This is the information page about the shipwreck Kendal castle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 22.753 N,3 25.329 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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.

 

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3. Ann marie (possibly)
4. Antonio (probably)
5. Avalon g ii
6. Baychattan
7. Bleamoor (probably)
8. Blue marlin
9. Boma
10. Bretagne
11. Bretton hall
12. Broadmayne (part of)
13. Brunhilda
14. Buesten
15. Bull steamer (possibly)
16. Cheshire
17. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
18. City of swansea (probably)
19. Claverley (possibly)
20. Colorado (possibly)
21. Cornelia
22. Demetrios
23. Dudley rose
24. Elsa
25. Elsa (possibly)
26. Emma
27. Emsstrom
28. Farn
29. Fiona mary
30. Galicia
31. Garm (possibly)
32. Gefion
33. General leman (possibly)
34. Girl barbara
35. Glocliffe
36. Glory
37. Greatham
38. Greleen
39. Grelhame (probably)
40. Gro
41. Hazelpark (possibly)
42. Heye p
43. Hms benton castle
44. Hms chorley (possibly)
45. Hms crocodile
46. Hms jasper (possibly)
47. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
48. Hms penylan (e part)
49. Hms penylan (w part)
50. Hms picton castle
51. Hms savage
52. Hmsm d1
53. Irma germaine (possibly)
54. Jade star gypsy
55. Jordan a
56. Karen marie (probably)
57. Kendal castle
58. La blanca (possibly)
59. Laertes
60. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
61. Les mercenaires
62. Lofoten (probably)
63. Lord stewart
64. Marana (bow section)
65. Marie des isles
66. Marjolene
67. Medina
68. Mudstomper (probably)
69. Neches (probably)
70. Newholm
71. Northville (possibly)
72. Perm (possibly)
73. Peronne
74. Quest
75. Rayder
76. Renilde
77. Rota
78. Sarah jayne
79. Sevilla
80. Shirley betty
81. Ster de zee (possibly)
82. Talvaldis (possibly)
83. Two sisters
84. Uc 49 (probably)
85. Uc 51
86. Waikawa (possibly)
87. Warsaw
88. Westergate (probably)
89. Yvette bm217

 

Name: KENDAL CASTLE

Length 107.3 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 3885 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1910 by short bros ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by lancashire shipping co. three boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by g clark ltd, sunderland. passage le havre for cardiff. torpedoed by ub-103. 18 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 43 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 4M SE FROM BERRY HEAD. (WW1SL). GIVES APPROX POSN 552230N, 032330W. H8109/38 8.12.38 H8109/38 8.12.38 WK IN 502244N, 032514W, 147.5DEGS 7.41M FROM ST MARYS CHURCH, BABBACOMBE. LIES IN 24FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17FMS. SMALL VESSEL. (HMS GLEANER, 8.12.38). CHART AS WK 17FMS. NC 2454. H2502/51 28.2.60 H2502/51 28.2.60 WK IN 502249N, 032515W. DEPTH OVER WK 19FMS, HT ABOVE SEABED 23FT. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). AMEND TO WK 19FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 14.6.68 14.6.68 REQUEST TO PURCHASE BY S V OATES NOT GRANTED BY MOD. OWNERSHIP IN DOUBT. WAR RISK HAVE INTERESTS. NCA. H2396/77 10.3.77 H2396/77 10.3.77 WK IN 502244N, 032513W [OGB] USING DECCA. ABOUT 380FT LONG BY SONAR, LYING ROUGHLY E/W. PARTS AT LEAST ARE UPRIGHT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 119FT IN GEN DEPTH 135FT. SCOUR ABOUT 8FT ON S SIDE. EXAMINED BY INEXPERIENCED DIVERS IN POOR UNDERWATER VISIBILITY. NOT MUCH OF IT WAS SEEN AND NOT MUCH KNOWN ABOUT IT. SEEMS TO BE BADLY BROKEN UP AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE GROSS DAMAGE CAN BE SEEN ON SONAR TRACES. DIVERS REPORT FABRIC OF SHIP IS ROTTEN. A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON ACCIDENTALLY RECOVERED HAD LEGIBLE ON IT '....INGHAM ENGLAND' (?APPLEBY AND FROMINGHAM). (RISDON BEAZLEY, 10.2.77). DEPTH AGREES FAIRLY WELL WITH HMS SEAGULL'S, 1950. H5982/82 4.2.83 H5982/82 4.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 502243N, 032510W [OGB] USING DECCA ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1 [1982 EDN]. NCA. H2923/83 26.9.84 H2923/83 26.9.84 EXAM'D 31.5.84 IN 502243N, 032514W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 30.5MTRS, FOUL AT 31MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 10MTRS, LENGTH 104MTRS, BEAM 15MTRS. LYING 090/270DEGS, BROKEN IN TWO, WITH SCOUR 2.5MTRS LEADING TO THE S. APPARENTLY BADLY DAMAGED THROUGHOUT. (GARDLINE SURVEY, HI 202). AMEND TO WK 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2778/84. H1310/86/12 1.5.86 H1310/86/12 1.5.86 IDENTIFIED AS 'KENDAL CASTLE' BY RECOVERED CROCKERY MARKED 'JAMES CHAMBERS & CO'. WK LIES UPRIGHT WITH BOWS HIGHEST POINT. SIDES OF FWD HOLDS LEAN INWARDS TO ALMOST 45DEGS AND ARE SILTED UP. CENTRE SECTION PARTIALLY FALLEN IN. STERN IS UPRIGHT AND DEEPER. LEAST DEPTH BY DIVER 33MTRS. (A HILLGROVE, 31.3.86). NCA. 6.10.99 6.10.99 INVERTED, BOW CRACKED OPEN. BOW DAMAGE CAUSED BY TORPEDOES OTHERWISE INTACT AND WELL PRESERVED. (DIVER MAGAZINE, OCT 1999). NCA. 1.5.13 1.5.13 EXAM'D 20.1.13 IN 5022.753N, 0325.329W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.1 IN GEN DEPTH 43MTRS. SCOUR 2.1MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 360MTRS ALONG 030/20 1DEGS. LENGTH 109.9MTRS, WIDTH 27.3MTRS, HT 8.9MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. BOW & STERN UPRIGHT. APPARENTLY A LARGE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). BOWS E. AMEND WK 34MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, SCOUR RUNS 030/210 DEGS

Position: 50 22.753 N,3 25.329 W

 

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