This is the information page about the shipwreck George royle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 1.988 N,1 10.493 E (53.050666666667, 1.1718666666667)

 

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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.

 

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3. Ambrose fleming
4. Antiope
5. Aquarius (possibly)
6. Asteria
7. Baron ailsa
8. Birtley
9. Blackburn
10. Blackburn (possibly)
11. Boulderpool (fwd part)
12. Burgos
13. Chatwood (possibly)
14. Chelsea (possibly)
15. Chevychase
16. Clan morrison
17. Continental (possibly)
18. Corea
19. Cormarsh
20. Czestochowa
21. Duncarron
22. Eikhaug
23. Empire newcomen
24. Empress
25. Fireglow
26. Francois trixier
27. George royle
28. Georgia (stern section)
29. Giorgio ohlsen
30. Heathfield
31. Hjordis
32. Hms arley
33. Hms cap d'antifer
34. Hms caroline moller
35. Hms cloughton wyke
36. Hms kylemore
37. Hms nogi
38. Hms solomon
39. Hms vortigern
40. Hmsm umpire
41. Homefire
42. Hull trader
43. Jessie maersk
44. Jevington court
45. Kenton
46. Keymun
47. Lanterna (probably)
48. Lavinia westholl (possibly)
49. Marden
50. Minorca
51. Nimrod (probably)
52. Ottar jarl
53. P.l.m. 25
54. Pacific (possibly)
55. Pontfield (forepart)
56. Rimac
57. Robert w pomeroy
58. Rosalie (possibly)
59. Salvus ii
60. Schieland
61. Sitona
62. St thomas (possibly)
63. Sverre (possibly)
64. Tayjack 1 (part of)
65. Tayjack 1 (part of)
66. Tayjack 1 (part of)
67. Teddington
68. Thursonian
69. Trajan
70. Traviata (possibly)
71. Trelissick
72. Tyneford
73. Varoy
74. Vera (probably)
75. Virgin de lourdres
76. Welholme (possibly)
77. Western mist (possibly)
78. Westland
79. Wimbledon
80. Winhill or whinhill
81. Zephyr

 

Name: GEORGE ROYLE

Length 91.4 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2525 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1882 by short bros, sunderland. owned at time of loss by james westrell. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 220hp, single shaft. machinery by g clarke ltd, sunderland. passage the tyne for st nazaire. cargo coal. stranded on sherringham shoal during a blizzard. later sank some 1.5 miles e of the shoal.

Year of registration: 1989

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1989, last detected: 20200602

Details measurements/cartography: 30.8.89 LOCATED IN 530157.5N, 011028E USING DECCA. STANDS ABOUT 5MTRS HIGH IN A DEEP SCOUR. NO DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (P WOODCOCK, TELECON 25.8.89). HH090/561/01 6.1.93 EXAM'D 31.10.92 IN 530158.9N, 011041E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS.SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.6, FOUL AT 16.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.6 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. SCOUR 6.6MTRS DEEP. NO SONAR HEIGHT OBTAINED. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEG. (SEATEAM, HI 561).

- NM 263/93. 22.5.15 WK 18.38MTRS IN 5302.006N, 0110.575E [WGD], LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRES, HT 5.0MTRS, ORIENTATION 070. NFS. (BDC EXAMINATION OF CEFAS DS20/DS21). NCA. SEP 2020/000083299 8.1.21 EXAM'D 02.06.20; IN 5301.988N, 0110.493E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS, LENGTH 102.2MTRS, WIDTH 19.5MTRS, HT 6.51MTRS, ORIENTATION 070/250 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, 0.8MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 075/255 DEGS. PARTIALLY INTACT LARGE UPRIGHT WRECK. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1673, H525 WI-9438). AMEND DW 17.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 1.988 N,1 10.493 E

 

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