This is the information page about the shipwreck Rye, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 45.745 N,1 57.433 E (52.7504, 2.0371)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aberhill
3. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
4. Ala
5. Alice taylor
6. Atle
7. Avonwood
8. Barkis
9. Barrhill
10. Begona no 5
11. Blacktoft (possibly)
12. Bob read (probably)
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. Boy karl
16. Cardanel
17. Castle galleon
18. Chevington
19. City of kobe
20. Continental coaster (probably)
21. Corbrook
22. Cordene
23. Corduff
24. Cormead
25. Crichtoun
26. Cross sand ltv
27. Daisy (possibly)
28. Dashwood
29. David b summers
30. Db 8 (possibly)
31. El dorado
32. Elnet
33. English trader
34. Ethel radcliffe
35. Excellenz mehnert
36. G and e (possibly)
37. Galatea (possibly)
38. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
39. Geneva
40. George fisher
41. Georgia (for'd part)
42. Glen derry (probably)
43. Glen tilt (possibly)
44. Glynn
45. Goodwood (possibly)
46. Hamsterley
47. Hector gannet
48. Helena
49. Hms agate
50. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
51. Hms cantatrice
52. Hms condor (probably)
53. Hms dhoon (probably)
54. Hms exmoor
55. Hms fontenoy
56. Hms force
57. Hms glen prosen
58. Hms irvana (part of)
59. Hms kaphreda
60. Hms m a west (probably)
61. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
62. Hms pelton (probably)
63. Hms speeton (possibly)
64. Hms spider
65. Hms tettenhall
66. Hms tonbridge
67. Hms tranio
68. Hms true accord (probably)
69. Hms washington (probably)
70. Hms william stephen
71. Hmsm d5
72. Horseferry (probably)
73. Ilse
74. Impulsion
75. Ionian (probably)
76. Kentwood (probably)
77. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
78. Knitsley (possibly)
79. La perouse (possibly)
80. Langeli (possibly)
81. Leelite
82. Leopold ii
83. Liliane (possibly)
84. Lindisfarne (probably)
85. Lingfield
86. Mardyke
87. Marianne (probably)
88. Marsworth
89. Mascota (possibly)
90. Memento (possibly)
91. Meriones
92. Montferland
93. Murdoch (probably)
94. Nadir
95. Navarra (possibly)
96. Nereus
97. Newland (possibly)
98. Nordborg (possibly)
99. Norman queen
100. Oil trader
101. Onto
102. Osprey
103. Otis tarda
104. Oxshott (possibly)
105. Philipp m
106. Pluton
107. Polaris
108. Prima
109. Regain
110. Reward (possibly)
111. Robin iv
112. Robrix
113. Rogate
114. Roine
115. Rokos vergottis
116. Roxanna
117. Roy
118. Rye
119. Seagull
120. Seaham
121. Silksworth hall (probably).
122. Sir william stephenson
123. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
124. Stanmount
125. Thomas m (possibly)
126. Togston
127. Tregantle (possibly)
128. Trevethoe
129. U 13 (probably)
130. Uc 62 (possibly)
131. Ui-001
132. Vanguard
133. Vigo
134. Viola (possibly)
135. Virgilia
136. Waldinge
137. Walkure
138. War mehtar
139. War valley
140. White swan
141. White swan (possibly)
142. Willowpool
143. Xanthe
144. Yewvalley (possibly)

 

Name: RYE

Length 73.2 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1048 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1924 by w beardmore & co. owned at the time of loss by london, midland & scottish railway co. triple expanion engine of 333 nhp for 13 knots. torpedoed by mtbs when in convoy off cromer. crew of 24 all lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK OFF CROMER. BODIES OF CREW RECOVERED FROM BOAT OFF S HAISBORO BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H01494/41 17.6.41 WK IN 524527N, 015742E. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 30FT, FOUL AT 40FT. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 28.5.41). CHART AS WK 5FMS.

- NM 1411/41. 22.9.44 OROPESEA SWEPT, NOW CLEAR AT 26FT, FOUL AT 29FT. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 16.7.44). NCA. H01494/41 22.9.44 DRIFT SWEPT AFTER DISPERSAL IN 524541N, 015732E. CLEAR AT 44FT, FOUL AT 45FT. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 19.8.44). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 2FT.

- NM 2041/44. H01494/41 21.8.50 EXAM'D IN 524541N, 015732E. OROPESA SWEPT CLEAR AT 44FT, FOUL AT 48FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 1950). AMEND POSN. BR STD. H4167/59 3.7.70 NOT FOUND DURING SEARCH IN THIS AREA FOR CRASHED LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT. (HMS BRONINGTON, 17.6.70). H4629/71 21.12.71 WK LOCATED. SITS UPRIGHT IN SCOUR. HULL APPEARS INTACT BUT BRIDGE HAS BEEN DAMAGED. (E GILES, 22.11.71). 14.3.73 AMEND TO WK 13.2MTRS. NC 106. H4852/74 23.12.74 EXAM'D 30.7.74 IN 524543N, 015727E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.6MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 109/74). BR STD. H1956/80 19.10.81 EXAM'D 6.5.81 IN 524542N, 015732E [OGB] USING HFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.5MTRS, FOUL AT 17.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. IN TWO PARTS, LYING APPROX E/W. (ISS, HI 26). AMEND TO WK SW 17.5MTRS.

- NM 2637/81. H2054/82 16.9.83 EXAM'D 23.6.83 IN 524542N, 015734E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. LIES E/W, POSSIBLY IN TWO PARTS. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 126). NCA. HH100/351/05 5.6.92 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE 'RYE'. LIES IN TWO PARTS. BOW SECTION IS INTACT AND STANDS 5MTRS HIGH. BRIDGE PARTLY COLLAPSED. STERN SEPARATED FROM REST OF WK BY A FEW MTRS AND IS VERY BROKEN UP. HIGHEST POINT IS BROKEN MAST ON BOW SECTION WHICH STANDS A FURTHER 3MTRS ABOVE THE REST. (R HICKINBOTTOM, 16.5.91). HH100/351/15 28.2.00 DIVED IN 5245.73N, 0157.46E [WGD]. UPRIGHT AND IN TWO PIECES. MIDSHIPS AND STERN ARE IN ONE PIECE WHICH LIES ALONGSIDE THE BOW SECTION. SUPERSTRUCTURE ON THE STERN IS STILL INTACT AND A SMALL GUN IS MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE STERN STEERING HOUSE. WK STANDS 7MTRS PROUD, THE HIGHEST POINT BEING THE GUN. (R HICKINBOTTOM, LTR DTD 20.2.00). NCA. 17.12.08 IN TWO PARTS WITH BOW POINTING AT THE STERN ON THE STBD SIDE TO FORM AN 'L' SHAPE. GAP OF 5MTRS BETWEEN SECTIONS. TWO SMALL BOILERS LIE ON THE SEABED TOTALLY EXPOSED AMONG A LARGE DEBRIS FIELD. SOME SHELL CASES SCATTERED ON THE SEABED AND BEHIND THE STERN SECTION. (T BENJAFIELD). NCA. SEP 2014/000101130 31.12.14 EXAM'D 26.7.14 IN 5245.745N, 0157.433E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.86 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 10MTRS TOWARDS 080 DEGS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 6.0MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS (MAIN, STERN PART). STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN TWO PARTS, THE STERN LIES TOWARDS 080 DEGS WITH THE BOWS TOWARDS 135 DEGS. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). BOWS LIE CLOSE N OF MAIN PART. AMEND WK 19.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO PARTS AT RIGHT ANGLES

Position: 52 45.745 N,1 57.433 E

 

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