Rosslyn Wreck

Surveying Details

H1534/16 9.3.16 SUNK IN 360747N, 052140W, ON WEST SIDE OF S. MOLE. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 144. H6313/16 16.10.16 SUNK, WITH BOTH MASTS SHOWING, IN 360733N, 052220W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 144. SHOWN AS DWP (1916), WITH 2 MASTS, IN 360733N, 052220W ON HMS ENDEAVOUR 1917 SURVEY [C6958]. H8441/30 4.3.30 MASTS NO LONGER VISIBLE. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) F014. H7700/50 4.4.51 LEAST DEPTH NOW 15FT. (KHM, GIBRALTAR) CHART AS DWP 15FT. - NM 628/51. H7700/50 24.6.52 SHOWN AS WK 2FMS 3FT IN 360733N, 052139W ON SURVEYS [E8394 & E8818]. NC 144. H1246/70 16.1.70 IT IS ASSUMED THAT THIS WK IS THE ONE REPORTED BY D WHITEAR, GIBRALTAR, TO BE THE MARIE LOUIE. NO INFORMATION IS HELD IN THIS OFFICE OR AT LLOYDS BUT IS REPD TO HAVE SUNK AROUND 1880. STANDS UPRIGHT AND IS COLLAPSING INWARDS WITH BOW RISING AND TIPPING AWAY FROM THE MOLE. LIABLE TO ROLL OVER AT ANY TIME. (D WHITEAR, GIB. BSAC) NCA. H1285/76/209 17.6.76 WK LIES SSE/NNW, BOWS SSE, IN GEN DEPTH 65FT AT BASE OF MOLE. LEAST DEPTH AT BOW IS 25FT AND AT STERN 35FT. A LARGE STEAM VESSEL WHICH LIES WITH A 30DEG LIST TO STARBOARD AND IS STARTING TO COLLAPSE. (SQDN LDR D RAY, 27.5.76). H2011/78 28.9.78 WK IN 360752N, 052135W IDENTIFIED AS THE ROSSLYN. IT IS 275MTRS LONG AND LYING 20MTRS FROM AND PARALLEL TO S MOLE. LEAST DEPTH 7.5MTRS AT STERN RAIL; GEN DEPTH 24MTRS AT BOW & STERN. (SAC/HYD/2). H2489/79 15.4.80 SHOWN AS WK 9MTRS. NOT FULLY EXAM'D. (HMS HECATE, HI 13/79, SURVEY [K8353/1]) NCA. H1193/67 17.10.80 FULL DESCRIPTION OF WK GIVEN. A 'THREE ISLAND' SS WITH 4 HOLDS. ESTIMATED 2500GRT. DIMENSIONS 280 X 40 X 5FT, WITH LEAST DEPTH 13MTRS AT BOW. (RAF SEALAND, GIBRALTAR EXPEDITION '80 REPORT). 23.5.88 BOW AND STERN INTACT, LEANING ABOUT 20DEG FROM MOLE. STERN RISES TO WITHIN 7MTRS OF SURFACE AT LOW WATER. NO EVIDENCE OF SECOND WK IN VICINITY. (RAF LOSSIEMOUTH, APR'88) H3945/88 3.2.89 EXAM'D 3.2.89 IN 360752.3N, 052136W USING SONAR AND TRISPONDER, BUT NOT FULLY SURVEYED. LEAST E/S DEPTH OBTAINED 6.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES 326/146DEG. LENGTH 92MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. RECOMMEND CHART WITH DEPTH 6.5MTRS. CONFIRMED AS WK OF ROSSLYN. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 467). CHART AS DWP 6.5MTRS. BR STD. 10.7.03 [WGD] POSN: 3607.791N, 0521.677W. NE 45. 7.9.06 EXAM'D 8.2.06 IN 3607.8148N, 0521.6958W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.72 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. LENGTH 92MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES 185/345 DEGS. INTACT, APPEARS TO BE PARTLY ON ITS SIDE. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 1173). AMEND DWP 8.7MTRS, LENGTH 92MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, LYING 185/345DEGS. BR STD. RSDRA2018000121049 23.11.20 EXAM'D 26.06.19; DW LOCATED IN 3607.815N, 0521.696W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.54MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS, LENGTH 106MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, HT 10MTRS, ORIENTATION 324/144 DEGS. (HMS ECHO, H525-34895 HI1601). AMEND DW 10.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.