This is the information page about the shipwreck Thyra, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 57.009 N,1 38.567 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Afrin (probably)
3. Agamemnon
4. Aircraft
5. Alastair
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Angelus
8. Annie
9. Atlanticos
10. Balgownie (probably)
11. Batavier 5
12. Bella donna
13. Blackhill
14. Bonnington court
15. British captain
16. British fortune (probably)
17. Brixton
18. Cairnside
19. Carica milica
20. Cedarwood (possibly)
21. Churston
22. Clan monroe
23. Coalgas
24. Corcrest
25. Cormount (probably)
26. Coureur des mers
27. Cressdene (possibly)
28. Cresta
29. Dagmar (probably)
30. Denewood
31. Denise germaine (possibly)
32. Disa (possibly)
33. Dulwich
34. Dunwich bank wk
35. Dynamo
36. Edernian
37. El argentino
38. Empire bridge
39. Erna boldt (probably)
40. Estrella (possibly)
41. European gateway (part of)
42. Eva witte
43. Excelsior
44. F stobart (probably)
45. Faithful star
46. Firth
47. Flores (probably)
48. Fort massac
49. Forth
50. Friargate (possibly)
51. Friargate (possibly)
52. Gannet (possibly)
53. Gena
54. Gerhard
55. Gipsy (possibly)
56. Golconda (possibly)
57. Grantleyhall (possibly)
58. Grenadier (probably)
59. Grisdeale
60. Groeswen (probably)
61. Hardingham (probably)
62. Harlington (probably)
63. Harlyn (probably)
64. Harriet
65. Hebe
66. Hendon hall
67. Heworth
68. Highwave (probably)
69. Hillglen
70. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
71. Hm torpedo boat no.12
72. Hmml 127 (possibly)
73. Hmmtb 16 (possibly)
74. Hms adonis (possibly)
75. Hms arethusa
76. Hms coquette
77. Hms donna nook
78. Hms duchess of hamilton
79. Hms dundalk
80. Hms eros (possibly)
81. Hms forward iii
82. Hms franc tireur
83. Hms hastfen
84. Hms hirose (probably)
85. Hms holdene
86. Hms japan
87. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
88. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
89. Hms leandros
90. Hms lord airedale
91. Hms lord st vincent (part of)
92. Hms ludlow
93. Hms marconi
94. Hms monarch
95. Hms moravia (possibly)
96. Hms nadine
97. Hms new comet (possibly)
98. Hms resono (possibly)
99. Hms rhiannon (possibly)
100. Hms river clyde (possibly)
101. Hms river clyde (possibly)
102. Hms sisapon
103. Hms sisters melville
104. Hms st seiriol
105. Hms tervani
106. Hms tunisian
107. Hms velia (possibly)
108. Hms waveflower
109. Hms william wesney
110. Hmsm e6
111. Hmtb 10
112. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
113. Hnlms 227
114. Hornchurch
115. Ignis (possibly)
116. Ingi
117. Ionian (possibly)
118. Iris (possibly)
119. J c dalble
120. Janny
121. Jim
122. Josefina thorden (after part)
123. Kankakee
124. Khartoum (possibly)
125. Knarsdale
126. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
127. Koningen emma (possibly)
128. Kwasind
129. Lady salisbury
130. Lincairn (possibly)
131. Lindfar
132. Lisette
133. Little world
134. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
135. Lonhelen (possibly)
136. Lowland
137. Mac 5 (possibly)
138. Magdapur
139. Mahseer
140. Mangara
141. Marie leonhardt (probably)
142. Mascotte
143. Mecklenburg
144. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
145. Mexico
146. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
147. Moidart
148. Morar
149. Nereus
150. Newhaven (possibly)
151. Nico
152. Nicolaos piangos
153. Niore
154. Norhauk
155. Norwich trader
156. Ocean lassie
157. Ocean pride
158. Old charlton
159. Ostprussen (possibly)
160. Paullette
161. Peik
162. Persistant whisper
163. Pescado
164. Peter hamre
165. Petshenga (possibly)
166. Phryne
167. Plawsworth (possibly)
168. Polgarth
169. Prince igor (probably)
170. Princess juliana
171. Profit
172. Protinus (possibly)
173. Quickstep
174. Ravenscraig (possibly)
175. Rhenas (possibly)
176. Rumania
177. Salerno (possibly)
178. Salerno (possibly)
179. Savona (probably)
180. Scimitar
181. Sea king
182. Second chance (possibly)
183. Sheaf field
184. Simon bolivar
185. Stad maastricht
186. Storm
187. Sunbeam
188. Sunk beacon (remains)
189. Sunk head tower
190. Sweep ii
191. Telegraaf xviii
192. Tergestea
193. Terukuni maru
194. The sultan
195. Thornaby (possibly)
196. Thyra
197. Torchbearer
198. Uc 11 (possibly)
199. Uc 72 (possibly)
200. Vae victis
201. Vancouver
202. Volscian (possibly)
203. Walsingham
204. Warrenpoint
205. Wearside
206. White ghost
207. Wychwood (possibly)
208. Wyetown
209. Yampa (part of)
210. Yampa (part of)
211. Yampa (part of)
212. Yampa (part of)(possibly)
213. Yewkyle (possibly)
214. Ypapanti

