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