This is the information page about the shipwreck Phryne, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 9.457 N,1 42.741 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Ambient (probably)
5. Angelus
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Batavier 5
9. British captain
10. British fortune (probably)
11. Brixton
12. Burtonia (possibly)
13. Bygdo (possibly)
14. Cairnside
15. Carica milica
16. Cd 14 (probably)
17. Cedarwood (possibly)
18. Churston
19. Clan monroe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Coalgas
22. Corcrest
23. Cormorant
24. Cormount (probably)
25. Cressdene (possibly)
26. Cresta
27. Dagmar (probably)
28. Denewood
29. Disa (possibly)
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dulwich
32. Dunwich bank wk
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. Eva witte
39. F stobart (probably)
40. Faithful star
41. Farmatyr
42. Firth
43. Fort massac
44. Forth
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Frumenton
48. Gannet (possibly)
49. Gasfire
50. Gena
51. Gerhard
52. Gipsy (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Grisdeale
57. Groenlo
58. Groeswen (probably)
59. Gulf breaker
60. H h petersen
61. Harlington (probably)
62. Harlyn (probably)
63. Harriet
64. Hebe
65. Hendon hall
66. Hillglen
67. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
68. Hms adonis (possibly)
69. Hms arethusa
70. Hms christopher (possibly)
71. Hms donna nook
72. Hms donside (possibly)
73. Hms eros (possibly)
74. Hms forward iii
75. Hms franc tireur
76. Hms hirose (probably)
77. Hms holdene
78. Hms japan
79. Hms jessie nutten
80. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
81. Hms lord airedale
82. Hms ludlow
83. Hms marconi
84. Hms monarch
85. Hms moravia (possibly)
86. Hms nadine
87. Hms new comet (possibly)
88. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
89. Hms orthos (probably)
90. Hms resono (possibly)
91. Hms river clyde (possibly)
92. Hms river clyde (possibly)
93. Hms sisters melville
94. Hms tervani
95. Hms tugela
96. Hms waveflower
97. Hms whooper
98. Hms william wesney
99. Hmtb 10
100. Hnlms 227
101. Hornchurch
102. Ignis (possibly)
103. Ionian (possibly)
104. J c dalble
105. Jim
106. Kenneth hawksfield
107. Khartoum (possibly)
108. Knarsdale
109. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
110. Koningen emma (possibly)
111. Kwasind
112. Lady salisbury
113. Lapwing
114. Lincairn (possibly)
115. Lisette
116. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
117. Lonhelen (possibly)
118. Lowland
119. Magdapur
120. Mangara
121. Maria rosa
122. Marianne (probably)
123. Mascotte
124. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
125. Mercurius
126. Mexico
127. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
128. Moidart
129. Mudo
130. Nereus
131. Newhaven (possibly)
132. Nicolaos piangos
133. Nominoe
134. Norwich trader
135. Novocastrian
136. Ocean pride
137. Old charlton
138. Ostprussen (possibly)
139. Pescado
140. Petshenga (possibly)
141. Phryne
142. Plawsworth (possibly)
143. Polgarth
144. Protinus (possibly)
145. Ravenscraig (possibly)
146. Ren
147. Rhenas (possibly)
148. Rhineland
149. Robin iv
150. Rochester city
151. Savona (probably)
152. Scimitar
153. Sea rhine
154. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
155. Skodsburg (possibly)
156. Southford
157. St patrick
158. Storm
159. Sunbeam
160. Sunniside (probably)
161. Taber park
162. Tergestea
163. Thornaby (possibly)
164. Thyra
165. Tidal (possibly)
166. Torchbearer
167. Uc 11 (possibly)
168. Ui-001
169. Vae victis
170. Vancouver
171. Victorious
172. Warrenpoint
173. White ghost
174. White lady
175. Wychwood (possibly)
176. Wyetown
177. Yewkyle (possibly)
178. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: PHRYNE

Length 93.3 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2660 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1938 by ch. & atel. de st naziare, st nazaire. owned at time of loss by society navale caennaise. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 225hp, single shaft. passage immingham for bayonne. cargo coal. mined.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 2 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 20161611

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 3 TO 4 MILES FROM ALDEBURGH LTV. (WW2SL). H6903/39 27.9.39 INS DWPA. (C IN C NORE 24.9.39). - FNM ACTION. 5.10.48 AMEND TO WK 4FMS 5FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER).

- NM 2057/48. H909/66 19.5.66 EXAM'D IN 520924N, 014245E USING HSA. LEAST E/S 37FT WITH TOP OF BANK 35FT. SCOUR 49FT. DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 34FT. SONAR CONTACT AT SHORT RANGE ONLY, FROM 400YDS FROM W, 500YDS FROM NE AND 1,000YDS FROM E. (HMS MYRMIDON, ROS DTD 30.11.65). AMEND TO SW 5FMS 4FT. BR STD. 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 10.4MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H2917/83 1.4.85 EXAM'D 15.10.84 IN 520926N, 014252E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.5 IN GEN DEPTH 12 TO 13.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 16MTRS. BROKEN UP. LYING APPROX 160/340 DEG, WITH SMALLER AMOUNT OF WRECKAGE TO THE NNE. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (SOISS, HI 196). NCA. SEP 2016/000091759 24.8.17 EXAM'D 11.12.16; IN 5209.457N, 0142.741E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 11.51MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS, LENGTH 68.5MTRS, WIDTH 14.1MTRS, HEIGHT 3.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 002/182 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 202.61MTRS, 1.93MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 018 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 11.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 9.457 N,1 42.741 E

 

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