This is the information page about the shipwreck Newcastle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 1.276 N,1 8.931 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. Afghanistan (probably)
2. Africa
3. Alcantara
4. Alice
5. Amplegarth
6. Angelus (possibly)
7. Argo
8. Argonaut
9. Atlantic (possibly)
10. Australier (probably)
11. Avoca
12. Bobby
13. Brandenburg
14. Cabo espartel
15. Ceta (stern section)
16. Charente
17. Christianssund
18. City of dresden (possibly)
19. Constanzia
20. Corhaven
21. De fontaine
22. Dinard
23. Durango
24. Efford
25. Eidsiva (probably)
26. Electra
27. Emma
28. Emma (possibly)
29. Empire lough (probably)
30. Empress of fort william (probably)
31. En avant
32. Enero (probably)
33. Eustratios (probably)
34. Excellence pleske
35. Falcon (probably)
36. Fearless
37. Flachsee
38. Flandres
39. G-asad
40. Grit (probably)
41. Grosser kurfurst
42. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
43. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
44. Halcyon
45. Henry moon
46. Heron
47. Hmhs anglia
48. Hms aragonite (part of)
49. Hms aries (possibly)
50. Hms blackwater
51. Hms brazen
52. Hms carlton
53. Hms city of dundee
54. Hms cleon
55. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
56. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
57. Hms ghurka
58. Hms glen boyne
59. Hms kingston galena
60. Hms lydian
61. Hms marcella
62. Hms myrmidon
63. Hms napia
64. Hms niger (possibly)
65. Hms othello ii
66. Hms peridot
67. Hms rodino
68. Hms torbay ii (probably)
69. Hms war sepoy
70. Hms waterfly
71. Hms weigelia
72. Hmt gullfoss
73. Holland
74. Hydaspes (possibly)
75. Ilaro
76. Jacob luckenbach
77. James harrod
78. Jokai
79. Josephine willis
80. Kadru
81. Katharina kolkmann
82. Kielce
83. Kirsten skou
84. La somme (probably)
85. Lacer
86. Lady stella
87. Latona
88. Le tregor
89. Leicester
90. Leila najia
91. Leo
92. Lizzonia
93. Loanda
94. Lusitania
95. Maloja 1
96. Milbanke (probably)
97. Monarch
98. Morgenster
99. Mrav
100. Murillo
101. Naranco
102. Negrier
103. Newcastle
104. Niki
105. Norman
106. Northfleet
107. Nunima
108. Ousel (probably)
109. Polgrange
110. Portslade (possibly)
111. Preussen
112. Pulborough
113. Revenge
114. River levan
115. Roode zee (possibly)
116. Roseburn
117. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
118. Saint ronan (possibly)
119. Salbya (possibly)
120. Samida
121. Sea serpent
122. Seine
123. Shenandoah
124. Sierra bravia
125. Sir russell
126. St cecilia
127. Strathclyde
128. T s webb
129. Teeswood
130. Texaco caribbean (after section)
131. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
132. The queen
133. Tokufuku maru
134. Toward
135. Traquair (probably)
136. Trooper
137. U 8
138. Ub 103 (possibly)
139. Ub 108 (possibly)
140. Ub 109
141. Ub 31 ?
142. Ub 38
143. Ub 55 (probably)
144. Ub 56 (possibly)
145. Ub 58 (possibly)
146. Ub 78
147. Ub-33 (probably)
148. Uc 63
149. Uc 77 (possibly)
150. Unity
151. Vittoria claudia
152. W a scholten
153. Welsh belle
154. Wheatman (possibly)
155. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: NEWCASTLE

Length 100.6 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 3403 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Mined 4m sw of folkestone whilst en route from mauritius to london. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 224 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 20160720

Details measurements/cartography: H2492/59 28.10.59 LOCATED IN 510113N, 010900E. CHAIN SWEEP CLEAR AT 34FT, FOUL AT 35FT. GEN DEPTH 79FT. APPROXIMATELY 300FT IN LENGTH. (TH NM 72/59, 20.10.59 & HMS SHACKLETON, 17.4.59). INS WK 5FMS 4FT WITH A G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, CLOSE SE.

- NM 2536/59. H2760/49 18.1.62 AMEND BUOY TO G CON BUOY, GPFL(3)G.10S, CLOSE NW OF WK. (TH NMS 95/61 & 99/61).

- NM 2749/61. H5824/60 2.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 34FT. (HMS SCOTT, 10.5.60). H2118/61 26.6.63 DISPERSAL CONTRACT PLACED. (TH, 19.6.63). H899/64 10.3.64 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS. MARKED BY FOUR YELLOW BUOYS. (RISDON BEASLEY).

- NM 481(T)/64. H899/64 31.7.64 DISPERSED TO A LEAST DEPTH OF 45FT. (TH, 13.7.64). AMEND TO SW 7FMS 3FT. BR STD. 15.4.69 DIVED UPON AND POSITIVE IDENTIFIED AS 'NEWCASTLE'. (RISDON BEAZLEY LTD, 15.4.69). 10.9.73 NOW CHARTED AS SW 13.0MTRS. NC 1892. H1285/78/207 9.6.78 REPD AS LYING ON HARD SAND BOTTOM ON PORT SIDE WITH HULL IN GOOD CONDITION AND SHOWING FEW SIGNS OF CORROSION. ON NE/SW AXIS. BOW SW. SUPERSTRUCTURE & DEBRIS LYING ALONGSIDE HULL. BOW EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. STEEL PROP. NO SCOUR. (V BONFANTE, 8.6.78). H4199/78 31.8.78 LOCATED 18.10.77 IN 510114N, 010900E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.6MTRS, LENGTH 115MTRS. LYING 040/220DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). BR STD. H1310/84/39 12.11.84 REPORTED AS LARGE WRECK, LYING UPSIDE DOWN. (P G WEATHERLY, 4.11.84). HH090/711/01 22.1.97 EXAM'D 12.8.96 IN 510117N, 010856E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 13.8, FOUL 14.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LENGTH 114MTRS, WIDTH 33MTRS. LIES 050/230DEGS. BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 711). AMEND TO SW 13.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE SEP 2016/000091764 19.4.17 EXAM'D 20.07.16 IN 5101.276N, 0108.931 [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.82MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 109.8MTRS, WIDTH 17.8MTRS, HEIGHT 6.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 224/043 DEGS. WK LARGELY INTACT & PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND TO DW 14.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LARGELY INTACT & PARTIALLY BURIED

Position: 51 1.276 N,1 8.931 E

 

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