This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms benton castle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 18.544 N,3 31.725 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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.

 

1. Aldershot
2. Ambassador
3. Amelie (probably)
4. Amelie-suzanne
5. Angelena bm 271
6. Ann marie (possibly)
7. Antonio (probably)
8. Avalon g ii
9. Ave
10. Baychattan
11. Belle ile (possibly)
12. Bleamoor (probably)
13. Blue marlin
14. Boma
15. Bretagne
16. Bretton hall
17. Broadmayne (part of)
18. Brunhilda
19. Buesten
20. Bull steamer (possibly)
21. Cantabria
22. Catherine allen
23. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
24. Claverley (possibly)
25. Colorado (possibly)
26. Cornelia
27. Demetrios
28. Dudley rose
29. Eagle
30. Elsa
31. Elsa (possibly)
32. Emma
33. Emsstrom
34. Farn
35. Fiona mary
36. Flourish
37. Galicia
38. Garm (possibly)
39. Gefion
40. Girl barbara
41. Glocliffe
42. Glory
43. Greatham
44. Greleen
45. Grelhame (probably)
46. Gro
47. Halloween
48. Haugastol (possibly)
49. Havbris (probably)
50. Hazelpark (possibly)
51. Herzogin cecilie
52. Heye p
53. Hildegard (possibly)
54. Hms benton castle
55. Hms chorley (possibly)
56. Hms crocodile
57. Hms jasper (possibly)
58. Hms newbridge (probably)
59. Hms penylan (e part)
60. Hms penylan (w part)
61. Hms picton castle
62. Hms savage
63. Hmsm d1
64. Irma germaine (possibly)
65. Jade star gypsy
66. Jordan a
67. Karen marie (probably)
68. Kendal castle
69. Laertes
70. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
71. Les mercenaires
72. Liberta
73. Lofoten (probably)
74. Lord stewart
75. Marana (bow section)
76. Marie des isles
77. Medina
78. Mudstomper (probably)
79. Neches (probably)
80. Newholm
81. North sea (probably)
82. Northville (possibly)
83. Perm (possibly)
84. Peronne
85. Placidas faroult
86. Quest
87. Rayder
88. Riversdale
89. Rota
90. Sarah jayne
91. Sevilla
92. Shirley betty
93. Skaala
94. Soudan
95. Stanhope
96. Ster de zee (possibly)
97. Taeping
98. Talvaldis (possibly)
99. Two sisters
100. Uc 49 (probably)
101. Uc 51
102. Uskmoor (probably)
103. Visborg (possibly)
104. W.s.w. one
105. Waikawa (possibly)
106. Warsaw
107. Wreathier
108. Yvette bm217

 

Name: HMS BENTON CASTLE

Length 39.3 meter, width: 7.2 meter, draught: 3.9, tonnage 283 ton

Cause: built in 1914 by smith's dock co ltd, middlesbrough. originally owned by castle steam trawlers ltd, swansea. hired in 1915 as patrol sweeper. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 85nhp, single shaft. mined. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 173 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H2502/51 24.4.51 WK 16FMS IN 501829N, 033138W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 16FMS. HT ABOVE SEABED 21FT. CONTACTED BY SONAR. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). CHART AS WK 16FMS [29MTRS]. NE 1613. H5982/82 15.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 501823N, 033139W [OGB] USING DECCA ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)3 [1982 EDN]. NCA. 18.4.13 EXAM'D 7.1.13 IN 5018.544N, 0331.725W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36.5MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 31.7MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 120MTRS NE & 160MTRS SW FROM WK. LENGTH 46MTRS, WIDTH 10.7MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 173/353 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN TWO PIECES. (EMU, HI 1364). AMEND WK 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, SCOUR EXTENDS NE & SW

Position: 50 18.544 N,3 31.725 W

 

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