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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
14. Boulderpool (after part)
15. Bovey tracy
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. City of kobe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Cormead
23. Cresta
24. Crichtoun
25. Cross sand ltv
26. Daisy (possibly)
27. David b summers
28. Db 8 (possibly)
29. Denewood
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. Dunwich bank wk
32. Edernian
33. El argentino
34. El dorado
35. Elnet
36. Ethel radcliffe
37. Eva witte
38. Excellenz mehnert
39. Farmatyr
40. Fidelio
41. Firth
42. Frumenton
43. Fulgens
44. G and e (possibly)
45. Gasfire
46. Geneva
47. George fisher
48. Gipsy (possibly)
49. Glen tilt (possibly)
50. Glynn
51. Groenlo
52. Gulf breaker
53. H h petersen
54. Helena
55. Hms cantatrice
56. Hms christopher (possibly)
57. Hms condor (probably)
58. Hms dhoon (probably)
59. Hms donside (possibly)
60. Hms evesham (possibly)
61. Hms exmoor
62. Hms fontenoy
63. Hms force
64. Hms glen prosen
65. Hms harvest gleaner
66. Hms irvana (part of)
67. Hms jessie nutten
68. Hms kaphreda
69. Hms m a west (probably)
70. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
71. Hms orthos (probably)
72. Hms pelton (probably)
73. Hms speeton (possibly)
74. Hms spider
75. Hms tettenhall
76. Hms tonbridge
77. Hms tugela
78. Hms washington (probably)
79. Hms whooper
80. Hmsm d5
81. Ilse
82. Impulsion
83. Kenneth hawksfield
84. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
85. Knitsley (possibly)
86. La perouse (possibly)
87. Langeli (possibly)
88. Lapwing
89. Lapwing (possibly)
90. Lindisfarne (probably)
91. Lingfield
92. Mardyke
93. Maria rosa
94. Marianne (probably)
95. Marsworth
96. Mascota (possibly)
97. Mascotte
98. Memento (possibly)
99. Mercurius
100. Mirella
101. Montferland
102. Mudo
103. Murdoch (probably)
104. Nadir
105. Navarra (possibly)
106. Nereus
107. Newland (possibly)
108. Nominoe
109. Nordborg (possibly)
110. Novocastrian
111. Oil trader
112. Osprey
113. Pluton
114. Polaris
115. Prima
116. Regain
117. Ren
118. Reward (possibly)
119. Rhineland
120. Robin iv
121. Robrix
122. Rochester city
123. Rogate
124. Roxanna
125. Rye
126. Scotia
127. Sea king
128. Sea rhine
129. Seagull
130. Seaham
131. Sheaf water
132. Silksworth hall (probably).
133. Sir william stephenson
134. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
135. Skodsburg (possibly)
136. Southford
137. St patrick
138. Stad alkmaar
139. Stanmount
140. Sunniside (probably)
141. Taber park
142. Thomas m (possibly)
143. Tidal (possibly)
144. Togston
145. Tregantle (possibly)
146. Trevethoe
147. Tunisiana
148. U 13 (probably)
149. Uc 62 (possibly)
150. Ui-001
151. Vanguard
152. Vigo
153. Viola (possibly)
154. Virgilia
155. War mehtar
156. War valley
157. White lady
158. White swan
159. White swan (possibly)
160. Xanthe
161. Yewvalley (possibly)
162. 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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