This is the information page about the shipwreck Castle galleon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 31.64 N,1 51.79 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Ala
3. Alastair
4. Alice taylor
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Astrologer
7. Atle
8. Avonwood
9. Axminster (probably)
10. Barkis
11. Barrhill
12. Begona no 5
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. City of kobe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Cormead
22. Cresta
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. David b summers
26. Denewood
27. Dronning maud (possibly)
28. Dunwich bank wk
29. Edernian
30. El argentino
31. El dorado
32. Ethel radcliffe
33. Eva witte
34. Excellenz mehnert
35. Farmatyr
36. Fidelio
37. Firth
38. Frumenton
39. Fulgens
40. Gasfire
41. Geneva
42. George fisher
43. Gipsy (possibly)
44. Glen tilt (possibly)
45. Glynn
46. Groenlo
47. Gulf breaker
48. H h petersen
49. Helena
50. Hms christopher (possibly)
51. Hms condor (probably)
52. Hms dhoon (probably)
53. Hms donside (possibly)
54. Hms evesham (possibly)
55. Hms exmoor
56. Hms fontenoy
57. Hms force
58. Hms glen prosen
59. Hms irvana (part of)
60. Hms jessie nutten
61. Hms kaphreda
62. Hms m a west (probably)
63. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
64. Hms orthos (probably)
65. Hms pelton (probably)
66. Hms speeton (possibly)
67. Hms spider
68. Hms tettenhall
69. Hms tonbridge
70. Hms tugela
71. Hms washington (probably)
72. Hms whooper
73. Hmsm d5
74. Ilse
75. Impulsion
76. Kenneth hawksfield
77. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
78. Knitsley (possibly)
79. La perouse (possibly)
80. Langeli (possibly)
81. Lapwing
82. Lindisfarne (probably)
83. Lingfield
84. Mardyke
85. Maria rosa
86. Marianne (probably)
87. Marsworth
88. Mascota (possibly)
89. Mascotte
90. Memento (possibly)
91. Mercurius
92. Mirella
93. Montferland
94. Mudo
95. Murdoch (probably)
96. Nadir
97. Navarra (possibly)
98. Nereus
99. Newland (possibly)
100. Nominoe
101. Nordborg (possibly)
102. Novocastrian
103. Oil trader
104. Osprey
105. Pluton
106. Polaris
107. Prima
108. Regain
109. Ren
110. Reward (possibly)
111. Rhineland
112. Robin iv
113. Robrix
114. Rochester city
115. Rogate
116. Roxanna
117. Rye
118. Scotia
119. Sea rhine
120. Seagull
121. Seaham
122. Sheaf water
123. Silksworth hall (probably).
124. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
125. Skodsburg (possibly)
126. Southford
127. St patrick
128. Stad alkmaar
129. Stanmount
130. Sunniside (probably)
131. Taber park
132. Thomas m (possibly)
133. Tidal (possibly)
134. Togston
135. Tregantle (possibly)
136. Trevethoe
137. U 13 (probably)
138. Ui-001
139. Vanguard
140. Viola (possibly)
141. Virgilia
142. War mehtar
143. War valley
144. White lady
145. White swan
146. White swan (possibly)
147. Xanthe
148. Yewvalley (possibly)
149. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: CASTLE GALLEON

Length 58 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 852 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1927 by cochrane & sons ltd, selby owned at time of loss by galleon shipping co. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery aft by amos & smith ltd, hull. passage newcastle-upon-tyne for dieppe. cargo coal. sunk following collision with swedish ss oscar garthon about 3m e by s of the corton ltv. (sibi & th).

Year of registration: 1932

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 258 cm

Known since: 1932, last detected: 20161219

Details measurements/cartography: H3903/32 6.6.32 WK 32FT IN POSN 085DEGS, 4.58M FROM CORTON CHURCH. (TH). BR STD. H3903/32 20.3.33 LOCATED BY TH IN A POSN WITH CORTON CH BRG 265DEGS DISTANT 4.58M, & FOUND TO BE ON HER BEAM ENDS ACROSS THE TIDE STREAM. CARRYING 63FT LWST. SURVEY AFTER DISPERSAL SHOWED THAT THE WRECK HAD SUNK BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE SURROUNDING GROUND, AND THERE IS A DEPTH OF NOT LESS THAN 105FT OVER IT. SDGS OF 16-16.5FMS WERE OBTAINED ON THE GROUND CLEAR OF THE SCOUR HOLE, AND A DEPTH OF 18.5FMS IN THE SCOUR. WHEN THE STREAM IS RUNNING AT STRENGTH, THE POSN OF THE WRECK IS STILL CLEARLY MARKED BY A TIDE RIP, BUT OF MUCH REDUCED INTENSITY. (TH EX 3067/32). AMEND TO NDW. BR STD. H3903/32 27.8.51 LUCAS WIRE DRIFT SWEEP BY SMLS 325 AND 323 ON 4.7.51 IN 523137N, 015155E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 83FT, FOUL AT 85FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 84FT, GENERAL DEPTH 107FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 24FT. SCOUR 5FT ON N SIDE. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.8.51). AMEND TO WK 14FMS. BR STD. H909/60 31.5.60 NOW CHARTED AS SW 14FMS. NC 1504. H4629/71 20.12.71 FIXED BY HIFIX & DECCA. LYING E/W ON HER SIDE, WITH DECK TO N. STERN INTACT, BUT REST OF HULL FROM 30FT FORWARD OF STERN IS COLLAPSING & IN WEAK STATE. FORWARD PART IN SCOUR, & HARDLY ABOVE SEABED. SCOUR EXTENDS 20-30FT. H1942/80 2.9.82 EXAM'D 28.2.82 IN 523136N, 015155E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 4MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 8.9MTRS. LENGTH 58.6MTRS, BEAM 15.7MTRS. LYING 080/260DEGS. VERY BROKEN UP, BUT UPRIGHT IN A DEEP SCOUR. THERE IS A MAST ABOUT QUARTER OF THE WAY FROM BOW, WHICH IS TO THE E. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). BR STD. 15.12.87 NOW CHARTED AS WK 22.0 MTRS. NE 1543. SEP 2016/000091758 20.07.17 EXAM'D 19.12.16; IN 5231.640N, 0151.790E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.53MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS, LENGTH 30.8MTRS, WIDTH 5.9MTRS, HEIGHT 5MTRS, ORIENTATION 258/078 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND TO DW 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 31.64 N,1 51.79 E

 

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