This is the information page about the shipwreck Castleford (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 25.537 N,0 22.956 W (54.425617, -0.382600)

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: CASTLEFORD (PROBABLY)

Length 77.7 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1741 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine uc 40. sank in 3 minutes. was on passage hull to leith.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 154 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20161214

Details measurements/cartography: 22.3.18 POSN 542530N, 002330W. (AP REPORT, VAEC M07896). H1547/18 19.3.18 OTHER POSNS REPORTED: 3M EAST HALF SOUTH (MAG) OF S CHEEK ROBIN HOOD BAY (M 14025); 2M EAST X NORTH FROM S CHEEK, ROBIN HOOD BAY. H3752/26 11.6.26 INS NDW (1918) (PD) IN 542530N, 002330W ON 1191. 21.6.72 AMEND TO NDW (PD). NC 129. 28.8.73 AMEND TO USCPD 28MTRS. NC 129. H4069/72 3.12.75 NOT LOCATED DURING SURVEY. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, HN 13.11.75). DELETED. H1310/86/34 19.12.86 WK LOCATED IN 542537N, 002300W. LIES UPSIDE DOWN - STERN TWISTED AND COLLAPSED TO PORT. GUN ON STERN. HOLED STBD SIDE. LEAST DEPTH 48 IN GEN DEPTH 52MTRS (MHWS). (G. WADSWORTH, 13.11.86). TIDAL REDUCTION 6MTRS. INS AS WK 42MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/06 22.2.93 WK LOCATED IN 542532N, 002251.5E USING GPS. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH090/730/01 14.11.97 EXAM'D 26.7.97 IN 542532.9N, 002257.7W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. NOT INVESTIGATED BY DCS3 DUE TO FISHING EQUIPMENT IN AREA. LENGTH 61MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. LIES 159/339 DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 730). BR STD. SEP 2017/000002822 25.5.17 EXAM'D 14.12.16 IN 5425.537N, 0022.956W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 41.21MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS, LENGTH 66.8MTRS, WIDTH 21.7MTRS, HEIGHT 7.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 154/334 DEGS. WRECK LIES WITH ITS STARBOARD BILGE KEEL UPPERMOST BUT SUBSTANTIAL PARTS OF ITS LENGTH HAVE COLLAPSED. DEBRIS INCLUDING MAST CAN BE SEEN ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE WRECK. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 41MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 25.537 N,0 22.956 W

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