This is the information page about the shipwreck Rydal hall (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 43.485 N,0 49.638 E (50.7173333, 0.6087833)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: RYDAL HALL (POSSIBLY)
Length 106.7 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 3314 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1889 by caird & co greenock. owned at the time of loss by r alexander hall line. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 307 nhp. single shaft. passage calcutta for dunkirk. torpedoed by uc-75. 23 men lost. (sibi & j lettens).
Year of registration: 1975
Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 57 cm
Known since: 1975, last detected: 2006
Details measurements/cartography: H4959/73 29.4.75 H4959/73 29.4.75 EXAM'D 15.5.74 IN 504328N, 004950E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 30.3 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. LENGTH FROM DCS3 SHADOW 100FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). CHART AS WK 30MTRS. BR STD. H4121/76 28.7.76 H4121/76 28.7.76 SWEPT CLEAR AT 26.6MTRS. (SOISS, SIGNAL 14.6.76). AMEND TO SW 26.6MTRS.
- NM 1548/76. H4121/76 4.8.76 H4121/76 4.8.76 EXAM'D 10.6.76 IN LISTED POSN. SWEPT CLEAR 26.6, FOUL 27.5MTRS. LIES 070/250DEGS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 41/76). NCA. 26.3.93 26.3.93 NOW CHARTED AS SW 26.5MTRS. NE 536. HH091/159/01 3.7.07 HH091/159/01 3.7.07 EXAM'D 4.11.07 IN 5043.485N, 0049.638E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.31 IN GEN DEPTH 33.4MTRS. LENGTH 66MTRS, WIDTH 33MTRS, HT 4MTRS. LIES 057/237 DEGS WITH BOWS SW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). INTACT. AMEND WK 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 31.8.11 31.8.11 THIS COULD BE RYDAL HALL, BASED ON REPORTED SINKING POSN FROM THE ROYAL SOVERIGN LT VESSEL. (J LETTENS, WRECKSITE.EU, EMAIL DTD 26.8.11). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, BOWS ?SW
Position: 50 43.485 N,0 49.638 E