This is the information page about the shipwreck Guildford castle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 50.714 N,8 55.954 E (53.8571, 8.7448667)
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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: GUILDFORD CASTLE
Year of registration: 1933
Water depth above wreck: 16 meter
Known since: 1933, last detected: 2022
Details measurements/cartography: H4051/33 19.3.33 SUNK IN 535048N, 085558E. (BERLIN NMS 1943, 1968/33). - TNM 884/33 ISSUED. H4051/33 25.8.33 NO DETAILS GIVEN. (BERLIN NM 2944/33) TNM 884/33 AMENDED. - TNM 1935/33. H4051/33 22.3.34 SALVAGE WORK COMMENCED. (BERLIN NMS 4350,4446,4665/33). - TNM 430/34. H4051/33 22.6.34 SALVAGE COMPLETE. AREA REMAINS FOUL, 309.5DEGS, 1.05M FROM BELUM LT. (BERLIN NM 2244/34). TNM CANCELLED. INS AS F. BA 3261. H5616/35 29.8.35 LOCAL MAGNETIC ANOMALY NEAR WRECK. NCA. H1271/74 6.9.74 LEAST DEPTH OVER FOUL, 12.1MTRS. MARKED BY LT BUOY. (HAMBURG TNM 2858/74). NCA. H1271/74 4.4.75 SALVAGE WORK COMMENCED. (HAMBURG TNM 899/75). NCA. H1271/74 26.1.75 FOUL SWEPT CLEAR AT 17MTRS [9FMS 2FT]. (HAMBURG NM 4544/75). HH328/550/01 21.7.93 NOW FOUL SWEPT CLEAR AT 15.9MTRS IN 535046N, 085600E [EUR]. (HAMBURG NM (21)44/26/93). BR STD. SEP 2016/000015744 26.2.16 SHOWN AS SW 16.8MTRS IN 5350.714N, 0855.954E [WGD] ON GERMAN 46 [ED22, COR 18.12.2015]. AMEND TO SW 16.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 961/22.
Position: 53 50.714 N,8 55.954 E