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 (53.0506667, 1.1718667)

 

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