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.

 

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