This is the information page about the shipwreck Roy, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 59.614 N,1 51.142 E (52.7504, 2.0371)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
3. Alice taylor
4. Alster
5. Alston
6. Angele-erika
7. Artemisia
8. Ayrshire (possibly)
9. Barrhill
10. Bertha
11. Blacktoft (possibly)
12. Camilla weston
13. Cantabria (probably)
14. Cardanel
15. Chevington
16. Clansman (possibly)
17. Corbrook
18. Corchester
19. Cordene
20. Corduff
21. Courier (probably)
22. Dashwood
23. Ems
24. English trader
25. Excellenz mehnert
26. Friesland
27. Fulgens
28. Galatea (possibly)
29. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
30. Georgia (for'd part)
31. Glen derry (probably)
32. Goodwood (possibly)
33. Hector gannet
34. Hms agate
35. Hms cantatrice
36. Hms dhoon (probably)
37. Hms dungeness
38. Hms force
39. Hms francolin
40. Hms tranio
41. Hms true accord (probably)
42. Hms washington (probably)
43. Hms william stephen
44. Hmsm c 11
45. Horseferry (probably)
46. I t l anna b
47. Ilse
48. Ionian (probably)
49. Kentwood (probably)
50. La perouse (possibly)
51. Langeli (possibly)
52. Leelite
53. Leopold ii
54. Marsworth
55. Meriones
56. Montferland
57. Mount ida
58. Navarra (possibly)
59. Nereus
60. Newland (possibly)
61. Norman queen
62. Oakgrove
63. Onto
64. Osprey
65. Otter
66. Oxshott (possibly)
67. Pegrix
68. Robrix
69. Roine
70. Rose marie
71. Roy
72. Rye
73. Seagull
74. Seaham
75. Sheaf water
76. Togston
77. Trevethoe
78. Vanilla (probably)
79. Vigo
80. Waldinge
81. Walkure
82. Whintown (possibly)
83. Willowpool
84. Xanthe
85. Yewvalley (possibly)

 

Name: ROY

Length 82.3 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1768 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german e-boat.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 199 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20190222

Details measurements/cartography: H03536/41 5.12.41 SUNK IN 525940N, 015111E. MAST SHOWS 6FT ABOVE MLWS. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 13.10.41). INS AS DW.

- NM 2883/41. H03536/41 18.5.44 AMEND TO WK 6FMS. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN).

- NM 1046/44. H03536/41 2.6.50 SWEPT USING OROPESA FOLLOWING DISPERSAL. CLEAR AT 49FT. ONLY SMALL TRACES OF WK SEEN ON E/S IN GEN DEPTH 75FT. SCOUR DEPTH 120FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 12.5.50). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 1FT.

- NM 1045/50. 14.3.77 AMEND TO WK 14.7MTRS. NC 106. 29.11.77 AMEND TO SW 14.7MTRS. NC 106. HH090/524/01 3.1.92 EXAM'D 10.7.91 IN 525935N, 015115.2E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 22.8, FOUL AT 23.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.2 IN GEN DEPTH 23.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.2MTR. IN VERY BROKEN CONDITION. LIES APPROX N/S COVERING AREA 45 X 12MTRS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 525). AMEND TO SW 22.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000100123 21.5.20 EXAM'D 22.02.19; IN 5259.614N, 0151.142E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.39MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 9.3MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS, HEIGHT 1.25MTRS, ORIENTATION 019/199 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 31MTRS, 5MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 293 DEGS. WRECK MOSTLY BROKEN APART WITH A SMALL SECTION OF HULL VISIBLE. FOUR SMALLER OBJECTS VISIBLE TO THE EAST OF THE MAIN SECTION.(MERITAITO, HI 1580). AMEND DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 52 59.614 N,1 51.142 E

 

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