This is the information page about the shipwreck Galatea (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 38.619 N,5 26.439 W (52.604766666667, -5.5701166666667)

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: GALATEA (POSSIBLY)

Length 69.5 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1152 ton

Cause: torpedoed, presumably by submarine.

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 68 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 22.1.45 H01001/40 22.1.45 SUNK IN 523400N, 052000W, (TRADE DIVISION LISTS DSNE NO 1966). H1950/76 13.11.80 H1950/76 13.11.80 WK EXAM'D 23.5.80 IN 523836N, 052633W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 62 IN GEN DEPTH 68MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. APPROX LENGTH 85MTRS. LYING E/W. STRONG MAGNETIC SIGNATURE. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 40/80). INS AS WK 60MTRS. BR STD. 27.1.14 SEP 2014/000004134 27.1.14 LOCATED IN 5238.619N, 0526.439W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 62.1MTRS. (CEFAS MID-ST GEORGE'S CHANNEL SURVEY, 2013). AMEND WK 62MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 38.619 N,5 26.439 W

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