This is the information page about the shipwreck Castilian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 25.011 N,4 35.918 W (53.546566666667, -4.6729833333333)

 

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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. Abbotsford
2. Albert (possibly)
3. Alexandra
4. Angloman (possibly)
5. Apapa
6. Arno mendi
7. Asmund
8. Bengollyun
9. Benholm
10. Braganza
11. Breeze
12. British viscount
13. Captain mclintock
14. Castilian
15. Clwyd (probably)
16. Cognac
17. Conargo
18. Dagmar
19. Dakota
20. Fairisle
21. Farfield
22. Fawn (possibly)
23. Ferocious
24. Fin-ar-bed
25. Grampian castle
26. Guillermo
27. Harold
28. Herbert
29. Hildena
30. Hms campina
31. Hms westphalia (possibly)
32. Hyacinth
33. Kimya
34. Kimya (part of)
35. Kirkmichael
36. La plata (possibly)
37. La rochelle (possibly)
38. Lightstone (probably)
39. Lilly (possibly)
40. Liverpool
41. Maarten cornelis
42. Marquess of bute (possibly)
43. Mary
44. Meath
45. Minerva
46. Missouri
47. Normandy coast
48. Oria
49. Osseo
50. Pamela
51. Pegasus (possibly)
52. President harbitz
53. Rhyl
54. River humber
55. Saint olaf
56. Sapphire
57. Seagull
58. Slieve bloom
59. Sonia
60. Theme
61. Town of wexford (possibly)
62. Treveal
63. U 246
64. Uss roanoke
65. Westward ho

 

Name: CASTILIAN

Length 100.9 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3067 ton
Load: armament,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1919 by sir raylton dixon & co ltd, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by ellerman lines ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 310hp, single shaft. machinery by richardsons, westgarth & co ltd. passage manchester for lisbon. general cargo, copper ore and commercial explosives. anchored in church bay for shelter and later attempted to round anglesey for better shelter. ran aground east platters. floated off on the rising tide and sank close by.

