This is the information page about the shipwreck Novocastrian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 25.93 N,1 50.39 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Aduatiek (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alastair
5. Alto (possibly)
6. Ambient (probably)
7. Astrologer
8. Atle
9. Avonwood
10. Axminster (probably)
11. Barkis
12. Begona no 5
13. Bob read (probably)
14. Boulderpool (after part)
15. Bovey tracy
16. British captain
17. British fortune (probably)
18. Burtonia (possibly)
19. Bygdo (possibly)
20. Castle galleon
21. Cd 14 (probably)
22. Cedarwood (possibly)
23. City of kobe
24. Claudia (possibly)
25. Cormead
26. Cresta
27. Crichtoun
28. Cross sand ltv
29. Dagmar (probably)
30. Daisy (possibly)
31. David b summers
32. Db 8 (possibly)
33. Denewood
34. Dronning maud (possibly)
35. Dulwich
36. Dunwich bank wk
37. Edernian
38. El argentino
39. El dorado
40. Elnet
41. Ethel radcliffe
42. Eva witte
43. Excellenz mehnert
44. F stobart (probably)
45. Farmatyr
46. Fidelio
47. Firth
48. Frumenton
49. G and e (possibly)
50. Gannet (possibly)
51. Gasfire
52. Gena
53. Geneva
54. George fisher
55. Gipsy (possibly)
56. Glen tilt (possibly)
57. Glynn
58. Golconda (possibly)
59. Grantleyhall (possibly)
60. Grenadier (probably)
61. Groenlo
62. Gulf breaker
63. H h petersen
64. Helena
65. Hms cantatrice
66. Hms christopher (possibly)
67. Hms condor (probably)
68. Hms dhoon (probably)
69. Hms donside (possibly)
70. Hms evesham (possibly)
71. Hms exmoor
72. Hms fontenoy
73. Hms glen prosen
74. Hms harvest gleaner
75. Hms hirose (probably)
76. Hms irvana (part of)
77. Hms jessie nutten
78. Hms kaphreda
79. Hms m a west (probably)
80. Hms new comet (possibly)
81. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
82. Hms orthos (probably)
83. Hms pelton (probably)
84. Hms river clyde (possibly)
85. Hms river clyde (possibly)
86. Hms speeton (possibly)
87. Hms spider
88. Hms tettenhall
89. Hms tonbridge
90. Hms tugela
91. Hms washington (probably)
92. Hms whooper
93. Hmsm d5
94. Hornchurch
95. Ignis (possibly)
96. Impulsion
97. Jamesina
98. Jim
99. Kenneth hawksfield
100. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
101. Knitsley (possibly)
102. Kwasind
103. Langeli (possibly)
104. Lapwing
105. Lapwing (possibly)
106. Lincairn (possibly)
107. Lindisfarne (probably)
108. Lingfield
109. Lisette
110. Magdapur
111. Mangara
112. Mardyke
113. Maria rosa
114. Marianne (probably)
115. Mascota (possibly)
116. Mascotte
117. Memento (possibly)
118. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
119. Mercurius
120. Mirella
121. Mudo
122. Murdoch (probably)
123. Nadir
124. Navarra (possibly)
125. Nereus
126. Newhaven (possibly)
127. Nominoe
128. Nordborg (possibly)
129. Novocastrian
130. Ocean pride
131. Oil trader
132. Osprey
133. Petshenga (possibly)
134. Phryne
135. Plawsworth (possibly)
136. Pluton
137. Polaris
138. Prima
139. Regain
140. Ren
141. Reward (possibly)
142. Rhenas (possibly)
143. Rhineland
144. Robin iv
145. Rochester city
146. Rogate
147. Roxanna
148. Scimitar
149. Scotia
150. Sea king
151. Sea rhine
152. Silksworth hall (probably).
153. Sir william stephenson
154. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
155. Skodsburg (possibly)
156. Southford
157. St patrick
158. Stad alkmaar
159. Stanmount
160. Sunniside (probably)
161. Taber park
162. Tergestea
163. Thomas m (possibly)
164. Tidal (possibly)
165. Tregantle (possibly)
166. Tunisiana
167. U 13 (probably)
168. Uc 62 (possibly)
169. Ui-001
170. Vanguard
171. Vigo
172. Viola (possibly)
173. War mehtar
174. War valley
175. White lady
176. White swan
177. White swan (possibly)
178. Wyetown
179. Yewkyle (possibly)
180. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: NOVOCASTRIAN

Length 71.6 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1151 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: mined whilst en route from london to newcastle. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 106 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 20161214

Details measurements/cartography: H3211/17 26.5.17 REPD SUNK 3.5M SE BY E FROM LOWESTOFT IN 522555N, 015031E. LEAST DEPTH OVER WRECK 45FT. BEING DISPERSED. (TH). - FNM 382/17. H8469/31 27.8.51 LUCAS WIRE DRIFT SWEEP SMLS 325 AND 323 28.6.51 IN 522554N, 015032E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 53FT, FOUL AT 55FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 64FT IN GEN DEPTH 72FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEA BED 19FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.8.51). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 5FT. BR STD. H6285/69 27.1.70 NOT FOUND BY KH DURING PIPE TOWING SURVEY USING MAGNETOMETER E/S AND SIDE SCAN SONAR. (KH LTR 15.6.70, SURVEY [K5733/2]). NCA. 31.7.74 NOW CHARTED AS SW 15.8 MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. H1942/80 31.8.82 EXAM'D 24.2.82 IN 522554N, 015031E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.1 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 4.7MTRS, LENGTH 64.3MTRS, BEAM 8.5MTRS. BURIED IN CREST OF LARGE SANDWAVE. LYING UPRIGHT WITH BOWS BLOWN OFF. HAS SMALL HIGH POINT, PROBABLY FUNNEL, AMIDSHIPS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). AMEND TO WK 17.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. R/P. SEP 2016/000091758 24.7.17 EXAM'D 14.12.16 IN 5225.930N, 0150.390E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 17.43MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS, LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 20.8MTRS, HEIGHT 3.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 106/286 DEGS. WRECK IS ALMOST ENTIRELY BURIED IN SANDWAVE. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 17.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 25.93 N,1 50.39 E

 

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