This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms kingston galena, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 7.348 N,1 24.729 E (51.075983333333, 1.4147)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Advent
4. Africa
5. Agen
6. Amplegarth
7. Andaman
8. Angelus (possibly)
9. Ashley
10. Atlantic (possibly)
11. Avoca
12. Brandenburg
13. Bravore
14. Brendonia
15. Camisard
16. Carmen
17. Cathay (part of)
18. Cedrington court
19. Christianssund
20. City of dresden (possibly)
21. Colbert
22. Constanzia
23. Corhaven
24. Correct
25. D'artagnan
26. Dartmore
27. De fontaine
28. Diana
29. Dinard
30. Dixie
31. Dolcoath (part)
32. Dorothy j (possibly)
33. Dunbar castle
34. E goodwin ltv
35. Efford
36. Eidsiva (probably)
37. Eleonora
38. Emile deschamps
39. Emma
40. Emma (possibly)
41. Empire lough (probably)
42. Empress of fort william (probably)
43. En avant
44. Falcon (probably)
45. Fearless
46. Filleigh
47. Flachsee
48. Flandres
49. Francesco ciampa
50. Frons olivae (probably)
51. G 85 (possibly)
52. G-42 (possibly)
53. G-asad
54. Gad 23
55. Genimar
56. Gladys
57. Gloire a sainte therese
58. Grit (probably)
59. Grosser kurfurst
60. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
61. Halcyon
62. Harcalo
63. Henry moon
64. Heron
65. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
66. Hmhs anglia
67. Hms alert ?
68. Hms aragonite (part of)
69. Hms aragonite (part of)
70. Hms aries (possibly)
71. Hms artic trapper
72. Hms brazen
73. Hms carilon
74. Hms carlton
75. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
76. Hms city of dundee
77. Hms cleon
78. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
79. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
80. Hms fauvette
81. Hms flirt
82. Hms glen boyne
83. Hms kingston galena
84. Hms lord grey
85. Hms lydian
86. Hms marcella
87. Hms napia
88. Hms niger (possibly)
89. Hms northumberland (probably)
90. Hms othello ii
91. Hms peridot
92. Hms restoration (possibly)
93. Hms rodino
94. Hms stirling castle (probably)
95. Hms torbay ii (probably)
96. Hms tourmaline
97. Hms tranquil
98. Hms war sepoy
99. Hms weigelia
100. Hmsm b2
101. Hundvaag
102. Ilaro
103. Ira (possibly)
104. Jacob luckenbach
105. James harrod
106. Josephine willis
107. Kabinda
108. Kadru
109. Karmt
110. Katharina kolkmann
111. Kielce
112. Kirsten skou
113. Koenigshaven
114. L'armandeche
115. La fleche
116. Lady stella
117. Latona
118. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
119. Le pelerin de la mer
120. Le tregor
121. Leicester
122. Leila najia
123. Leo
124. Lighter 83
125. Lizzonia
126. Loanda
127. Lolworth
128. Lord hamilton (possibly)
129. Luray victory
130. Lusitania
131. Mahratta
132. Mahratta ii
133. Maloja 1
134. Malta (probably)
135. Merel (part of)(possibly)
136. Mersey
137. Monarch
138. Monica (possibly)
139. Mrav
140. Munificent
141. Murillo
142. Nancy moran
143. Naranco
144. Negrier
145. Newcastle
146. Niki
147. Norman
148. North eastern victory
149. Notre dame des trois epis
150. Nunima
151. Ocean king (possibly)
152. Opal
153. Ousel (probably)
154. Pallieter
155. Paros isle
156. Phoenix
157. Polgrange
158. Portslade (possibly)
159. Preussen
160. Pulborough
161. Quentovic
162. Regin (possibly)
163. Rio parana
164. River levan
165. Rochester castle (possibly)
166. Rooswijk
167. Rydal force
168. Rynanna
169. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
170. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
171. Sabac
172. Saint michael veillez sur nous
173. Saint ronan (possibly)
174. Saint ronan (possibly)
175. Sambut
176. Santagata
177. Santagata (?part of)
178. Sea serpent
179. Selma (possibly)
180. Shenandoah
181. Sir russell
182. Smarapaan
183. Spanish prince
184. St cecilia
185. St claire (possibly)
186. Strathclyde
187. Surrey
188. Teeswood
189. Texaco caribbean (after section)
190. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
191. The queen
192. Toromoree
193. Toward
194. Traquair (probably)
195. U 11 (possibly)
196. U 16 (possibly)
197. U 48
198. U 8
199. Ub 103 (possibly)
200. Ub 108 (possibly)
201. Ub 109
202. Ub 12 (possibly)
203. Ub 29 (possibly)
204. Ub 31 ?
205. Ub 38
206. Ub 55 (probably)
207. Ub 56 (possibly)
208. Ub 58 (possibly)
209. Ub 78
210. Ub-33 (probably)
211. Uc 26
212. Uc 46
213. Uc 46 (possibly)
214. Uc 63
215. Uc 77 (possibly)
216. Uc 78 or uc 79
217. Unity
218. W a scholten
219. Wheatman (possibly)
220. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: HMS KINGSTON GALENA

