Sunderland, HMS Summer Rose

HER Number:
12935

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, HMS Summer Rose

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad:
Fishing Vessel

Site Type: Specific:
Drifter

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Wreckage

Description:
This was a drifter used on Admiralty service during World War Two. The Summer Rose was 96 tons. She hit a mine and sank on 13th October 1940. She lies at N54 55 401 W001 20 30 in 12 metres of water (collings). A 96T Royal Navy armed trawler sunk as a result of a mine 13th October 1940. She now lies at a depth of 12m.

Easting:
4228

Northing:
5942

Grid Reference:
NZ42285942

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Peter Collings, 1991, The New Divers Guide to the North-East Coast, page 20; National Monuments Record MONUMENT NUMBER: 908715 , Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database, Inga Project; Hydrographic Office wreck index 09-MAR-1993