Full Reports of Protected Wreck
Summary Description of a Protected Wreck
Reference Number
DW5
Name
Resurgam
Date of Designation
1996
Status
Designated
Location
Location
Off Rhyl, Denbighshire
Latitude
53.396333
Longitude
-3.553
Decimal Latitude
53 23 46.8 N
Decimal Longitude
03 33 10.8 W
Description
Broad Class
Maritime
Site Type
Wreck
Period
Post Medieval
Summary Description and Reason for Designation
The dream of building a submersible vessel for naval warfare has exercised designers for centuries before Rev William Garrett designed Resurgam, one of the first engine-powered submarines. Built by J T Cochrane at Birkenhead, her cylindrical steel hull with cone-shaped bow and stern was clad in timber and a large boiler and Lamm-type engine filled nearly all the midships section. It gave a dive duration of 10-12 miles at 2-3 knots and carried a three-man crew. On its way to Admiralty trials in Portsmouth, it sank off Rhyl in 1880.
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