This is the information page about the shipwreck Castlereagh, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.845 N,1 56.174 W (50.580750, -1.936233)

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: CASTLEREAGH

Length 51.2 meter, width: 7.7 meter, tonnage 443 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-perth fisher. built in 1898 by j fullerton & co, paisley. owned at time of loss by j kelley. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 88 rnp single shaft. passage ayr for shoreham. was last sighted off prawle point. overwhelmed by heavy seas and foundered. bodies of some of crew were later washed up at freshwater, i of wight. (dive dorset & sibi).

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 33 meter, Height above seabed: 133 cm

Known since: 1970, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: NDW PA CHARTED IN 503436N, 015600W. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). BA 2454. 17.9.70 17.9.70 THIS POSN HAS BEEN EXAMINED BY E/S AND DIVER. NOTHING FOUND. (E BENNETT, TELECON). NCA YET - AWAIT FURTHER REPORT. 14.7.83 14.7.83 WK OF FIRTH FISHER REPORTED LOCATED IN 503400N, 015610E. (J SALISBURY, TELECON). H1270/84 5.6.85 H1270/84 5.6.85 REPD TO BE IRISH SS CASTLE REAGH WHICH SANK IN 1924 IN 503449N, 015604W. (D SAYWELL, TELECON). AMEND TO NDW IN NEW POSN. BR STD. 17.5.91 17.5.91 WK IN 503447N, 015554W REFERRED TO AS EX SS FIRTH FISHER, LATER RENAMED CASTLE REAGH. BELL, BEARING FORMER NAME, RECOVERED IN 1967. (DIVE DORSET). HH100/351/08 15.3.94 HH100/351/08 15.3.94 LOCATED IN 503437N, 015555W [OGB]. (J WELCH). AMEND TO NDW IN NEW POSN. BR STD. 2.2.07 2.2.07 WK LIES IN 5034.84N, 0156.16W [WGD]. UPRIGHT BUT BREAKING UP. FWD HOLD IS FULL OF COAL. BOILER AND ENGINE ARE THE HIGHEST PART. BELL HAS BEEN RECOVERED. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH IN 33MTRS ON ROUGH GROUND. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. RETAIN AS NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/154/01 22.7.09 HH091/154/01 22.7.09 & SEP 2009/000108988 LOCATED 28.1.09 IN 5034.845N, 0156.174W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 29.45 IN GEN DEPTH 33MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 59.1MTRS, WIDTH 19.3MTRS, HT 3.6MTRS. LIES 133/313 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). AMEND WK 29MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BREAKING UP, ENGINE/BOILER IS HIGHEST POINT

Position: 50 34.845 N,1 56.174 W

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