HMS Roedan
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The
steamer HMS Roedan disappeared in the deep after she
sailed on a mine 13.January 1915 at the entrance to Long
Hope in Scapa Flow. She was originally built under the
name TSS Roebuck for Great Western Railway in
1897, but was after the outbreak of first world war
requisitioned by Royal Navy and rebuilt to a minesweeper.
But the service for Royal Navy was short lived, and only a
few months after the ship was put in service as a
minesweeper, she hit a mine and sank. The remains rest on
a depth of 10 to 15 meter at the entrance to Long Hope, at
the southern tip of the island Hoy. The wreck was
demolished in 1953 and its only scattered remains left of
her.
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| 58°48'46" N 3°9'42" W ( Source: Wikimapia )  Picture: Roebuck Originally from skovheim.org  |
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