This is the information page about the shipwreck Dryade, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 59.343 N,0 4.442 E (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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.

 

1. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Abydos
4. Action
5. Adgillus
6. Afton
7. Agnes
8. Airdrie (possibly)
9. Albatross
10. Alliance
11. Amber rose
12. Amicus
13. Amstelland
14. Anastasia
15. Ardbeg (probably)
16. Argo (possibly)
17. Ariel (possibly)
18. Audentia
19. Aurora
20. Ave maria
21. Ballina
22. Ballogie
23. Barrister (possibly)
24. Bassa
25. Be ready (probably)
26. Bella
27. Bellerophon
28. Ben cruachan
29. Ben rein (ex-starling)
30. Bessie
31. Beursplein
32. Blanche (possibly)
33. Brema
34. Briar
35. Briton (possibly)
36. Bur
37. C s parnell
38. Cadmus
39. Calista (probably)
40. Canada
41. Cardea
42. Carley marie
43. Carmelite (possibly)
44. Caroline
45. Carson
46. Casanare
47. Chant 63
48. Chloris (possibly)
49. Citrine
50. Clan macmaster
51. Clan menzies
52. Clwyd (probably)
53. Coalman
54. Conargo
55. Conisbro castle
56. Connemara
57. Conovium (probably)
58. Corinth (possibly)
59. Corrientes
60. Creteboom
61. Crois bhride
62. Crusader (possibly)
63. Cyclope
64. Dalewood (probably)
65. Dana (possibly)
66. Darro
67. Dawn waters
68. Diana
69. Diana
70. Don boscoe
71. Donegal
72. Doris b
73. Downshire (possibly)
74. Downshire (probably)
75. Dryade
76. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
77. Dunavil forth (possibly)
78. Dundalk
79. Eilean glas
80. Eileen
81. Eleanor
82. Elfrida
83. Eli
84. Ellen sheant
85. Embassage
86. Emerald dawn
87. Empire airman
88. Empire of peace
89. Empire wind
90. Empress (probably)
91. Empress eugenie
92. Express (possibly)
93. Feltre
94. Fenella ann
95. Florence
96. Flowerette
97. Flying meteor
98. Forest queen
99. Fulmar
100. G-azjy
101. Gem (bow section)
102. Gem (stern section)
103. George & mary
104. Georgina hutton
105. Georgios
106. Ginette michel
107. Ginger
108. Girl may
109. Girl sylvia
110. Glencona
111. Glendun
112. Glenford
113. Glenmaroon (possibly)
114. Globe trotter
115. Green hill (part of)(probably)
116. Grinder
117. Guiding star
118. Hannah louisa
119. Hebe
120. Heemskerk
121. Helmsman (probably)
122. Herbie
123. Hibernian
124. Hms banyers
125. Hms dirk
126. Hms fairy
127. Hms falcon (stern section)
128. Hms garmo (probably)
129. Hms racehorse
130. Hms silicia
131. Hornsund (probably)
132. Horsted
133. Houghton
134. Hugh taylor
135. Ida
136. Irene chalmers
137. J b paddon
138. Jane brown
139. Jeanette
140. John rettig (probably)
141. Kalo (probably)
142. Keret
143. Kilbroney (probably)
144. Kilrea (probably)
145. Kimberley (possibly)
146. Kingston cameo
147. Knuthenborg
148. L'amite
149. Labora (possibly)
150. Lady ann
151. Lady anstruther (probably)
152. Lady louisa
153. Lagun
154. Landport (possibly)
155. Largo (possibly)
156. Leeds (probably)
157. Leersum (probably)
158. Lifeguard (possibly)
159. Lily
160. Limesfield
161. Linaria (probably)
162. Linda blanche
163. Liverpool
164. Lough fisher
165. Lucy
166. Lunevale
167. Lurigethan
168. Lyra
169. Lyra (bow section)
170. M c holm
171. Madge wildfire
172. Magdalyn ann
173. Maja
174. Malaguena
175. Manchester engineer (probably)
176. Manx queen
177. Marguerite
178. Marian francis
179. Marianne toft (possibly)
180. Marie l
181. Markersdall (probably)
182. Mary heeley
183. Mayfield
184. Meeuw
185. Megawatt
186. Melfort
187. Merisia
188. Mfv polaris
189. Mhari l
190. Modig
191. Modiva (possibly)
192. Montreal
193. Moonlight
194. Moonlight (possibly)
195. Murielle
196. Nadejda (possibly)
197. Nalon
198. Nar
199. Nichola ann
200. Nitedal
201. No.163
202. Noel du marin
203. Nora
204. Norhilda
205. Ocean harvest ii
206. Octavia
207. Old haws pt lt or west pile
208. Onward (possibly)
209. Oona hall
210. Opal (possibly)
211. Orsa
212. Otis tetrax
213. Our brighter dawn
214. Our golden promise
215. Our lassie
216. Our lorraine
217. Our queen
218. Paraciers
219. Peebles (possibly)
220. Peru (probably)
221. Peshawur
222. Peveril
223. Portia
224. Pt1 or pt2
225. Queen of the isles (probably)
226. Rebecca
227. Residu
228. Retriever
229. Ringwall
230. Robert dee
231. Rudyard kipling
232. Saint barchan
233. Saint mirren (possibly)
234. Saltaro (fwd part)
235. Saltaro (fwd part)
236. Saltaro (fwd part)
237. Samaria
238. Sarpfos
239. Scathros
240. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
241. Scorpio
242. Sea dog
243. Seamew (possibly)
244. Silver crest
245. Silver dee
246. Silver quest 2
247. Silverpine
248. Skerries
249. Skomer
250. Sna iii
251. Sota eduardo
252. Speedwell
253. St elwyn
254. Stamila
255. Stanburn
256. Storm drift
257. Sulairia
258. Sunbeam
259. Sunrise (possibly)
260. Sy sol
261. Tees
262. Temple mead
263. Thornfield
264. Thracian
265. Tide (probably)
266. Tijl uilenspiegel
267. Tilley anne
268. Tinker
269. Togston (possibly)
270. Topaz
271. Trelyon
272. Tullaghmurray lass
273. Tumi joy 2
274. Tuskar
275. Tuskar
276. U 1024 (possibly)
277. U 1024 (probably)
278. Ubier (probably)
279. Uc 39
280. Uc 75
281. Umbe
282. Upminster (possibly)
283. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
284. Vanadis (possibly)
285. Varangmalm (possibly)
286. Vedra
287. Victo (stern section)
288. Viking
289. Ville de valenciennes
290. Violet (probably)
291. Waltham (probably)
292. Wayside flower (possibly)
293. Westburn (possibly)
294. Whitemantle (possibly)
295. Wild wave
296. William hanbury

