This is the information page about the shipwreck Rochester castle (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 49.067 N,1 28.627 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. Advent
2. Aiglon
3. Amandine
4. Amplegarth
5. Angelus (possibly)
6. Argo
7. Atlantic (possibly)
8. Belford
9. Blanc nez
10. Brandenburg
11. Ca 4
12. Cachalot
13. Cap de la hague
14. Colbert
15. Colbert (possibly)
16. Corhaven
17. Costas michalos (fwd part)
18. D'artagnan
19. Dartmore
20. Dixie
21. Dotterel
22. Efford
23. Empire lough (probably)
24. Empress of fort william (probably)
25. En avant
26. Eustratios (probably)
27. Evolution
28. Express
29. Flachsee
30. Gladys
31. Gloire a sainte therese
32. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
33. Halcyon
34. Harmatris
35. Henry moon
36. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
37. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
38. Hmhs anglia
39. Hms brazen
40. Hms carlton
41. Hms city of dundee
42. Hms cleon
43. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
44. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
45. Hms glen boyne
46. Hms kingston galena
47. Hms lord grey
48. Hms peridot
49. Hms rodino
50. Hms torbay ii (probably)
51. Hms war sepoy
52. Hms wessex
53. Hmsm b2
54. Iltis (possibly)
55. Ines
56. Josephine willis
57. Kadru
58. Katharina kolkmann
59. Kielce
60. Kirsten skou
61. L'intrepide
62. La fleche
63. Lady stella
64. Latona
65. Le tregor
66. Leicester
67. Leo
68. Loic
69. Lorraine
70. Lusitania
71. Maloja 1
72. Marie-ange loic
73. Mariner moon
74. Mercator
75. Merida
76. Moise
77. Monarch
78. Moorside (probably)
79. Munificent
80. Negrier
81. Nicolaw
82. Niki
83. Norman
84. Notre dame des trois epis
85. Ophelie
86. Ousel (probably)
87. Pallieter
88. Petit antoine
89. Phoenix
90. Polgrange
91. Pulborough
92. Quentovic
93. Rhea
94. Rio parana
95. River levan
96. Rochester castle (possibly)
97. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
98. Sabac
99. Saint benoit labre
100. Sea serpent
101. Shenandoah
102. Smarapaan
103. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
104. St cecilia
105. Strathclyde
106. Sultana
107. Teeswood
108. Texaco caribbean (after section)
109. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
110. Traquair (probably)
111. Tusnastabb (possibly)
112. U 11 (possibly)
113. U 8
114. U 93 (probably)
115. Ub 103 (possibly)
116. Ub 108 (possibly)
117. Ub 109
118. Ub 31 ?
119. Ub 38
120. Ub 55 (probably)
121. Ub 56 (possibly)
122. Ub 58 (possibly)
123. Ub 78
124. Ub-33 (probably)
125. Uc 26
126. Uc 46
127. Uc 46 (possibly)
128. Uc 63
129. Uc 77 (possibly)
130. Uc 78 or uc 79
131. Unity
132. Vent arriere
133. Virgo sancta
134. W a scholten
135. Will and maggie (probably)
136. Xanthence

 

Name: ROCHESTER CASTLE (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1987

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 65 cm

Known since: 1987, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 302 DEGS, 7 MILES FROM CAP GRIS NEZ LTHO. (WK CHART). SUNK 5 MILES WSW FROM CAP GRIS NEZ. (WW1SL). POSN: 505000N, 012730E FOR FILING ONLY. H0024/87 14.1.88 H0024/87 14.1.88 WK 31MTRS IN 504907N, 012842E [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 39MTRS. LENGTH 45MTRS. LIES 065/245DEGS. (BREST NM 87 52 29 & FR WK NO.21601310). CHART AS WK 31MTRS.

- NM 477/88. 6.11.97 6.11.97 [OGB] POSN: 504901.5N, 012844E. NE 1892. [WGD] POSN: 5049.067N, 0128.627E.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 49.067 N,1 28.627 E

 

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