This is the information page about the shipwreck Rian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 20.725 N,4 19.673 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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.

 

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24. Malaguena
25. Mary heeley
26. Melfort
27. Merisia
28. Neils john
29. Our brighter dawn
30. Passages
31. Playmate (possibly)
32. Polarlight
33. Queen of the isles (probably)
34. Rian
35. Robert dee
36. Sustain
37. Sy sol
38. Teasel
39. Tetsuko
40. The quiet man
41. Viking
42. William hanbury

 

Name: RIAN

Length 34.4 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 232 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1934 by gebr van diepen, wlaterhuitzen. owned at time of loss by d buining, groningen. 3 cylinder oil engine of 36hp, single shaft. passage maryport for par. sank following a collision with hms jan van gelder while at anchor. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1946

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter

Known since: 1946, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H834/46 21.2.46 DW IN 542030N, 041936W, MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY. (NLB NM 3/46). INS AS DW WITH BUOY.

- NM 658/46. H834/46 29.7.47 POSN NOW 542042N, 041930W. (NLB, LTR DTD 14.7.47). AMEND POSN.

- NM 1967/47. H834/46 28.8.51 CLEAR AT 32FT IN GEN DEPTHS 36-43FT. IN 542044N, 041933W. (CINC NORE). AMEND TO WK 5FMS 2FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1700/51. 27.8.51 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (RAMSEY, MAN CG, 27.8.51). H834/46 22.2.52 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY S TRAWLER BULBY ON 11.2.52. (CG RAMSEY, 19.2.52). 16.5.73 AMEND TO WK 9.7MTRS. NC 2094. H2333/84 3.3.87 EXAM'D 1.7.86 IN 542043N, 041936W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.9 IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 13.5MTRS. DISPERSED WRECKAGE LYING IN SHALLOW CIRCULAR DEPRESSION. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 243).

- NM 820/87.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DISPERSED WRECKAGE IN CIRCULAR DEPRESSION

Position: 54 20.725 N,4 19.673 W

 

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