This is the information page about the shipwreck Castleton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 49.95 N,6 17.81 W (48.999, -6.0012166666667)
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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: CASTLETON
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 125 meter
Known since: 1918, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: H2537/28 28.8.18 SANK IN 485000N, 061800W, OR 60M SSW OF BISHOP ROCK. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. 31.10.75 SHOWN AS WK USC PA 55FMS [101MTRS] IN 485000N, 061800W ON BA CHARTS. NE 2649. 6.10.80 SHOWN AS NDW ON FRENCH 5069 [1980 EDN]. H2302/84 8.3.84 WK IN 484945N, 061800W. (BREST NM 84 05 21). NCA. 10.8.87 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 100MTRS ON FRENCH 6680 [1986 EDN]. HH353/350/01 8.10.90 BRITISH SS 'CASTLETON' IN 485000N, 061800W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 1M [=PA]. WK USC 100MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 125MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987 NO.14586052). AMEND TO WK USC PA 100MTRS. NE 2655. 27.2.09 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 100MTRS IN 4849.940N, 0618.090W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647. 23.5.11 SHOWN AS WK USCPD 100MTRS IN 4849.938N, 0618.078W [WGD] ON FR366800 [EDN 1.3].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 49.95 N,6 17.81 W