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 (51.7619167, 1.5857333)

 

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