Year of registration: 1943

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1943, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H97/67 20.3.67 H97/67 20.3.67 REPORTED BY LLOYDS TO BE ON THE SKERRIES ROCK. (W E BUTLAND). 2.9.69 2.9.69 REPORTED IN 1945 TO BE BREAKING UP DUE TO WEATHER ACTION. (BOT WAR RISK, TELECON 2.9.69). 18.9.74 18.9.74 REPORTED TO PLYMOUTH CD TEAM AS CONTAINING EXPLOSIVES. (LT CDR WILSON, TELECON). H1285/75 5.8.75 H1285/75 5.8.75 REPD IN 532458N, 043547W WITH SOME LIVE SHELLS LYING AROUND. (A NEWTON, LTR DTD 9.7.75). H5249/76 30.4.81 H5249/76 30.4.81 REPD TO BE LYING UPSIDE DOWN, WITH BOWS TOWARDS CARMEL HEAD IN GEN DEPTH 75FT. STERN IN 110FT. WK HAS 3 LARGE VERTICAL CRACKS IN PORT SIDE & SOME OF FOR'D HULL PLATING MISSING. BOW IS BROKEN OPEN EXPOSING VARIOUS TYPES OF AMMUNITION. (W E BUTLAND, 8.4.81). H5249/76 23.7.81 H5249/76 23.7.81 SHOWN ON CHART CUTTING IN 532457N, 043546W APPROX. (W E BUTLAND). H1310/82/27 21.9.83 H1310/82/27 21.9.83 EXAM'D 31.8.82. LIES ON N SIDE OF EAST PLATTERS IN 532456N, 043548W. POSN BY DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. EXPLOSIVES IN UNSTABLE CONDITION ONBOARD. (R S BUFTON, 8.9.83). PLOTS VERY CLOSE TO THE PLATTERS. NCA. H5249/76 30.3.87 H5249/76 30.3.87 REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY MOORING TO BE ESTAB'D APRIL TO SEPT 1987 FOR USE BY FDT DATCHET, WHILE UNDERTAKING FULL CLEARANCE OF APPROX 10 TONS OF EXPLOSIVES ESTIMATED, IN SURVEY OF 1986, TO REMAIN IN WK. (DMS (NAVAL) 17/11/10, 20.2.87). NCA. 1.5.87 1.5.87 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL HAS COMMENCED. (FO PLYMOUTH, SIGNAL DTD 30.4.87). H5249/76 24.6.87 H5249/76 24.6.87 3 CLASS 5 MOORING BUOYS TEMPORARILY LAID IN VICINITY OF THE EAST PLATTERS RK. (RNO & QHM PEMBROKE DOCK, HN 5.6.87). - TNM ACTION. HH212/420/04 28.4.95 HH212/420/04 28.4.95 URGENT REQUEST TO LAY TEMP MOORING FOR USE TO REMOVE ORDNANCE. (DMS(N), LTR DTD 27.3.95). NCA. HH212/420/04 2.7.96 HH212/420/04 2.7.96 TEMP MOORING TO BE LAID FOR ORDNANCE CLEARANCE. (SALVAGE & MOORING, LTR DTD 19.6.96). HH090/751/01 6.12.96 HH090/751/01 6.12.96 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3 AND E/S. TWO DIVER SEARCHES CONDUCTED IN SHORT SLACK WATER PERIODS. ONLY A NUMBER OF SMALLER PIECES OF DEBRIS WERE DISCOVERED LYING EITHER SIDE OF THE PLATTERS. REMAINS OF WK MAY WELL BE OBSCURED BY THE GENERAL BOTTOM RETURN. CONSIDER THAT WK MAY HAVE BROKEN UP SINCE LAST TIME IT WAS DIVED. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 751). NCA. HH212/420/11 11.2.05 HH212/420/11 11.2.05 AREA WITHIN 500MTRS RADIUS OF 5325.0107N, 0435.9176W [WGD] DECLARED A PROHIBITED AREA ON ACCOUNT OF EXPLOSIVES CONTAINED IN THE WRECK. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1976/97). SI RECEIVED IN WKS 10.2.05. INS PROHIBITED AREA RADIUS 500MTRS (WK NOT CHARTED).

- NM 1700/05. 11.2.05 11.2.05 POSN GIVEN IN SI CONFIRMED AS BEING [WGD]. WK REPORTED AS LYING INVERTED WITH MAIN STRUCTURAL GIRDERS BEING BENT AND TWISTED. NOTED AS BEING BROKEN INTO THREE MAIN SECTIONS. THERE IS A LARGE HOLE IN THE BOW AND ALSO ON THE STBD SIDE, THE OUTER PLATING IS PUNCTURED AND SPLAYED OUTWARDS. UNDERSTOOD THAT THE RN DID A PARTIAL CLEARANCE OPERATION IN 1986/87 BUT THIS WAS SUSPENDED AS THE NATIONAL TRUST, WHO OWN THE LOCAL BEACHES, EXPRESSED CONCERNS AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY IMPLICATIONS AND WANTED AN INDEMNITY FROM THE NORTH WALES POLICE. THIS WAS NOT GIVEN AND THUS THE OPERATION WAS NOT COMPLETED. (A KENTUCK, DEPUTY RECEIVER OF WK, EMAIL DTD 10.2.05). NCA. 10.3.14 10.3.14 EXAM'D 13.9.13 IN 5324.980N, 0435.888W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.22 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 108.2MTRS, WIDTH 17.7MTRS, HT 5.78MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. NO AUTHORITY HELD TO USE MAGNETOMETER. LIES IN LARGE ROCKY OUTCROP. BOW AND STERN VISIBLE ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THAT THE STRUCTURE HAS COLLAPSED. HIGHEST POINT IS A BOILER. (NETSURVEY, HI 1420). THREE BOILERS LIE IN LINE ATHWARTSHIPS. PLOTS V CLOSE TO W EDGE OF EAST PLATTERS ROCK. INS AS WK 14.2MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INVERTED, IN THREE PARTS, MUCH BENT AND TWISTED

Position: 53 25.011 N,4 35.918 W

 

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