This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms hurst castle (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 28.3 N,8 15.65 W (55.383583333333, -8.5494166666667)

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: HMS HURST CASTLE (POSSIBLY)

Length 76.8 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1010 ton

Cause: built in 1943. was torpedoed & sunk by german submarine u-482 off tory island.

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 81 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 1979

Details measurements/cartography: H04463/44 H04463/44 POSN 552818N, 081536W. NCA. H04635/44 H04635/44 POSN CONFIRMED AS ACCURATE. (C IN C W APPS APPENDIX 1 TO WAGO 524). H7682/68 3.2.69 H7682/68 3.2.69 SEVERAL STRONG CONTACTS WERE OBTAINED FROM NORTH, SOUTH & NE ON DIFFERENT DAYS FROM 552812N, 081518W. DESPITE THEIR STRENGTH THESE WERE NOT TYPICAL WK ECHOES & PROLONGED ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ANY INDICATION BY E/S WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THIS WAS THE MOST LIKELY WRECK IN THE WHOLE AREA HOWEVER, AND HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED WK ON THE TRACING. (HMS HECLA, ROS DTD 11.9.68). 8.5.72 8.5.72 INS ON LC 1824B. 11.10.72 11.10.72 AMEND TO USC 35FMS. NE 2723. 16.8.79 16.8.79 AMEND TO USC 64MTRS. NC 2723.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 28.3 N,8 15.65 W

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