This is the information page about the shipwreck Castleford, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 52.703 N,6 25.054 W (49.947816666667, -6.3925666666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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
Length 97.8 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 3044 ton
Load: animals (land & sea) and birds
Cause: vessel, built in 1883 by sunderland iron steamship co. ltd., sunderland and owned at the time of loss by james little & co., was wrecked on crebawethan rocks, isles of scilly, whilst en route from montreal to london. (dods & shipwreck index of the british isles).
Year of registration: 1972
Water depth above wreck: 0 meter
Known since: 1972
Details measurements/cartography: 22.9.72 WRECKED ON CREBAWETHAN ROCKS, ISLES OF SCILLY. (DODS & SHIPWRECK INDEX OF THE BRITISH ISLES). NCA. POSN 495240N, 062500W FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 52.703 N,6 25.054 W