| Rosehill |
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| Location |
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Place Name : Looe |
Lat / Long : 50 ° 20 ' 0 '' North - 4 ° 18' 36'' West |
System used to obtain Long / Lat : unknown |
| OS Grid Ref - |
Square : 0 |
8 Figure : 0 |
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| Construction |
| Type : Collier |
Built : 1911 |
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Shipyard : Sunderland
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Hull material : steel |
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| Dimensions |
| Size : 2788 tonnes |
Length : m |
Beam : m |
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| History |
| Sunk : 1917.09.23 |
Cause : torpedoed by U40 |
Date Found : 1978 |
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| Depth |
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Shallowest |
Deepest |
| Top : |
0 m |
0 m |
Deck :
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27 m |
0 m |
| Bed : |
31 m |
0 m |
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| Postition |
| Orientation : unknown |
Lying : unknown |
Condition : Some breakup |
Seabed Type : Sand
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Artifacts : |
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| Wreck Owner |
| Owner : - |
Access : unknown
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War Grave : Unknown |
Protected : |
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| When to Dive Best time to dive the wreck, relative to high wate |
| 0 - hours |
0 - minutes |
- - high water |
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| General Information : |
Small Boat Launching : |
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Notes : |
Official name is actually Penhill but is known to all and sundry as Rosehill. She was ariginally named Minster. There is a 4" gun mounted on the stern (or there was the last time I dived her).
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From a dive on : 1987.06.28 |
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| Supplementary Imformation |
Added by:
NickB
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Posted on : April 9, 2007
The Rosehill has been adopted by Totnes SAC under the adopt a wreck scheme and we are currently carrying our research and survey work on her. For an update lock on to www.totnes-bsac.co.uk
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