This is the information page about the shipwreck Royston, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 37.534 N,0 39.488 E (53.574133333333, 0.78151666666667)

 

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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. Audacity
4. Benmacdhui
5. Box hill
6. British councillor
7. British prince
8. Briton (possibly)
9. Capitaine edmond laborie
10. Catford
11. Cecil (possibly)
12. Corhampton
13. Corland
14. Dalemoor
15. Deodata
16. Devonshire (possibly)
17. Dromore castle
18. Edith (possibly)
19. Fermain (possibly)
20. Fittonia (possibly)
21. Flashlight (probably)
22. Flourish
23. Fowberry tower (part)
24. Fowberry tower (part)
25. Fryken
26. Gluckauf (possibly)
27. Grangemouth
28. Harnis (probably)
29. Hms botanic
30. Hms cape spartel (probably)
31. Hms dervish
32. Hms kos xvi (probably)
33. Hms pintail
34. Hms princess victoria
35. Hms susarion
36. Hms warland (possibly)
37. Homer
38. Ightham (possibly)
39. Inge marguerite (possibly)
40. Jane (possibly)
41. Janet helen (possibly)
42. Jersey (probably)
43. Katina bulgari
44. Keynes
45. Kimberley (possibly)
46. Kyma
47. Ladas (possibly)
48. Lancaster (possibly)
49. Larchwood (possibly)
50. Laurel (possibly)
51. Lightship no 83
52. Lindy sue
53. Lismore
54. London
55. Lottie (possibly)
56. Maggie
57. Magnolia
58. Marie dawn
59. Matanuska (probably)
60. Merchiston
61. Nautilus
62. Norfolk (possibly)
63. Onesta
64. Ophir ii (possibly)
65. Petroswift
66. Pilsudski
67. Polzella (possibly)
68. Rado (possibly)
69. Ravonia (part)
70. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
71. Rayford
72. Realf
73. Rebono (probably)
74. Revello
75. Revi
76. Revigo (possibly)
77. Rhuys
78. Rivergate
79. Rochester (possibly)
80. Rosebud (possibly)
81. Royal scott
82. Royston
83. Schieland (possibly)
84. Scotia (possibly)
85. Scotia (possibly)
86. Sea pearl
87. Shepherd lad
88. Siri maria
89. Stylianos chandris
90. Thessaly
91. Trignac (possibly)
92. Two brothers
93. Vechstroom
94. Vereingte (possibly)
95. Victoria
96. Virginian
97. William balls (probably)

 

Name: ROYSTON

Length 93 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2722 ton
Load: coal

Cause: 4.5.41 built in 1919 by smith's dock, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by granta steam shipping co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 266hp, single shaft. passage hartlepool for london. cargo coal. bombed by german aircraft 4.5.41. taken in tow but later sank. 1 bomb on the port beam, 3 struck the ship amidships and 1 fell on the starboard beam.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H01709/41 30.8.41 SANK IN APPROX POSN 533706N, 003900E. (FO HUMBER, 5.5.41). INS AS WKPA 1.5MTRS.

- NM 2027/41. H01709/41 23.6.43 POSN 533732N, 003921E. DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 49FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 55FT [MLWS]. (CAPT M/S HUMBER 29.5.43). AMEND TO WK 8FMS.

- NM 1222/43. 23.6.75 AMEND TO SW 13.9MTRS. NC 107. H5084/77 19.3.80 EXAM'D 29.10.79 IN 533732N, 003935E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.0 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.7MTRS. LYING SE/NW. OUTLINE INDISTINCT. HIGH POINTS AT EACH END OF WK. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 64/79). AMEND TO WK 15.5MTRS. BR STD. H1944/80 21.4.82 EXAM'D 22.5.81 IN 533731N, 003936E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15 IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH HT 4.1MTRS. LYING 110/290 DEGS, BOWS W. APPARENTLY BROKEN IN TWO AMIDSHIPS. DEEP TRAWL SCOURS TO E OUT TO ABOUT 250MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 12). BR STD. SEP 2013/000180690 11.7.14 EXAM'D 26.12.13 IN 5337.534N, 0039.488E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.52 IN GEN DEPTH 20.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 101MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. VERY WELL BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1419). FULLY BROKEN UP WITH TWO HIGH POINTS LYING IN A N/S LINE, ?BOILERS. AMEND WK 16.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS W, BROKEN MIDSHIPS, DEEP TRAWL SCOURS CLOSE E

Position: 53 37.534 N,0 39.488 E

 

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