This is the information page about the shipwreck Rhuys, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 30.805 N,0 22.999 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Ac 9
2. Amelie-mathilde
3. Amenity
4. Arduity
5. Argo
6. Audacity
7. Avalon
8. B o borjesson
9. Benmacdhui
10. Bogatyr
11. Box hill
12. British councillor
13. Canada
14. Capitaine edmond laborie
15. Catford
16. Cecil (possibly)
17. City of birmingham
18. Clavis
19. Corinth (possibly)
20. Corland
21. Cramlington (possibly)
22. Dayrian
23. Deerpool (after section)
24. Deerpool (for'd section)
25. Deodata
26. Diana
27. Dido
28. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
29. Dunsany
30. Egret
31. Empress (probably)
32. Ethel (possibly)
33. Exmoor
34. Fane
35. Faunus
36. Fermo
37. Fowberry tower (part)
38. Fowberry tower (part)
39. Francis
40. Freidig (possibly)
41. Fryken
42. Georgie
43. Georgios
44. Gerhardt (possibly)
45. Girl kitty (possibly)
46. Giuseppe
47. Gladeto
48. Gluckauf (possibly)
49. Gothic
50. Grangemouth
51. Harlech
52. Heimland
53. Hms benvolio
54. Hms calverton
55. Hms corfield
56. Hms cortina
57. Hms dervish
58. Hms egret
59. Hms lormont
60. Hms princess victoria
61. Hms strathborve (part)
62. Hms susarion
63. Hms warland (possibly)
64. Homer
65. Ightham (possibly)
66. Inge marguerite (possibly)
67. Ionic (probably)
68. Jane (possibly)
69. Janet helen (possibly)
70. Jersey (probably)
71. John and thomas
72. John mowlem
73. Katina bulgari
74. Konstantinos hadjipateras
75. Kyma
76. Ladas (possibly)
77. Lancaster (possibly)
78. Lightship no 83
79. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
80. Lindy sue
81. Lord haig (possibly)
82. Lord haig (possibly)
83. Lord selborne
84. Lottie (possibly)
85. Lucerne
86. Lutha
87. Lyra (bow section)
88. Maggie
89. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
90. Marian francis
91. Marie dawn
92. Marshall (probably)
93. Matanuska (probably)
94. Merchiston
95. Modig
96. Modiva (possibly)
97. Nautilus
98. Nimrod
99. Onesta
100. Ophir ii (possibly)
101. Orsa
102. Otis tetrax
103. Paraciers
104. Polzella (possibly)
105. Portia
106. Rado (possibly)
107. Ravonia (part)
108. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
109. Rayford
110. Reculver
111. Retriever
112. Revello
113. Revi
114. Revigo (possibly)
115. Rhuys
116. Rievaulx abbey
117. Rivaulx
118. River don (part of)(probably)
119. River witham
120. Rivergate
121. Rosebud (possibly)
122. Royston
123. Salacon
124. Salmondby
125. Saltoun
126. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
127. Schieland (possibly)
128. Sea pearl
129. Sota eduardo
130. Stylianos chandris
131. Thessaly
132. Triton
133. Vechstroom
134. Venture (possibly)
135. Whitemantle (possibly)
136. Windsor (part of)
137. Windsor (part of)
138. Winga
139. Xavier
140. Xavier
141. Zeemermin

 

Name: RHUYS

Length 95.7 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2921 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1920 by athel. & ch. de la loire, loire. owned at time of loss by campagnie nantaise des ch. l'oeust. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 265hp, single shaft. passage nantes for flixborough. cargo iron ore. mined.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H0163/39 28.11.39 SUNK 293.5 DEG, 9.8 MILES FROM SPURN LTHO OR IN 533100N, 002314E. (TH 2.11.39). INS AS DW, WITH G CON, GP FL(3) G 15S, CLOSE E.

- NM 2705/39 & FNM 2706/39. H0163/39 15.3.40 POSN NOW GIVEN AS 533110N, 002327E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 658/40. H0163/39 25.9.40 POSN NOW 533136N, 002324E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 2251/40. H0163/39 27.1.41 POSN NOW 533105N, 002318E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 179/41. H0163/39 4.12.43 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 8FT IN 533105N, 002318E. (AUTHORITY NOT GIVEN). AMEND TO WK 1FM 2FT.

- NM 2589/43. H0163/39 21.10.46 DISPERSED CLEAR TO 4FT ABOVE SEABED. (HMS FETLAR, 7.10.46). H4984/47 13.10.47 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 4FMS 2FT. (HMS SCOTT). AMEND TO WK 4FMS 2FT.

- NM 2660/47. H0163/39 30.8.48 EXAM'D IN 533101N, 002314E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 29, FOUL AT 31FT. SCOUR 8FT DEEP. SEABED FLAT. GEN DEPTH 43-46FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 16.8.48). H0163/39 20.1.50 DISPERSED CLEAR TO WITHIN 5FT OF GRAVEL SEABED. (C-IN-C NORE, 6.1.50). H0163/39 31.10.50 SWEPT CLEAR AT 35, FOUL AT 36FT. GEN DEPTHS 43 TO 44FT. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (SML 324, 1950). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 5FT. DELETE BOUY.

- NM 2115/50. H332/62 25.1.62 LEAST E/S DEPTH 36 IN GEN DEPTH 45FT. GOOD A/S CONTACT. SCOUR 1FT DEEP. (HMS SCOTT, 1950). 1.2.74 AMEND TO SW 10MTRS [LAT]. NC 109. H1310/88/47 21.9.88 DIVED ON IN 533048N, 002307E USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10 IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14MTRS. (J M DAVIES). NCA. HH090/593/01 6.1.94 EXAM'D 19.7.93 IN 533047.1N, 002305.5E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 10.0, FOUL AT 10.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.4 IN GEN DEPTH 12.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 12.7MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.7MTRS, LENGTH 110MTRS, BREADTH 22MTRS. PARTIALLY BROKEN WK LYING 090/270 DEG ON FEATURELESS GRAVELLY SAND. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). RETAIN AS SW 10MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2013/000180690 10.7.14 EXAM'D 5.1.14 IN 5330.805N, 0022.999E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.80 IN GEN DEPTH 12.0MTRS. SCOUR 0.4MTR DEEP EXTENDS 20MTRS TOWARDS 180 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN UP WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1419). FULLY DISPERSED WITH SCOUR TO SOUTH. AMEND WK 9.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF DEBRIS WITH SCOUR CLOSE S

Position: 53 30.805 N,0 22.999 E

 

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