Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Castle galleon, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 52 31.64 N,1 51.79 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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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: CASTLE GALLEON
Lengte 58 meter, breedte: 9.4 meter, diepgang: 3.4, tonnage 852 ton
Lading: coal
Oorzaak: Built in 1927 by cochrane & sons ltd, selby owned at time of loss by galleon shipping co. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery aft by amos & smith ltd, hull. passage newcastle-upon-tyne for dieppe. cargo coal. sunk following collision with swedish ss oscar garthon about 3m e by s of the corton ltv. (sibi & th).
Jaar registratie: 1932
Waterdiepte boven wrak: 34 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 258 cm
Bekend sinds: 1932, laatst gedetecteerd: 20161219
Details metingen/cartografie: H3903/32 6.6.32 WK 32FT IN POSN 085DEGS, 4.58M FROM CORTON CHURCH. (TH). BR STD. H3903/32 20.3.33 LOCATED BY TH IN A POSN WITH CORTON CH BRG 265DEGS DISTANT 4.58M, & FOUND TO BE ON HER BEAM ENDS ACROSS THE TIDE STREAM. CARRYING 63FT LWST. SURVEY AFTER DISPERSAL SHOWED THAT THE WRECK HAD SUNK BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE SURROUNDING GROUND, AND THERE IS A DEPTH OF NOT LESS THAN 105FT OVER IT. SDGS OF 16-16.5FMS WERE OBTAINED ON THE GROUND CLEAR OF THE SCOUR HOLE, AND A DEPTH OF 18.5FMS IN THE SCOUR. WHEN THE STREAM IS RUNNING AT STRENGTH, THE POSN OF THE WRECK IS STILL CLEARLY MARKED BY A TIDE RIP, BUT OF MUCH REDUCED INTENSITY. (TH EX 3067/32). AMEND TO NDW. BR STD. H3903/32 27.8.51 LUCAS WIRE DRIFT SWEEP BY SMLS 325 AND 323 ON 4.7.51 IN 523137N, 015155E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 83FT, FOUL AT 85FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 84FT, GENERAL DEPTH 107FT. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 24FT. SCOUR 5FT ON N SIDE. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.8.51). AMEND TO WK 14FMS. BR STD. H909/60 31.5.60 NOW CHARTED AS SW 14FMS. NC 1504. H4629/71 20.12.71 FIXED BY HIFIX & DECCA. LYING E/W ON HER SIDE, WITH DECK TO N. STERN INTACT, BUT REST OF HULL FROM 30FT FORWARD OF STERN IS COLLAPSING & IN WEAK STATE. FORWARD PART IN SCOUR, & HARDLY ABOVE SEABED. SCOUR EXTENDS 20-30FT. H1942/80 2.9.82 EXAM'D 28.2.82 IN 523136N, 015155E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 4MTRS. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 8.9MTRS. LENGTH 58.6MTRS, BEAM 15.7MTRS. LYING 080/260DEGS. VERY BROKEN UP, BUT UPRIGHT IN A DEEP SCOUR. THERE IS A MAST ABOUT QUARTER OF THE WAY FROM BOW, WHICH IS TO THE E. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). BR STD. 15.12.87 NOW CHARTED AS WK 22.0 MTRS. NE 1543. SEP 2016/000091758 20.07.17 EXAM'D 19.12.16; IN 5231.640N, 0151.790E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.53MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 34MTRS, LENGTH 30.8MTRS, WIDTH 5.9MTRS, HEIGHT 5MTRS, ORIENTATION 258/078 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND TO DW 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office
Positie: 52 31.64 N,1 51.79 E