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. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. Boy karl
15. Cardanel
16. Castle galleon
17. Chevington
18. City of kobe
19. Continental coaster (probably)
20. Corbrook
21. Cordene
22. Corduff
23. Cormead
24. Crichtoun
25. Cross sand ltv
26. Dashwood
27. David b summers
28. El dorado
29. English trader
30. Ethel radcliffe
31. Excellenz mehnert
32. Galatea (possibly)
33. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
34. Geneva
35. George fisher
36. Georgia (for'd part)
37. Glen derry (probably)
38. Glen tilt (possibly)
39. Glynn
40. Goodwood (possibly)
41. Hamsterley
42. Hector gannet
43. Helena
44. Hms agate
45. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
46. Hms condor (probably)
47. Hms dhoon (probably)
48. Hms exmoor
49. Hms fontenoy
50. Hms force
51. Hms glen prosen
52. Hms irvana (part of)
53. Hms kaphreda
54. Hms m a west (probably)
55. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
56. Hms pelton (probably)
57. Hms speeton (possibly)
58. Hms spider
59. Hms tettenhall
60. Hms tonbridge
61. Hms tranio
62. Hms true accord (probably)
63. Hms washington (probably)
64. Hms william stephen
65. Hmsm d5
66. Horseferry (probably)
67. Ilse
68. Impulsion
69. Ionian (probably)
70. Kentwood (probably)
71. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
72. Knitsley (possibly)
73. La perouse (possibly)
74. Langeli (possibly)
75. Leelite
76. Leopold ii
77. Liliane (possibly)
78. Lindisfarne (probably)
79. Lingfield
80. Mardyke
81. Marianne (probably)
82. Marsworth
83. Mascota (possibly)
84. Memento (possibly)
85. Montferland
86. Murdoch (probably)
87. Nadir
88. Navarra (possibly)
89. Nereus
90. Newland (possibly)
91. Nordborg (possibly)
92. Norman queen
93. Oil trader
94. Onto
95. Osprey
96. Otis tarda
97. Oxshott (possibly)
98. Philipp m
99. Pluton
100. Polaris
101. Prima
102. Regain
103. Reward (possibly)
104. Robin iv
105. Robrix
106. Rogate
107. Roine
108. Rokos vergottis
109. Roxanna
110. Roy
111. Rye
112. Seagull
113. Seaham
114. Silksworth hall (probably).
115. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
116. Stanmount
117. Thomas m (possibly)
118. Togston
119. Tregantle (possibly)
120. Trevethoe
121. U 13 (probably)
122. Ui-001
123. Vanguard
124. Viola (possibly)
125. Virgilia
126. Waldinge
127. Walkure
128. War mehtar
129. War valley
130. White swan
131. White swan (possibly)
132. Willowpool
133. Xanthe
134. 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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