 

Name: THYRA

Length 82 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1796 ton
Load: timber

Cause: built in 1925 by fredrikstad mek vaerks, fredrikstad. owned at time of loss by a/b tranmarin. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 187hp, single shaft. passage hartlepool for london. cargo 752 standards of timber. struck a mine and was taken in tow. later sank.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 103 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 20160222

Details measurements/cartography: H0984/42 16.5.42 WK, NOT DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION, IN 515700N, 013845E. INS AS NDW.

- NM 1016/42. 8.5.68 AMEND TO DW. LC 1610, 2052. H3161/69 26.10.71 INS DW ON 1504, (MISS SCALE). (BP TANKERS, 14.10.71).

- NM 1732/71. H3821/72 29.8.72 AMEND TO USC 8FMS.

- NM 1579/72. 21.9.72 AMEND TO USC 15.0MTRS. NC 2052. H3821/72 13.7.73 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 7FMS 3FT. (WESTMINSTER GRAVELS, 1.7.73).

- NM 1434/73. H4139/76 11.1.77 LOCATED 7.8.76 IN 515700N, 013839E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 13.9, FOUL AT 14.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 26MTRS. LARGE WK - 90 X 60MTRS, APPROX. LYING NE/SW. SIGNS OF CONSIDERABLE BREAK-UP AT NORTHERN END. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 31/76). BR STD. H3186/73 21.2.79 EXAM'D 9.8.78 IN 515659N, 013840E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.4 IN GEN DEPTH 24-25MTRS. SONAR HT 8.6MTRS, LENGTH OVER 200FT. LIES WNW/ESE GIVING GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. DEEP HOLE TO N OF WK, WHICH WHILE DETACHED, MAY BE SCOUR WITH DEPTH 28MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 60C/78). NCA. H1940/80 1.4.82 EXAM'D 12.11.81 IN 515659N, 013843 [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.9 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP. LYING 120/300 DEGS. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. (SOISS, HI 9, WK 15). NCA. H1940/80 23.9.87 MR JOHN PERKINS, INTENDING TO DIVE ON THIS WK 22.8.87 REPORTED STRONG UPWELLING OVER AN AREA OF APPROX 50FT DIAMETER IN VICINITY, WITH SAND, SHINGLE & SHELL BEING DISTURBED. THE PHENOMENON CONTINUED FOR AN HOUR. OBTAINED E/S DEPTH OVER WK OF 12MTRS. (THAMES MRSC, TELEX 24.8.87). NCA. HH090/667/01 20.12.95 EXAM'D 23.7.95 IN 515700.27N, 013835.02E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 15.2, FOUL 15.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.8 IN GEN DEPTH 25.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.6MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.1MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS. LIES 095/275 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LYING ON ITS SIDE. DIVER'S REPORT STATES THAT THE WK IS HEAVILY NETTED. (OCEONICS, HI 667). NOT FULLY SWEPT, RETAIN AS SW 13.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000083463 18.7.16 EXAM'D 22.2.16 IN 5157.009N, 0138.567E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. LENGTH 84MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 9.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 103/283. SCOUR LENGTH 800MTRS, 4MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 211DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK LYING ON ITS PORT SIDE SIDE. POSITIONED PERPENDICULAR TO THE TIDAL CURRENT FLOW. (MMT, HI 1474). AMEND DW 15.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wk partially buried

Position: 51 57.009 N,1 38.567 E

 

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