 

Name: DRYADE

Length 76.7 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.5, tonnage 1833 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1906 by ag 'neptun', rostock. originally owned by olldaard & thoersen shipping line. seized as a prize of war and owned at time of loss by the admiralty. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 133hp, single shaft. passage tyne for london. cargo coal. sank after collision with ss upminster. (c racey & sibi).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 20160310

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 10 MILES S BY E FROM FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. H01624/44 15.4.44 POSN 535846N, 000223E. LEAST DEPTH 51FT. (CAPT M/S HUMBER 14.4.44). INS AS NDW.

- NM 1612/44. H01624/44 29.7.44 DELETED.

- NM 1612/44. 10.4.72 INS AS WK 15.5MTRS. NC 121. 19.5.74 AMEND TO WK 14.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. H5084/77 21.3.80 EXAM'D 28.11.79 IN 535919N, 000434E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.1 IN GEN DEPTH 32.1MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 6.8MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS. LYING 110/290DEG. MAINLY INTACT. (HMS ECHO, HI 64/79). BR STD. HH100/351/20 18.7.03 DIVED 13.7.03 IN 5359.366N, 0004.420E [WGD]. CONSIDERED TO BE DRYADE OR BREMA. DRYADE HAD ONE BOILER, BREMA HAD TWO. SUPERSTRUCTURE NOT COLLAPSED. UPRIGHT TOILET ON THE BOW SECTION. FWD HOLD COLLAPSED. STERN RISES AGAIN. AMMUNITION SEEN. STEERING POSITION ON THE STERN. LARGE WINCH ON FRONT. DIVED BY S OLD, B WOOLFORD, D SMITH. (S OLD, E-MAIL DTD 16.7.03) NCA. 9.12.10 DIVED CONFIRMED AS DRYADE BY RECOVERED CROCKERY BEARING THE SHIPPING LINE FLAG OF THE GERMAN OWNERS, OLLGAARD & THOERSEN. THIS WAS RECOVERED BY ANNIE MORRISION OF SCARBOROUGH SAC. A PORT HOLE WAS ALSO RECOVERED STAMPED 'ROSTOCK' AND THE MACHINERY DETAILS MATCH THOSE OF DRYADE. (C RACEY, EMAIL DTD 8.12.10). NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 5.10.16 EXAM'D 10.3.16; IN 5359.343N, 0004.442 [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 24.72MTRS, GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. LENGTH 79.3MTRS, WIDTH 15.3MTRS, HT 7.21MTRS, ORIENTATION 115/295 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WK PARTIALLY INTACT. (MMT, HI 1473, H525_8985). AMEND NDW 24.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck partially intact.

Position: 53 59.343 N,0 4.442 E

 

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