This is the information page about the shipwreck Ryal, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 31.407 N,1 4.511 E (51.441933333333, 0.92858333333333)

 

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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. Ability
2. Actuality
3. Airston (probably)
4. Alberta
5. Alf everard (part of)
6. Alf everard (part of)
7. Alice marie
8. Argus
9. Aridity (probably)
10. Astrologer
11. Atherton
12. Azariah (poss)
13. Balakani
14. Baltrader
15. Beacon 'f'
16. Bella donna
17. Blue mermaid
18. Bolbec (possibly)
19. Bradglen
20. British oak
21. C 128
22. Chieftain
23. City of brisbane
24. Daisy maud
25. Dalryan
26. Dela
27. Delce
28. Diana
29. Drofli
30. Duluth
31. E oaze light vessel
32. East shoebury bn (remains of)
33. Empire ghyll
34. Enterprise ranger 2
35. Erins isle (possibly)
36. Explorer
37. Fleurita
38. Fox
39. Fred everard
40. Georgia
41. Ghc (possibly)
42. Girasol
43. Gordon
44. Great nore tower (remains)
45. Great nore towers (remains)
46. Great nore towers (remains).
47. H k daniels
48. Harcourt
49. Hawksdale
50. Hawnby
51. Herland (part of)
52. Herland (part of)
53. Hibernia
54. Hm mms 39 (part of)(possibly)
55. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
56. Hmnls van meerlant (part of)
57. Hms aisha
58. Hms amethyst
59. Hms amethyst (part of)(possibly)
60. Hms ash
61. Hms beagle (re-named cgwv no 7 in 1851)
62. Hms capricornus
63. Hms chestnut (probably)
64. Hms conquistador
65. Hms danube 3
66. Hms desiree
67. Hms drummer
68. Hms kennymore (part of)(probably)
69. Hms myrtle
70. Hms oriana
71. Hms receptive
72. Hms reed (possibly)
73. Hms resolvo (part of)
74. Hms restango
75. Hms stella orion
76. Hms venetia
77. Hms vimiera (bow section)
78. Hms vimiera (part of)
79. Hms vimiera (stern)
80. Holba
81. Honiton
82. Hopper number 19
83. Houston city
84. How (probably)
85. Intrepid
86. Janie b
87. Lady jane
88. Lca 551
89. Letchworth
90. Lindfar
91. Lion (part of)
92. Lowlands
93. Maitland
94. Malrix (possibly)
95. Maplin light house
96. Maplin survey platform
97. March
98. Margam abbey
99. Margate sand beacon
100. Mercy
101. Mi amigo
102. Molliette
103. Monica (possibly)
104. Mudlark
105. Nass beacon (ruins)
106. Neptune (possibly)
107. Norman
108. Nw shingles bn (remains of)
109. Old whitaker bn (remains of)
110. Opal
111. Pinto
112. Pisces
113. Radiant
114. Rd barge 59 (part of)(possibly)
115. Resolute
116. Restless wave (possibly)
117. Revenge
118. Richard montgomery
119. Rosme
120. Rover (possibly)
121. Rubislaw
122. Ryal
123. Selnes
124. Slesvig
125. Sparsholt
126. Stad maastricht
127. Strathearn
128. Strom trooper
129. Sun vii
130. Sunk beacon (remains)
131. Sunrise (possibly)
132. Supremity
133. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
134. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
135. Thorvin karsven
136. Tongue sand tower (remains)
137. Toreador
138. Treport
139. Uama
140. Van meerlant (part of)
141. Vera
142. Volante
143. Wardie
144. Warfleth
145. Warp
146. Westerley star
147. William j taylor (part of)
148. Winifred
149. Winkfield
150. Yassou
151. Zarga

 

Name: RYAL

Length 39.6 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 367 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built in 1938 by j koster, groningen. owned at time of loss by free trade wharf co ltd. 6 cylinder oil engine for 71hp. single shaft. passage london for middlesbrough. mined 1m sw of knob ltv.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: H01077/40 22.1.41 DW PA IN 513115N, 010445E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 94/41. H01077/40 20.9.45 DISPERSED, CLEAR AT 45FT. (HMS YEZO, 13.9.45). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 4FT.

- NM 3269/45. H01077/40 18.10.45 SWEPT 30.9.45. CLEAR AT 46FT, FOUL AT 47FT. POSN 513123N, 010436E. (CAPT M/S SHEERNESS, 1.10.45). H3675/54 10.9.54 SWEPT CLEAR AT 48FT, FOUL AT 49FT IN GEN DEPTH 65FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 49FT. SEABED GREY MUD. LENGTH 100FT, LYING NE/SW. (ECES SWEEP REPORT, 30.5.54). AMEND TO WK 8FMS. BR STD. 27.9.73 AMEND TO SW 14.3MTRS. NC 1607. H3161/69 11.10.73 EXAM'D IN 513123N, 010435E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 48FT, FOUL AT 49.2FT. LEAST E/S 56.5 IN GEN DEPTH 64FT. SCOUR 72FT [LAT]. LIES NE/SW. HIGHEST POINT AT NE END. APPROX 150FT LONG. (PLA MAPLIN). AMEND TO SW 14.6MTRS. BR STD. 26.2.07 EXAM'D 16.7.03 N 5131.407N, 0104.511E [WGD]. SWEPT CLEAR 16.0, FOUL 16.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.4MTRS. (PLA WK LIST FEB 2007). AMEND SW 16MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 7.1.15 SHOWN AS WK 17.3MTRS BY M/B ON RECENT THAMES ESTUARTY SURVEY. (K FEATHERSTONE, RT1, EMAIL DTD 7.1.15). AMEND WK 17.3MTRS. 9.3.15 AMENDMENT ABOVE INCORRECT. (K FEATHERSTONE, RT1 EAST, EMAIL DTD 9.3.15). AMEND WK 16MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 31.407 N,1 4.511 E

 

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