This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms stirling castle (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 16.463 N,1 30.408 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. Acer
3. Admiral gardner
4. Africa
5. Agen
6. Alabama (possibly)
7. Albion (probably)
8. Algeria
9. Amplegarth
10. Andaman
11. Angelus (possibly)
12. Archon
13. Ashley
14. Atlantic (possibly)
15. Avon
16. Balakani
17. Brandenburg
18. Bravore
19. Ca 4
20. Camisard
21. Cap de la hague
22. Carmen
23. Cathay (part of)
24. Cedrington court
25. Cerne
26. City of brisbane
27. Colbert (possibly)
28. Constanzia
29. Corhaven
30. Correct
31. D'artagnan
32. Dalryan
33. Diana
34. Dinard
35. Dixie
36. Dolcoath (part)
37. Dolcoath (part)
38. Duiveland
39. Dunbar castle
40. E goodwin ltv
41. Efford
42. Eidsiva (probably)
43. Eleonora
44. Embla (possibly)
45. Emile deschamps
46. Emma
47. Emma (possibly)
48. Empire lough (probably)
49. Empress of fort william (probably)
50. Empress of midland (possibly)
51. En avant
52. Erins isle (possibly)
53. Falcon (probably)
54. Fearless
55. Filleigh
56. Flachsee
57. Flandres
58. Francesco ciampa
59. Fred everard
60. Frons olivae (probably)
61. Fulmar
62. G 85 (possibly)
63. G-42 (possibly)
64. Gad 23
65. Genimar
66. Grazia (possibly)
67. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
68. Halcyon
69. Harcalo
70. Hawksdale
71. Hawnby
72. Henry b plant
73. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
74. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
75. Hmhs anglia
76. Hms alert ?
77. Hms aragonite (part of)
78. Hms aries (possibly)
79. Hms artic trapper
80. Hms brazen
81. Hms carilon
82. Hms carlton
83. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
84. Hms chestnut (probably)
85. Hms city of dundee
86. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
87. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
88. Hms fauvette
89. Hms flirt
90. Hms glen boyne
91. Hms gracie (probably)
92. Hms guardsman
93. Hms kingston galena
94. Hms lydian
95. Hms marcella
96. Hms mastiff (possibly)
97. Hms myrtle
98. Hms napia
99. Hms niger (possibly)
100. Hms northumberland (probably)
101. Hms othello ii
102. Hms peridot
103. Hms pyrope
104. Hms ray of hope
105. Hms restoration (possibly)
106. Hms rodino
107. Hms stirling castle (probably)
108. Hms tamarisk
109. Hms torbay ii (probably)
110. Hms tourmaline
111. Hms tranquil
112. Hms war sepoy
113. Hms weigelia
114. Hms wessex
115. Hmsm b2
116. Hundvaag
117. Ilaro
118. Ira (possibly)
119. Irene
120. Jacob luckenbach
121. James harrod
122. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
123. Kabinda
124. Kadru
125. Karmt
126. Katharina kolkmann
127. Kielce
128. Kirsten skou
129. Koenigshaven
130. L'armandeche
131. Lady stella
132. Latona
133. Laurl coin
134. Lbv (m)396
135. Le pelerin de la mer
136. Leicester
137. Leo
138. Lisbeth m
139. Loanda
140. Lord hamilton (possibly)
141. Luray victory
142. Lusitania
143. Mahratta
144. Mahratta ii
145. Maloja 1
146. Malta (probably)
147. Menapier
148. Merel (part of)(possibly)
149. Mersey
150. Mi amigo
151. Monarch
152. Mudlark
153. Murillo
154. Nancy moran
155. Newlands
156. Niki
157. Norman
158. Norman
159. North eastern victory
160. Ocean hound
161. Opal
162. Ousel (probably)
163. Paros isle
164. Polgrange
165. Ponzano
166. Preussen
167. Pulborough
168. Quentovic
169. Rubislaw
170. Rydal force
171. Rynanna
172. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
173. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
174. Sabac
175. Saidieh
176. Saint michael veillez sur nous
177. Saint ronan (possibly)
178. Saint ronan (possibly)
179. Sambut
180. San calisto
181. Santagata
182. Santagata (?part of)
183. Selma (possibly)
184. Shenandoah
185. Slesvig
186. Spaarndem
187. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
188. Strathclyde
189. Surrey
190. Tbd 317
191. Teeswood
192. Texaco caribbean (after section)
193. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
194. The queen
195. Tina primo
196. Tongue sand tower (remains)
197. Toornvliet (probably)
198. Toward
199. Traquair (probably)
200. Tummel (probably)
201. U 11 (possibly)
202. U 16 (possibly)
203. U 48
204. Ub 108 (possibly)
205. Ub 109
206. Ub 38
207. Ub 55 (probably)
208. Ub 56 (possibly)
209. Ub 58 (possibly)
210. Ub 78
211. Uc 21 (possibly)
212. Uc 26
213. Uc 46
214. Uc 46 (possibly)
215. Uc 77 (possibly)
216. Ursus (part)
217. Virginie
218. W a scholten
219. Westerley star
220. Wheatman (possibly)
221. Will and maggie (probably)
222. Woodtown (possibly)
223. Xanthence

 

Name: HMS STIRLING CASTLE (PROBABLY)

Length 46 meter, width: 12.2 meter, tonnage 1059 ton

Cause: Built in 1699 by john shish, deptford, as part of samuel pepys's programme to reinvigorate the navy with 30 new large ships. 3rd rate, 70 guns. dismasted during the great storm of 1703 & driven onto goodwin sands. 70 out of total crew of 419 saved. completely uncovered during the 1970's, during which time it was found she was almost intact. she covered with sand again a number of years later. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1980

Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 115 cm

Known since: 1980, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H1291/80 31.3.80 WK OF HMS STIRLING CASTLE [OR HMS NORTHUMBERLAND] LOCATED IN 511630N, 013027E [OGB] USING DECCA. HULL REPORTED AS NEARLY INTACT, ONLY BOW & STERN HAVING COLLAPSED. LIES WITH STBD LIST & STANDS 25-30FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 75FT. APPLICATION MADE TO PURCHASE & FOR IT TO BE DESIGNATED AS HISTORIC WRECK. (ISLE OF THANET, ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT IN NCS111/1447 & DOT). NCA YET. 20.5.80 THIRD POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION, HMS RESTORATION. ALL THREE SANK ON SAME DAY. (NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, LTR IN N/CS 111/1447). H1291/80 21.5.80 LOCATED 7.5.80 IN 511625.57N, 013031.26E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. NOT FULLY EXAMINED. IT IS REPORTED THAT WK IS BEING REBURIED BY SAND RAPIDLY. MARKED BY SMALL FISHERMAN'S FLOAT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). NCA YET. H1291/80 6.6.80 DESIGNATED AS A PROTECTED WK. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 645/80). INS AS HIS IN 511626N, 013031E [OGB]. NC 1828. H1291/80 12.9.80 POSN NOW AMENDED TO REFLECT HMS ENTERPRISE'S POSN. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1306). H1291/80 18.11.80 WK HAS BEEN PURCHASED OUTRIGHT BY ISLE OF THANET ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT. (NCS111/1447, DTD 11.11.80). H1291/81 30.11.81 PORTION OF WK NOW STANDING CLEAR OF SAND. DETERMINED BY DCS3. (ISLE OF THANET ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT, DTD 14.10.81). H1291/83 20.7.83 NOT LOCATED DURING SEARCH BY DIVERS ON 25.6.83. SEABED WAS FRESH SAND AT GEN DEPTH 45FT. IN 1979, WHEN WK WAS EXPOSED TO KEEL, GENERAL DEPTH WAS AROUND 65FT. (ISLE OF THANET ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNIT, INTERIM REPORT TO 10.6.83). H1310/84/23 12.9.84 BOW SECTION AND BOWSPRIT STAND 7FT MAX ABOVE SEABED. SURVEY IS CONTINUING. (E KENT MARITIME TRUST, DTD 23.7.84). 21.2.90 CHARTED POSITION CONFIRMED AS CORRECT. (M DEAN, ADU, MINUTES OF MEETING HELD 12.12.89). HH090/511/01 16.10.91 EXAMINED 12.7.91 IN 511615.7N, 013030.6E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.4 IN GEN DEPTH 15.3MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 17.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 2.5MTRS. SMALL CONTACT GIVING A LIMITED SONAR SHADOW. (NP 1016, HI 511). AMEND TO WK HIS 12.4MTRS. BR STD. HH090/738/01 11.9.97 EXAMINED 17.7.97 IN 511625.9N, 013030.3E [OGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 12.1, FOUL 12.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.2 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. SMALL MAGNETIC ANOMALY. IN ONE PIECE WITH NO EVIDENCE OF DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HI 738). AMEND TO WK SW HIS 12.1MTRS. BR STD. 11.1.00 ARTICLE GIVING RESULTS OF 1999 DIVE, STATES THAT WK BEING DAMAGED BY FISHING ACTIVITY, THE STERNPOST HAVING BEEN TWISTED 30DEGS OUT OF LINE WITH REST OF VESSEL. FUNDING BEING SOUGHT TO BUOY WK. (DIVER MAGAZINE, JAN 2000). 30.3.04 PRESS ARTICLE WITH PHOTOS OF ARTIFACTS RECOVERED FROM WK AND DRAWING SHOWING CONDITION OF WK. (DAILY TELEGRAPH 27.3.04 [SEE PRESS ARTICLE BRANCH FOLDER) 13.7.04 A 2.5TONNE PRINCE RUPERT PATENT CANON, 1 OF 8 MADE BY THOMAS WESTERNE IN 1690 FROM THE STIRLING CASTLE IS ON DISPLAY AT RAMSGATE MARITIME MUSEUM. (DIVER MAGAZINE JUL '04). SEP 2007/000004714 18.1.07 REST'D AREA NOW RADIUS 300MTRS CENTRED ON 5116.4561N, 0130.4121E [WGD]. (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 2395/04).

- NM 767/07. 1.7.10 [EUT] POSN: 5116.466N, 0130.401E. NE 1828. 7.6.11 LOCATED 9.9.08 IN 5116.4624N, 0130.4075RE [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 43.1MTRS, WIDTH 14.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.7MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. INTACT WITH CONTINUING DETERIORATION. (WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY, REPORT REC'D 7.6.11). NCA. SEP 2019/000100085 10.5.19 LOCATED 15.3.17 IN 5116.4633N, 0130.4084E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.91MTRS, LENGTH 24MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS, HEIGHT 3MTRS. NFS. (MSDS MARINE, 2017 2019-078769 GOODWIN SANDS STERLING CASTLE). RETAIN PREVIOUS DEPTH IN REVISED POSN. RSDRA2022000003820 14.03.22 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2021) (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1743). WRECK IS PRESUMABLY BURIED BENEATH THE ADVANCING SANDBANKS. RETAIN AS 'HSITORIC WRECK', BUT AMEND TO DISTRIBUTED REMAINS OF WRECK, WITH UNKNOWN DEPTH.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 16.463 N,1 30.408 E

 

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