Length 46.2 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 4.2, tonnage 550 ton

Cause: built in 1934 by cook, wellington & gemmel, beverly. owned at time of loss by the admiralty. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 111hp, single shaft. one four inch gun. purchased as a/s trawler 8.39. sunk by german aircraft.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 117 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20160907

Details measurements/cartography: H0689/40 31.7.40 WK, NOT CONSIDERED TO BE DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION, 115DEGS, 2M FROM S FORELAND LT. (VA DOVER, 24.7.40). CHART AS NDW.

- NM 2371/40. PFNM 1901/40 ISSUED. H5824/60 1.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTHS 66FT & 72FT. LOCATED APPROX 2.5C SW OF CHARTED POSN USING HSA. (HMS SCOTT, 15.3.60). LC 1828. H0689/40 13.11.61 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 62FT, FOUL AT 64FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 62 IN GEN DEPTH 80-82FT. LOCATED 400FT SE OF 1960 POSN USING HSA. (HMS SCOTT, 25.4.61). AMEND TO SW 10FMS 2FT. LC 1828. 4.3.69 NOW CHARTED AS SW 10FMS [LAT]. NE 1828. 15.6.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 18.9MTRS. NC 1828. 8.9.77 WK IN 3 SECTIONS. PARTIALLY UPRIGHT & PART LYING ON PORT SIDE. APPROX 120FT LONG. THREE CYLINDERS, 8-10FT LONG, 3.5FT DIAMETER HAVE BEEN FOUND APPROX 200YDS SW OF WK. BADLY CORRODED, VENTED AT END WITH 3 LIFTING POINTS ATTACHED. THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE 'BLOCKBUSTER' BOMBS. (SIMS, LONDON BSAC, TELECON 8.9.77). H4453/72 20.4.79 EXAM'D 26.4.78 IN 510718N, 012452E USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.1 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 26MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.8MTRS, LYING NW/SE & APPARENTLY FRAGMENTED. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 53/77). AMEND TO WK 20MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/606/01 1.2.94 EXAM'D 20.10.93 IN 510717.9N, 012450.0E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20.7, FOUL AT 21.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.7 IN GEN DEPTH 25.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 27MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.4MTRS, LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. SMALL WK LYING 115/295DEGS. GAVE GOOD SONAR AND MAGNETOMETER RESPONSE. (NP 1016, HI 606). BR STD. HH090/647/01 30.1.96 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 647). NCA. SEP 2016/000091760 24.01.17 EXAM'D ON 07.09.16; IN 5107.348N, 0124.729E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.03MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. LENGTH 51MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 5MTRS, ORIENTATION 117/297DEGS. NO SCOUR. UNKNOWN MAGNETIC ANOMALY. STRONG SONAR SIGNAL. WK IS DEGRADED AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1496). AMEND DW 20MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 7.348 N,1 24.729 E

 

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