This is the information page about the shipwreck Dalryan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 28.833 N,1 22.322 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: DALRYAN
Length 122.5 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 4558 ton
Load: chemicals
Cause: Steel vessel. single shaft. passage avonmouth for ipswich. mined.
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 16 meter
Known since: 1939, last detected: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: H0215/39 14.12.39 INS DW. (HMS FRANKLIN). - FNM 2807/39. H10506/39 6.1.40 H10506/39 6.1.40 WRECK REPORTED BY HMS BITTERN. H0215/39 1.3.40 H0215/39 1.3.40 G CAN BUOY LAID CLOSE N OF WRECK. (TH). - FNM 527/40. H0215/39 28.4.40 H0215/39 28.4.40 INS DW & G CAN BUOY.
- NM 1074/40. H0215/39 13.6.41 H0215/39 13.6.41 AMEND POSN. - NM 1364/41. H0215/39 5.10.42 H0215/39 5.10.42 POSITIONED BY HSA. LIES VERY CLOSE TO WRECK OF GIRASOL, ABOUT 0.5 CABLES EAST. (HMS ST TUDNO, 4.10.42). H0215/39 30.10.42 H0215/39 30.10.42 AMEND TO WK 5FMS 3FT.
- NM 2397/42. H0215/39 25.10.45 H0215/39 25.10.45 AMEND TO WK 8FMS.
- NM 3412/45. H0215/39 4.6.59 H0215/39 4.6.59 SWEPT AFTER DISPERSAL. CLEAR AT 49FT, FOUL AT 50FT. (CAPTAIN M/S SHEERNESS). H926/62 15.3.62 H926/62 15.3.62 LEAST E/S 56FT. GENERAL DEPTH 81FT. SCOUR 100FT. POSN BY DECCA. (ISS 1961). H926/62 21.8.67 H926/62 21.8.67 SWEPT CLEAR 49FT, FOUL 50FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59FT, SEABED 74FT. SCOUR 78FT. A LARGE GROUP OF WRECKS. FISHERMANS FLOATS CAME TO THE SURFACE HAVING BEEN CUT LOOSE BY THE SWEEP WIRE AND MAY CAUSE FALSE FOULS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 4.7.67). AMEND WK SW 8FMS 1FT. BR STD. 27.1.69 27.1.69 INS 8FMS [LAT]. NE 1607. H2207/70 28.9.70 H2207/70 28.9.70 SHOWN AS SOUNDING 19.4MTRS [10FMS 3FT] ON ISS SURVEY DTD 5.11.69 [K5753/1]. NOT MENTIONED ON WRECK LIST, PROBABLY PART OF ADJACENT WK. 27.9.73 27.9.73 AMEND TO WK SW 14.6MTRS. H4435/74 13.11.74 H4435/74 13.11.74 EXAM'D IN 512849N, 012225E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 14.9MTRS, FOUL 15.2MTRS. GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. SCOUR 29MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.9MTRS. (PLA WRECK REPORT 31/74, DTD 29.8.74). BR STD. 2.3.07 SEP 2008/00002461 2.3.07 EXAM'D 13.7.6 IN 5128.833N, 0122.322E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.35 IN GEN DEPTH 16.8MTRS. SCOUR 1.6MTRS DEEP. SMALL AREA OF WRECKAGE WITH DISTINCT SCOUR. AREA SHOALING. RETAIN WK SW 14.9MTRS. (PLA WK REPORT 207-33 DTD 11.1.07). RETAIN WK SW 14.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: SMALL AREA OF WRECKAGE WITH DISTINCT SCOUR
Position: 51 28.833 N,1 22.322 E