Wreck: Rhyl (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Rhyl, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 20 N,4 37 W (53.333333, -4.616667)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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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Shipwreck details

Name: RHYL

Length 73.2 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 1274 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: iron vessel, built 1879 by palmer's co., with 2 cylinder compound engine, single shaft, 1 boiler. owned at time of loss by john cory and sons. on passage from ardrossan for newport, mon. collided with ss 'royston grange' and sank off holyhead. (dods).

Year of registration: 1900

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter

Known since: 1900, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 4.5.70 4.5.70 SANK OFF HOLYHEAD. (DODS). NCA, POSN 532000N, 043700W FOR FILING ONLY. 8.9.07 8.9.07 LLOYDS SINKING POSN GIVEN AS OFF HOLYHEAD KNOWN TO BE INCORRECT. COLLISION TOOK PLACE 20M NE OF S BISHOP LT. POSN GIVEN AS 5207.0N, 0508.0W. (SIBI) NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 20 N,4 37 W

 

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