This is the information page about the shipwreck Galway castle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 25.039 N,7 0.05 W (49.425633333333, -7.1758166666667)

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: GALWAY CASTLE

Length 137.8 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 9.4, tonnage 7988 ton

Cause: torpedoed by submarine and sank while in tow. (ww1sl). built in 1911 by harland & wolff. owned at time of loss by the union-castle mail ss co. quadruple expansion engines of 722 nhp for 14 knots. (dods).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 117 meter

Known since: 1918

Details measurements/cartography: 23.9.18 23.9.18 POSN QUOTED AS 492500N, 070000W. SANK WHILE IN THIS POSN ON TOW. (RA FALMOUTH REPORT). POSN 160 MILES SW HALF S FROM FASTNET. (BMVS). 24.4.78 24.4.78 INS USC PA 90MTRS IN 492500N, 070000W. NC 2565.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 25.039 N,7 0.05 W

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