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 (51.089833333333, 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. 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 (aft section)
18. Costas michalos (fwd part)
19. D'artagnan
20. Dartmore
21. Dixie
22. Dorothy j (possibly)
23. Dotterel
24. Efford
25. Empire lough (probably)
26. Empress of fort william (probably)
27. En avant
28. Eustratios (probably)
29. Evolution
30. Express
31. Flachsee
32. Gladys
33. Gloire a sainte therese
34. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
35. Halcyon
36. Harmatris
37. Henry moon
38. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
39. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
40. Hmhs anglia
41. Hms brazen
42. Hms carlton
43. Hms city of dundee
44. Hms cleon
45. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
46. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
47. Hms glen boyne
48. Hms kingston galena
49. Hms lord grey
50. Hms peridot
51. Hms rodino
52. Hms torbay ii (probably)
53. Hms war sepoy
54. Hms wessex
55. Hmsm b2
56. Iltis (possibly)
57. Ines
58. Josephine willis
59. Jupiter (probably)
60. Kadru
61. Katharina kolkmann
62. Kielce
63. Kirsten skou
64. L'intrepide
65. La fleche
66. Lady stella
67. Latona
68. Le tregor
69. Leicester
70. Leo
71. Lighter 83
72. Loic
73. Lorraine
74. Lusitania
75. Maloja 1
76. Marie-ange loic
77. Mariner moon
78. Mercator
79. Merida
80. Moise
81. Monarch
82. Moorside (probably)
83. Munificent
84. Negrier
85. Nicolaw
86. Niki
87. Norman
88. Notre dame des trois epis
89. Ophelie
90. Ousel (probably)
91. Pallieter
92. Petit antoine
93. Phoenix
94. Polgrange
95. Pulborough
96. Quentovic
97. Rhea
98. Rio parana
99. River levan
100. Rochester castle (possibly)
101. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
102. Sabac
103. Saint benoit labre
104. Sea serpent
105. Shenandoah
106. Smarapaan
107. Spanish prince
108. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
109. St cecilia
110. St claire (possibly)
111. Strathclyde
112. Sultana
113. Teeswood
114. Texaco caribbean (after section)
115. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
116. Traquair (probably)
117. Tusnastabb (possibly)
118. U 11 (possibly)
119. U 8
120. U 93 (probably)
121. Ub 103 (possibly)
122. Ub 108 (possibly)
123. Ub 109
124. Ub 31 ?
125. Ub 38
126. Ub 55 (probably)
127. Ub 56 (possibly)
128. Ub 58 (possibly)
129. Ub 78
130. Ub-33 (probably)
131. Uc 26
132. Uc 46
133. Uc 46 (possibly)
134. Uc 63
135. Uc 77 (possibly)
136. Uc 78 or uc 79
137. Unity
138. Vent arriere
139. Virgo sancta
140. W a scholten
141. Will and maggie (probably)
142. 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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