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 (51.089833333333, 1.7715833333333)

 

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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. Brendonia
20. Ca 4
21. Camisard
22. Cap de la hague
23. Carmen
24. Cathay (part of)
25. Cedrington court
26. Cerne
27. City of brisbane
28. Colbert (possibly)
29. Constanzia
30. Corhaven
31. Corheath
32. Correct
33. D'artagnan
34. Dalryan
35. Diana
36. Dinard
37. Dixie
38. Dolcoath (part)
39. Dolcoath (part)
40. Dortejensen
41. Duiveland
42. Dunbar castle
43. E goodwin ltv
44. Efford
45. Eidsiva (probably)
46. Eleonora
47. Embla (possibly)
48. Emile deschamps
49. Emma
50. Emma (possibly)
51. Empire lough (probably)
52. Empress of fort william (probably)
53. Empress of midland (possibly)
54. En avant
55. Erins isle (possibly)
56. Falcon (probably)
57. Fearless
58. Filleigh
59. Flachsee
60. Flandres
61. Francesco ciampa
62. Fred everard
63. Frons olivae (probably)
64. Fulmar
65. G 85 (possibly)
66. G-42 (possibly)
67. Gad 23
68. Genimar
69. Girasol
70. Grazia (possibly)
71. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
72. Halcyon
73. Harcalo
74. Hawksdale
75. Hawnby
76. Henry b plant
77. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
78. Hm mms 39 (part of)(possibly)
79. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
80. Hmhs anglia
81. Hms alert ?
82. Hms aragonite (part of)
83. Hms aragonite (part of)
84. Hms aries (possibly)
85. Hms artic trapper
86. Hms blanche
87. Hms brazen
88. Hms carilon
89. Hms carlton
90. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
91. Hms chestnut (probably)
92. Hms city of dundee
93. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
94. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
95. Hms fauvette
96. Hms flirt
97. Hms glen boyne
98. Hms gracie (probably)
99. Hms guardsman
100. Hms kingston galena
101. Hms lydian
102. Hms marcella
103. Hms mastiff (possibly)
104. Hms myrtle
105. Hms napia
106. Hms niger (possibly)
107. Hms northumberland (probably)
108. Hms othello ii
109. Hms peridot
110. Hms pyrope
111. Hms ray of hope
112. Hms restoration (possibly)
113. Hms rodino
114. Hms stirling castle (probably)
115. Hms tamarisk
116. Hms torbay ii (probably)
117. Hms tourmaline
118. Hms tranquil
119. Hms war sepoy
120. Hms weigelia
121. Hms wessex
122. Hmsm b2
123. Hundvaag
124. Ilaro
125. Ira (possibly)
126. Irene
127. Jacob luckenbach
128. James harrod
129. Josephine charlotte
130. Jupiter (probably)
131. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
132. Kabinda
133. Kadru
134. Karmt
135. Katharina kolkmann
136. Kielce
137. Kirsten skou
138. Koenigshaven
139. L'armandeche
140. Lady stella
141. Latona
142. Laurl coin
143. Lbv (m)396
144. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
145. Le pelerin de la mer
146. Leicester
147. Leo
148. Lighter 83
149. Lisbeth m
150. Loanda
151. Lolworth
152. Lord hamilton (possibly)
153. Luray victory
154. Lusitania
155. Mahratta
156. Mahratta ii
157. Maloja 1
158. Malta (probably)
159. Margate sand beacon
160. Menapier
161. Merel (part of)(possibly)
162. Mersey
163. Mi amigo
164. Monarch
165. Monica (possibly)
166. Mudlark
167. Murillo
168. Nancy moran
169. Newlands
170. Niki
171. Norman
172. Norman
173. North eastern victory
174. Nw shingles bn (remains of)
175. Ocean hound
176. Ocean king (possibly)
177. Opal
178. Ousel (probably)
179. Paros isle
180. Polgrange
181. Ponzano
182. Preussen
183. Pulborough
184. Quentovic
185. Rd barge 59 (part of)(possibly)
186. Regin (possibly)
187. Rooswijk
188. Rubislaw
189. Rydal force
190. Rynanna
191. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
192. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
193. Sabac
194. Saidieh
195. Saint michael veillez sur nous
196. Saint ronan (possibly)
197. Saint ronan (possibly)
198. Sambut
199. San calisto
200. Santagata
201. Santagata (?part of)
202. Selma (possibly)
203. Shenandoah
204. Slesvig
205. Spaarndem
206. Spanish prince
207. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
208. Strathclyde
209. Surrey
210. Tbd 317
211. Teeswood
212. Texaco caribbean (after section)
213. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
214. The queen
215. Tina primo
216. Tongue sand tower (remains)
217. Toornvliet (probably)
218. Toromoree
219. Toward
220. Traquair (probably)
221. Tummel (probably)
222. U 11 (possibly)
223. U 16 (possibly)
224. U 48
225. Ub 108 (possibly)
226. Ub 109
227. Ub 12 (possibly)
228. Ub 29 (possibly)
229. Ub 38
230. Ub 55 (probably)
231. Ub 56 (possibly)
232. Ub 58 (possibly)
233. Ub 78
234. Uc 21 (possibly)
235. Uc 26
236. Uc 46
237. Uc 46 (possibly)
238. Uc 77 (possibly)
239. Ursus (part)
240. Virginie
241. W a scholten
242. Warfleth
243. Westerley star
244. Wheatman (possibly)
245. Will and maggie (probably)
246. Woodtown (possibly)
247. 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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