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

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

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

442280

Northing

559420

Grid Reference

NZ442280559420

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