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 (53.7402833, 0.2099667)

 

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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. Agnes
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Ballogie
4. Bellerophon
5. Brema
6. Briton (possibly)
7. Bur
8. Cadmus
9. Canada
10. Caroline
11. Carson
12. Chant 63
13. Chloris (possibly)
14. Corinth (possibly)
15. Cyclope
16. Dana (possibly)
17. Diana
18. Diana
19. Dryade
20. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
21. Elfrida
22. Eli
23. Empress (probably)
24. Feltre
25. Forest queen
26. Gem (bow section)
27. Gem (stern section)
28. Georgios
29. Hannah louisa
30. Helmsman (probably)
31. Hms banyers
32. Hms dirk
33. Hms fairy
34. Hms falcon (stern section)
35. Hms garmo (probably)
36. Hms silicia
37. Hornsund (probably)
38. Horsted
39. Houghton
40. Hugh taylor
41. Ida
42. J b paddon
43. John rettig (probably)
44. Kalo (probably)
45. Kilrea (probably)
46. Kimberley (possibly)
47. Kingston cameo
48. Knuthenborg
49. Lady ann
50. Lady anstruther (probably)
51. Landport (possibly)
52. Leersum (probably)
53. Lifeguard (possibly)
54. Linaria (probably)
55. Lyra (bow section)
56. M c holm
57. Magdalyn ann
58. Manchester engineer (probably)
59. Manx queen
60. Marian francis
61. Marie l
62. Markersdall (probably)
63. Meeuw
64. Modig
65. Modiva (possibly)
66. Nar
67. Nitedal
68. Norhilda
69. Onward (possibly)
70. Orsa
71. Otis tetrax
72. Our lorraine
73. Paraciers
74. Peebles (possibly)
75. Portia
76. Sna iii
77. Sota eduardo
78. Stanburn
79. Storm drift
80. Tees
81. Togston (possibly)
82. Uc 39
83. Uc 75
84. Umbe
85. Upminster (possibly)
86. Uralar segundo (cargo debris)
87. Varangmalm (possibly)
88. Victo (stern section)
89. Ville de valenciennes
90. Violet (probably)
91. Wayside flower (possibly)
92. Whitemantle (possibly)

 

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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