HMT Rondo
HMT Rondo. (No 666 ) 02/03/1915
Displacement: 117 grt.
Length: 26.9 m. Beam: 6.1 m. Draught: 3.2 m.
Propulsion: 2 Cyl. Compound engine, 1 boiler, 1 screw
Complement: officers and men.
Armament: Unknown
The iron trawler Rondo built by Cochrane, Hamilton, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley (Hull) in 1893 and registered in Grimsby (GY528).
At 8.15pm HMT Rondo ran aground on the Unicorn Rocks north of Lerwick and became a total wreck. All the crew were saved.
Displacement: 117 grt.
Length: 26.9 m. Beam: 6.1 m. Draught: 3.2 m.
Propulsion: 2 Cyl. Compound engine, 1 boiler, 1 screw
Complement: officers and men.
Armament: Unknown
The iron trawler Rondo built by Cochrane, Hamilton, Cooper & Schofield, Beverley (Hull) in 1893 and registered in Grimsby (GY528).
At 8.15pm HMT Rondo ran aground on the Unicorn Rocks north of Lerwick and became a total wreck. All the crew were saved.
The Wreck Today.
In 1977 the vessel was searched for during a survey but was not located. Lerwick Harbour records show the boiler was salvaged shortly after she sank. Local diver Kevin Thomson has looked on Unicorn Rock for the HMT Rondo but says entire area is covered with wreckage from the Russian Factory Ship MV Borodinskoye Polye and is likely site is under this wreckage.
In 1977 the vessel was searched for during a survey but was not located. Lerwick Harbour records show the boiler was salvaged shortly after she sank. Local diver Kevin Thomson has looked on Unicorn Rock for the HMT Rondo but says entire area is covered with wreckage from the Russian Factory Ship MV Borodinskoye Polye and is likely site is under this wreckage.
