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 (51.4419333, 0.9285833)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Airston (probably)
3. Alberta
4. Alf everard (part of)
5. Alf everard (part of)
6. Alice marie
7. Argus
8. Aridity (probably)
9. Astrologer
10. Atherton
11. Balakani
12. Baltrader
13. Beacon 'f'
14. Blue mermaid
15. Bolbec (possibly)
16. Bradglen
17. British oak
18. C 128
19. City of brisbane
20. Dalryan
21. Dela
22. Delce
23. Diana
24. Duluth
25. E oaze light vessel
26. Empire ghyll
27. Erins isle (possibly)
28. Explorer
29. Fleurita
30. Fox
31. Fred everard
32. Georgia
33. Ghc (possibly)
34. Great nore tower (remains)
35. Great nore towers (remains)
36. Great nore towers (remains).
37. H k daniels
38. Harcourt
39. Hawksdale
40. Hawnby
41. Herland (part of)
42. Herland (part of)
43. Hibernia
44. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
45. Hmnls van meerlant (part of)
46. Hms aisha
47. Hms amethyst
48. Hms amethyst (part of)(possibly)
49. Hms ash
50. Hms beagle (re-named cgwv no 7 in 1851)
51. Hms capricornus
52. Hms chestnut (probably)
53. Hms conquistador
54. Hms danube 3
55. Hms desiree
56. Hms drummer
57. Hms kennymore (part of)(probably)
58. Hms myrtle
59. Hms oriana
60. Hms receptive
61. Hms reed (possibly)
62. Hms resolvo (part of)
63. Hms restango
64. Hms stella orion
65. Hms venetia
66. Hms vimiera (bow section)
67. Hms vimiera (part of)
68. Hms vimiera (stern)
69. Holba
70. Honiton
71. Hopper number 19
72. Houston city
73. Intrepid
74. Lady jane
75. Lca 551
76. Letchworth
77. Lindfar
78. Lion (part of)
79. Lowlands
80. Malrix (possibly)
81. Maplin light house
82. Margam abbey
83. Mercy
84. Mi amigo
85. Molliette
86. Mudlark
87. Nass beacon (ruins)
88. Neptune (possibly)
89. Norman
90. Old whitaker bn (remains of)
91. Opal
92. Pinto
93. Pisces
94. Radiant
95. Restless wave (possibly)
96. Revenge
97. Richard montgomery
98. Rubislaw
99. Ryal
100. Selnes
101. Slesvig
102. Stad maastricht
103. Strathearn
104. Strom trooper
105. Sun vii
106. Sunk beacon (remains)
107. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
108. Tam o shanter (part)(possibly)
109. Tongue sand tower (remains)
110. Toreador
111. Treport
112. Uama
113. Van meerlant (part of)
114. Vera
115. Wardie
116. Westerley star
117. Winifred
118. Winkfield
119. Yassou
120. 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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