : Least depth known
Water Depth : 12
Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : HMS ROEDEAN
Type : MINESWEEPER
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 85.3
Beam : 10.4
Draught : 5.2
Tonnage : 1094
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 13/01/1915
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Observed Sinking
Last Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1915
Last Detection Year : 2010
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Survey Vessel
Circumstances of Loss : **EX-ROEBUCK II. BUILT IN 1897 BY THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTION AND ARMAMENT COMPANY, BARROW-IN-FURNESS FOR THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. REQUISTIONED ON 2.10.1914 AS A MINESWEEPER. TWO BOILERS, TWO TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES, TWIN SHAFT. MINED. REDUCED BY EXPLOSIVES IN 1953 & 1956. (SIBI).
Surveying Details : **H393/15 21.1.15 POSN 303DEGS, 6.3C FROM HACKNESS MARTELLS TOWER, BOTH MASTS SHOWING & FIXED WHITE LT EXHIBITED FROM FOREMAST, MARKED BY LT BUOY. FL.G.6S 305DEGS, 6.25C FROM TOWER.
**H3087/15 INS OBSOLETE WK SYMBOL IN 584836N, 030948W. - FNM 27/15.
**H66/16 5.1.16 WK HAS NOW DEPTH OF 3.5FMS OVER. SUNK AT LONGHOPE. (WW1SL).
**H3337/19 23.4.19 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 3.5FMS. (REAR ADMIRAL COMMANDING ORKNEYS & SHETLAND). AMEND TO WK 3.5FMS & INS LT BUOY. - NM 1376/19.
**H1965/20 15.3.20 WK NOW MARKED BY G CONL BUOY. (NORTHERN LT HO BOARD). - NM 575/20.
**H6909/23 9.10.23 NOW MARKED BY G CAN BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD.
**H1281/41 10.4.41 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK NOW 2.5FMS, MARKED BY G CAN BUOY. (HM SHIP). - NM 810/41 & FNM 812/41.
**H1281/41 24.9.57 TWO BOAT SWEEP. MAIN PART OF AREA CLEARED AT 5FMS, FOUL AT 5FMS 1FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 5FMS 1FT. (HMS DALRYMPLE, 11.7.57). - NM 2228/57.
**H7591/53 14.4.58 BUOY REMOVED. (NORTHERN LT HO BOARD NM 5/58). - NM 704/58.
**8.12.77 AMEND TO SW 8.8MTRS. NC 35.
**H1310/82 1.11.82 ALTHOUGH BROKEN IN PLACES, PARTS ARE RECOGNISABLE - IN PARTICULAR THE STBD SIDE, BOILERS, AND TIMBER DECKING. A THICK COVERING OF SILT QUICKLY OBSCURES U/WATER VISION. (B. WINFIELD, 25.10.82). NCA.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**5.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5848.572N, 0309.831W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.62MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). AMEND WK 8.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
