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 (51.0759833, 1.4147)
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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: 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