Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Boyne castle (possibly), op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 56 7.965 N,2 0.433 W (56.283333333333, -14.2)
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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.
Naam: BOYNE CASTLE (POSSIBLY)
Lengte 35.7 meter, breedte: 6.7 meter, diepgang: 2.6, tonnage 245 ton
Lading: ballast
Oorzaak: built in 1909 by dundee sb co ltd, dundee. owned at time of loss by banffshire steam shipping co ltd. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 60nhp, single shaft. passage macduff for sunderland. captured by german submarine ub 22, and sunk by gunfire. (ww1sl & sibi).
Jaar registratie: 1917
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 48 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 90 cm
Bekend sinds: 1917, laatst gedetecteerd: 2008
Details metingen/cartografie: 15.2.71 SUNK 12M N BY E FROM ST ABBS HEAD. (WW1SL). POSN 560630N, 020400W FOR FILING ONLY. HH091/051/01 22.1.04 EXAM'D 2.11.03 IN 5607.965N, 0200.433W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43.2 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 25MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 270 DEGS. INTACT. NFS. (NP 1008, HI 1051). SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. INS AS WK 43MTRS. BR STD. HH242/640/06 29.1.04 INS BY NM.
- NM 1306/04 [PNM 1307/04 ISSUED FOR BA 175, 1407]. 8.7.08 LOCATED USING GPS IN LISTED POSN & DIVED ON 2.5.08. WK IS BOYNE CASTLE SUNK 1917 BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UB 22. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH. LENGTH 25MTRS, BEAM 6MTRS, LYING E/W, BOWS E. SCOUR DEPTH 1MTR, SCOUR LENGTH 20MTRS, SCOUR ORIENTATION 090/270DEGS ON PORT SIDE. DEBRIS FIELD LENGTH 25MTRS, 0.5MTRS HIGH, ORIENTATION 090/270DEGS, 15MTRS OFF STARBOARD SIDE PARALLEL WITH WK. BOW SECTION INTACT & LYING ON PORT SIDE. MID-SECTION FLATTENED & BROKEN UP, CONSISTENT WITH SHELL/EXPLOSION DAMAGE STANDING ABOUT 1MTR HIGH. INTACT AT ENGINE & BOILER WITH BRIDGE STRUCTURE & INSTRUMENTATION HAVING COLLAPSED INTO THE ENGINE ROOM AREA, THIS IS HIGHEST POINT OF WK WITH SOME SUBSTANTIAL BEAMS & SUPPORTS STANDING 5MTRS OFF THE SEABED. STERN IS FAIRLY BROKEN BUT APPEARS TO STAND UPRIGHT, 2-3MTRS HIGH. LARGE DEBRIS FIELD 0.5MTRS HIGH, MAINLY COAL & LIGHT SUPERSTRUCTURE, 10-15MTRS OFF THE STARBOARD SIDE. NO CARGO APPARENT APART FROM COAL FROM THE BUNKERS, CONFIRMING VESSEL WAS IN BALLAST AT TIME OF SINKING. SKETCHES SUPPLIED. (S ADAMS & I EASINGWOOD, E-MAIL, 8.7.08) CINC REQUESTED. NCA
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Positie: 56 7.965 N,2 0.433 W