This is the information page about the shipwreck Rytoner, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 31.784 N,0 25.289 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: RYTONER
Length 43.3 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 437 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: Sank following a collision while on passage portsmouth to calais. (ll).
Year of registration: 1925
Water depth above wreck: 46 meter, Height above seabed: 87 cm
Known since: 1925, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: H3322/25 14.5.25 H3322/25 SANK 189.5DEGS, 10 MILES FROM BEACHY HEAD LT. (LL, 14.5.25). H4959/73 15.4.75 H4959/73 15.4.75 WK LOCATED 7.10.74 IN 503145N, 002518E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.2 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. LIES E/W WITH DCS3 HT 7.2MTRS, LENGTH 160FT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 55/74). CHART AS WK 40MTRS [22FMS]. NE 2451. HH100/351/05 24.4.92 HH100/351/05 24.4.92 LOCATED IN 503144.5N, 002527E [OGB] USING DECCA. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). NCA. HH100/351/07 3.9.93 HH100/351/07 3.9.93 WK DIVED 15 & 21.8.93. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE 'RYTONER'. IT LIES E/W WITH BOWS W, BROKEN AND POINTING UPWARDS. BRIDGE AREA IS MISSING AND A LARGE TRAWL COVERS STERN TO MIDSHIPS. BOWS STAND 7MTRS HIGH. (I WARREN, 1.9.93). HH091/159/01 26.6.07 HH091/159/01 26.6.07 LOCATED 15.1.07 IN 5031.784N, 0025.289E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 41.10 IN GEN DEPTH 46.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 6MTRS. LIES 087/267 DEGS WITH BOWS W. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). UPRIGHT, MIDSHIPS PORTION APPARENTLY COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 41MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BOWS W, MIDSHIPS APPARENTLY COLLAPSED
Position: 50 31.784 N,0 25.289 E