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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Excelsior
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Firth
44. Fort massac
45. Forth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Frumenton
49. Gannet (possibly)
50. Gasfire
51. Gena
52. Gerhard
53. Gipsy (possibly)
54. Golconda (possibly)
55. Grantleyhall (possibly)
56. Grenadier (probably)
57. Grisdeale
58. Groenlo
59. Groeswen (probably)
60. Gulf breaker
61. H h petersen
62. Harlington (probably)
63. Harlyn (probably)
64. Harriet
65. Hebe
66. Hendon hall
67. Heworth
68. Hillglen
69. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
70. Hms adonis (possibly)
71. Hms arethusa
72. Hms christopher (possibly)
73. Hms donna nook
74. Hms donside (possibly)
75. Hms dundalk
76. Hms eros (possibly)
77. Hms forward iii
78. Hms franc tireur
79. Hms harvest gleaner
80. Hms hirose (probably)
81. Hms holdene
82. Hms japan
83. Hms jessie nutten
84. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
85. Hms lord airedale
86. Hms ludlow
87. Hms marconi
88. Hms monarch
89. Hms moravia (possibly)
90. Hms nadine
91. Hms new comet (possibly)
92. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
93. Hms orthos (probably)
94. Hms resono (possibly)
95. Hms river clyde (possibly)
96. Hms river clyde (possibly)
97. Hms sisters melville
98. Hms st seiriol
99. Hms tervani
100. Hms tugela
101. Hms waveflower
102. Hms whooper
103. Hms william wesney
104. Hmtb 10
105. Hnlms 227
106. Hornchurch
107. Ignis (possibly)
108. Ionian (possibly)
109. J c dalble
110. Jim
111. Kenneth hawksfield
112. Khartoum (possibly)
113. Knarsdale
114. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
115. Koningen emma (possibly)
116. Kwasind
117. Lady salisbury
118. Lapwing
119. Lincairn (possibly)
120. Lisette
121. Little world
122. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
123. Lonhelen (possibly)
124. Lowland
125. Magdapur
126. Mangara
127. Maria rosa
128. Marianne (probably)
129. Mascotte
130. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
131. Mercurius
132. Mexico
133. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
134. Moidart
135. Mudo
136. Nereus
137. Newhaven (possibly)
138. Nicolaos piangos
139. Nominoe
140. Norwich trader
141. Novocastrian
142. Ocean pride
143. Old charlton
144. Ostprussen (possibly)
145. Pescado
146. Petshenga (possibly)
147. Phryne
148. Plawsworth (possibly)
149. Polgarth
150. Protinus (possibly)
151. Ravenscraig (possibly)
152. Ren
153. Rhenas (possibly)
154. Rhineland
155. Robin iv
156. Rochester city
157. Savona (probably)
158. Scimitar
159. Sea king
160. Sea rhine
161. Sheaf field
162. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
163. Skodsburg (possibly)
164. Southford
165. St patrick
166. Storm
167. Sunbeam
168. Sunniside (probably)
169. Taber park
170. Tergestea
171. Thornaby (possibly)
172. Thyra
173. Tidal (possibly)
174. Torchbearer
175. Tunisiana
176. Uc 11 (possibly)
177. Ui-001
178. Vae victis
179. Vancouver
180. Victorious
181. Warrenpoint
182. White ghost
183. White lady
184. Wychwood (possibly)
185. Wyetown
186. Yewkyle (possibly)
187. 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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