Wreck: Castor (possibly) (Motor vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Castor (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 52.203 N,2 25.66 E (51.9658333, 2.232)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: CASTOR (POSSIBLY)
Length 35.1 meter, width: 6.4 meter, tonnage 199 ton
Load: grain
Cause: Built in 1931 by j koster, groningen. owned at time of loss by handel maats. oil engine, single shaft. passage rotterdam for ipswich. cargo bulk wheat. sank after being overwhelmed by heavy seas. crew recovered.
Year of registration: 1970
Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm
Known since: 1970, last detected: 2001
Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN APPROX POSN 515200N, 022400. (MV CASTILION). H2423/71 4.2.72 H2423/71 4.2.72 WK IN 515318N, 022654E. LEAST DEPTH 44.6MTRS. (NETH HYDROG, 19.1.72). BR STD. H2350/85 4.12.86 H2350/85 4.12.86 NOT LOCATED IN LISTED POSN. WK LOCATED AND EXAM'D 9.5.86 IN 515211N, 022548E [OGB] USING HIFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR. DCS3 HT 5.8MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS, APPROX. INTACT, LYING 050/230 DEG. (NP 1008, HI 317A). BR STD. 6.9.93 6.9.93 WK 40MTRS SHOWN IN 515216N, 022527E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS 3371. NCA. HH090/922/01 6.9.01 HH090/922/01 6.9.01 EXAM'D 14.6.01 IN 5152.203N, 0225.660E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.7 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 10MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.7MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO SCOUR. APPEARS INTACT. LIES SE OF SANDWAVE OF SIMILAR HT. (NP 1008, HI 992). DCS3 LENGTH IS 40MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. RETAIN WK 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, CLOSE SE OF SANDWAVE
Position: 51 52.203 N,2 25.66 E
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