This is the information page about the shipwreck Auckland castle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 38.777 N,1 30.202 W (55.646283, -1.503367)

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.

Name: AUCKLAND CASTLE

Length 68.6 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1084 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built of iron in 1883 by s p austin & son, of sunderland. owned at time of loss by the auckland castle co ltd. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 99hp, single shaft. machinery by g clarke of sunderland. passage hartlepool for moss, norway. cargo 1133 tons coal. torpedoed by uc 59. hit by two torpedoes and sank almost immediately. of crew of 18, 12 lost.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 5 MILES E BY S HALF S OF FARNE ISLAND. (DODS, WW2SL, BMVS). M40490 29.8.18 BOARD OF TRADE POSN: 2 TO 5 MILES OFF LONGSTONE. SANK IN 3 MIN. (CHIEF OFFICER). M013912 29.8.18 VAEC REPORTPOSN: 553800N, 013000W. M40957 31.8.18 BOARD OF TRADE: ABEAM OF LONGSTONE LT HO. APPROX 3 MILES DISTANT. M031870 31.8.18 SNO GRANTON REPORT 553845N, 013030W. H5167/18 16.9.18 SNO TYNE IN SPECIAL LETTER. NOT CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. M023922 23.9.18 COL COMMANDING RAF ID AES: 553500N, 013000W. CO OF ESCORT: 553845N, 013030W S OF BUOY. H4214/26 1.7.26 INS NDW 1918(PA) IN 553845N, 013030W. BR STD. H4622/71 14.9.72 AMEND TO USCPA 28MTRS. NC 160. H4271/71 3.8.77 AMEND TO USCPA 35MTRS. (RECORD REVIEWED). BR STD. HH100/351/15 20.9.99 VESSEL WAS A RIVETTED, IRON HULLED SHIP AND IS LYING INVERTED ON A FLAT SEABED OF SHINGLE AND SAND. PROPELLER AND RUDDER SHOW. FURTHER DIVES NEEDED TO SHOW WHETHER FWD END IS INVERTED TOO. TRAWL NETS DRAPED OVER WK. POSN NOT OBTAINED AS IN SOMEONE ELSES DIVE BOAT. (R YOUNG). HH090/843/01 21.12.99 LOCATED 23.5.99 IN 5538.747N. 0130.240W [WGD] USING DGPS. NOT INVESTIGATED AS OUTSIDE SURVEY AREA. LENGTH 45MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.7MTRS. STRONG SONAR SIGNAL. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SEABED SAND. WELL BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 843). AMEND TO WK 42MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/15 21.8.00 DIVED IN 5538.754N, 0130.180W [WGD] USING GPS. THIS IS THE AUCKLAND CASTLE. (R YOUNG, TELECON). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH090/915/01 22.1.02 EXAM'D 12.6.01 IN 5538.777N, 0130.202W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47.3 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 64MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.7MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS WITH PROBABLE BOWS 330 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN WK. (GARDLINE, HI 915). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, BROKEN UP

Position: 55 38.777 N,1 30.202 W

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