This is the information page about the shipwreck Dyle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 55.516 N,3 18.77 W (58.925267, -3.312833)

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.

Name: DYLE

Length 79.2 meter, width: 10.1 meter, tonnage 1211 ton

Cause: built in 1879 by a leslie & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. sold june 1914 to the admiralty for use as a blockship. compound expansion engine, single shaft. sunk as blockship in burra sound. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1926

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 95 cm

Known since: 1926, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: ORIGINALLY RECORDED AS SS DOYLE. H3875/26 DWP SHOWN IN 585533N, 031841W [OGB], LENGTH 260FT, LYING E/W APPROX ON SURVEY [C 8009]. INS AS DWP. BR STD. H1270/76 13.8.76 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DISPERSED IN 1962.H1270/76 13.8.76 NOW CHARTED AS STF. (DEPT OF HARBOURS, ORKNEY, 5.7.76). SHOWN AS STP ON BA 2568 [NOV 1979 EDN]. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H3579/88 22.7.88 REFERRED TO AS 'MOYLE', SUNK IN 1940. (THE WRECKS OF SCAPA FLOW). STERN STANDING 5.0 MTRS HIGH. THE SAME LENGTH OF VESSEL APPEARS TO BE UNDER WATER. STATED TO BE PART OF A/S BARRIER. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 9.11.10 EXAM'D IN 5855.5177N, 0318.7828W [WGD] (CENTRE) USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH AT CENTRE 5.2MTRS. LEAST DEPTH 4.7MTRS AT EAST END (5855.5135N, 0318.7369W). LENGTH 84MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT APPROX 7MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, SCAPA FLOW SURVEY, POST SDC REPROCESSING). GEN DEPTH 10MTRS, NO SCOUR. LIES 095/275 DEGS. E PART COLLAPSED BUT HIGHEST POINT (?MAY INCLUDE SOME NOISE) AT E END. AMEND DWP 4.7MTRS (E END), 5.2MTRS (CENTRE), LENGTH 84MTRS. BR STD. 3.2.12 VESSEL IS CORRECTLY NAMED 'DYLE'. (K HEATH, EMAIL DTD 3.2.12). NCA. 2.5.12 LOCATED 2012 IN 5855.513N, 0318.769W [WGD]. LENGTH 80.4MTRS, WIDTH 15.7MTRS, HT 8.9MTRS. SOMEHWHAT BROKEN UP ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE HULL STILL SURVIVED AND APPEARS TO BE TWISTED. LIES WITH 24 DEG LIST TO PORT. LITTLE DEBRIS SURROUNDS THE WK. (SCAPA FLOW WK SURVEY DTD 2012, WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY). NCA. SEP 2022/000015366 20.4.22 EXAM'D BY BDC DW LOCATED IN 5855.516N, 0318.769W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 7.34MTRS IN GEN DEPTH14.5MTRS. LENGTH 82MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS, HT 6.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 277DEGS.(ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL SURVEY,12.10.2019, H525). NFA.RETAIN DW DEPTH 4.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED TOWARDS E, LEAST DEPTH AT E END

Position: 58 55.516 N,3 18.77 W

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