Loss

Date 19 October 1928

Event ID 575196

Category Documentary Reference

Type Loss

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/575196

Steam Trawler WILLIAM CASTLE, 223 ton, of Dublin, master William Hodgins. Bound from Dublin to Ayr for bunkers. Lost 19 Oct 1928, 10pm. North side of Salt Pans Bay, locally known as Galdenoch Bay, 3 miles from Killantringan Lighthouse. Wind south east force 8. Cause of wreck not known. 'Broached & unable to recover (thereafter) striking ledge of rocks on which now stranded. 1 lost, 8 saved'. No cargo.

Contemporary source: Lightkeeper, Killantringan Lighthouse.

(Classified as steel steam trawler: registration number cited as D 207, and date of loss as 19 October 1928). William Castle: this vessel was wrecked in Salt Pans Bay. Capt. Hoskins. ON: 145607.

Registration: Dublin. Built 1917. 223grt. Length: 35m. Beam: 7m.

(Location of loss cited as N54 54.37 W5 10.63).

I G Whittaker 1998.