This is the information page about the shipwreck Rydal force, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 19.05 N,1 30.852 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. 150
2. Acer
3. Admiral gardner
4. Africa
5. Agen
6. Alabama (possibly)
7. Albion (probably)
8. Algeria
9. Amplegarth
10. Andaman
11. Angelus (possibly)
12. Archon
13. Ashley
14. Avon
15. Balakani
16. Bravore
17. Camisard
18. Carmen
19. Cathay (part of)
20. Cedrington court
21. Cerne
22. City of brisbane
23. Colbert (possibly)
24. Constanzia
25. Corhaven
26. Correct
27. Dalryan
28. Diana
29. Dinard
30. Dolcoath (part)
31. Dolcoath (part)
32. Duiveland
33. Dunbar castle
34. E goodwin ltv
35. Efford
36. Eidsiva (probably)
37. Eleonora
38. Embla (possibly)
39. Emile deschamps
40. Emma
41. Emma (possibly)
42. Empire lough (probably)
43. Empress of fort william (probably)
44. Empress of midland (possibly)
45. En avant
46. Erins isle (possibly)
47. Falcon (probably)
48. Fearless
49. Filleigh
50. Flachsee
51. Flandres
52. Francesco ciampa
53. Franz fischer (possibly)
54. Fred everard
55. Frons olivae (probably)
56. Fulmar
57. G 85 (possibly)
58. G-42 (possibly)
59. Gad 23
60. Genimar
61. Grazia (possibly)
62. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
63. Halcyon
64. Harcalo
65. Hawksdale
66. Hawnby
67. Henry b plant
68. Hibernia
69. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
70. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
71. Hmhs anglia
72. Hms alert ?
73. Hms aragonite (part of)
74. Hms aries (possibly)
75. Hms artic trapper
76. Hms brazen
77. Hms carilon
78. Hms carlton
79. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
80. Hms chestnut (probably)
81. Hms city of dundee
82. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
83. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
84. Hms fauvette
85. Hms flirt
86. Hms glen boyne
87. Hms gracie (probably)
88. Hms guardsman
89. Hms kingston galena
90. Hms lydian
91. Hms marcella
92. Hms mastiff (possibly)
93. Hms myrtle
94. Hms napia
95. Hms niger (possibly)
96. Hms northumberland (probably)
97. Hms othello ii
98. Hms peridot
99. Hms pyrope
100. Hms ray of hope
101. Hms restoration (possibly)
102. Hms rodino
103. Hms stirling castle (probably)
104. Hms tamarisk
105. Hms torbay ii (probably)
106. Hms tourmaline
107. Hms tranquil
108. Hms war sepoy
109. Hms weigelia
110. Hms wessex
111. Hmsm b2
112. Hundvaag
113. Ilaro
114. Ira (possibly)
115. Irene
116. Jacob luckenbach
117. James harrod
118. Kabinda
119. Kadru
120. Karmt
121. Kielce
122. Kirsten skou
123. Koenigshaven
124. L'armandeche
125. Lady stella
126. Latona
127. Laurl coin
128. Lbv (m)396
129. Le pelerin de la mer
130. Leicester
131. Leo
132. Lisbeth m
133. Loanda
134. Lord hamilton (possibly)
135. Luray victory
136. Lusitania
137. Mahratta
138. Mahratta ii
139. Maloja 1
140. Malta (probably)
141. Menapier
142. Merel (part of)(possibly)
143. Mersey
144. Mi amigo
145. Monarch
146. Murillo
147. Nancy moran
148. Newlands
149. Norman
150. Norman
151. North eastern victory
152. Ocean hound
153. Opal
154. Ousel (probably)
155. Paros isle
156. Polgrange
157. Ponzano
158. Port dalhousie (possibly)
159. Preussen
160. Pulborough
161. Quentovic
162. Rubislaw
163. Rydal force
164. Rynanna
165. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
166. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
167. Sabac
168. Saidieh
169. Saint michael veillez sur nous
170. Saint ronan (possibly)
171. Saint ronan (possibly)
172. Sambut
173. San calisto
174. Santagata
175. Santagata (?part of)
176. Selma (possibly)
177. Slesvig
178. Spaarndem
179. Strathclyde
180. Surrey
181. Teeswood
182. The queen
183. Tina primo
184. Tongue sand tower (remains)
185. Toornvliet (probably)
186. Toward
187. Traquair (probably)
188. Tummel (probably)
189. U 11 (possibly)
190. U 16 (possibly)
191. U 48
192. Ub 109
193. Ub 29 (possibly)
194. Ub 55 (probably)
195. Ub 78
196. Uc 21 (possibly)
197. Uc 26
198. Uc 46
199. Uc 46 (possibly)
200. Uc 77 (possibly)
201. Ursus (part)
202. Virginie
203. W a scholten
204. Westerley star
205. Wheatman (possibly)
206. Will and maggie (probably)
207. Woodtown (possibly)
208. Xanthence

 

Name: RYDAL FORCE

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 39.9 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20150903

Details measurements/cartography: H0411/40 27.4.40 DW PA IN 511915N, 013055E. (ADMIRALTY). - PFNM 1103/40. H0411/40 16.5.40 DW IN 511900N, 013104E. (ADMIRALTY). - FNM 1198/40. H0411/40 18.9.47 WK, LEAST DEPTH 2FMS. (HMS FRANKLIN).

- NM 2505/47. H0411/40 30.2.50 WK DISPERSED TO WITHIN 1FT OF SEABED. (C-IN-C THE NORE, DTD 23.2.50). H0411/40 1.6.50 LUCAS WIRE DRIFT SWEPT ON 11.5.50. CLEAR AT 26FT, FOUL AT 27FT. GEN DEPTH 32-38FT. FIXED BY HSA IN 511905N, 013059E. (SMLS 325 & 325, 28.5.50).

- NM 1044/50. H927/59 12.4.60 LEAST E/S DEPTH NOW 37FT. (ECES, DTD 1959). H0411/40 16.2.61 SWEPT CLEAR AT 30FT, FOUL AT 31FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38FT. SCOUR DEPTH 42FT. AREA 1.5C AROUND CHARTED POSN EXAM'D. ONLY ONE PIECE OF WRECKAGE LOCATED IN SCOUR ABOUT 150YDS S OF CHARTED POSN. (ECES, 6.10.60). BR STD. H3890/68 19.3.68 NOT FOUND DURING THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF AREA. ONLY SAND WAVES. (HMS EGERIA, HI 38/67). BR STD. H2234/71 2.2.71 NOT FOUND DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH AND SUBSEQUENT CLOSE EXAMINATION OF AREA. (SOISS, DTD 31.12.70). H2100/74 30.1.74 EXAM'D IN 511901N, 013058E. USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.0 IN GEN DEPTH 11MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 12.5MTRS. UNDULATING SEABED. VERY SMALL WK IN A TROUGH. (HMS EGERIA).H1938/78 20.3.81 EXAM'D 28.10.80 IN 511902N, 013059E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.6 IN GEN DEPTH 10-11MTRS. WRECKAGE LYING IN A SCOUR 12.5MTRS DEEP. (HMS ENTERPRISE HI 61B/80). NC 1183. H2331/85 12.11.86 EXAM'D 9.7.86 IN 511902N, 013059E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LIES WITHIN AN AREA OF SANDWAVES WHICH ARE GENERALLY SHOALER THAN THE WK. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.7 IN GEN DEPTHS 10-11.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 12MTRS. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 298). NCA. HH090/511/01 17.10.91 EXAM'D 2.7.91 IN 511901.6N, 013058.1E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 8.9 IN GEN DEPTH 9.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 10.3MTRS. NO SONAR SHADOW. WK ONLY JUST SHOWS ABOVE GEN SEABED LEVEL. (NP 1016, HI 511). NCA. HH090/647/01 18.1.95 EXAM'D 28.10.95 IN 511902.7N, 013058.8E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.3 IN GEN DEPTH 10.9MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 11.9-12.2MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. SMALL, DISPERSED WK SITTING IN ITS OWN SCOUR. (NP 1016, HI 647). AMEND TO WK 11.3MTRS IN 511902.5N, 013059E [OGB]. NC 1827. HH090/638/01 11.9.97 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 738). NCA. HH242/400/12 12.9.00 EXAM'D IN 5119.069N, 0130.852E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 9.8, FOUL 10MTRS. GEN DEPTH 11.8MTRS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED OR BROKEN UP. SWEEP FOULED ON THE SEABED AT 10MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 892). BR STD. HH090/892/01 3.10.00 NO SCOUR. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 892). NFA. HH091/028/01 24.6.03 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 1028). NCA. HH091/294/01 23.3.10 EXAM'D 3.8.09 IN 5119.051N, 0130.852E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.33 IN GEN DEPTH 12.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 38MTRS, HT 1.7MTRS. WRECKAGE SCATTERED OVER A LARGE AREA. (MAIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1294). NCA. SEP 2015/000083470 10.12.15 EXAM'D 3.9.15 IN 5119.050N, 0130.852E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 10.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 11.6MTRS. LENGTH 6.0MTRS, WIDTH 3.49MTRS, HEIGHT 2.0MTRS, ORIENTATION 39.9DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 74.49MTRS, SCOUR DEPTH 0.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 35DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1484). AMEND TO DW 10.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SCATTERED WRECKAGE IN SEABED DEPRESSION

Position: 51 19.05 N,1 30.852 E

 

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