Hylton Castle
Freight Steamer · United Kingdom · Lost 1886 · Long Island & the New York Approaches
A British iron freight steamer carrying corn that broke apart in a gale off Long Island in 1886, with all 22 crew surviving.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Hylton Castle was a British iron three-masted freight steamer built in 1871 at Sunderland, England. On January 11, 1886, while bound from New York to Rouen, France, with a cargo of corn, she was caught in a severe gale and began to break apart; all 22 crew escaped in two lifeboats and survived. The scattered wreckage now lies off Jones Inlet, Long Island, and is a popular recreational dive site.
Vessel
- 1871
- Oswald and Co.
- Sunderland, England
- Iron
- 251 ft
- 32 ft
- 1258
- Steam, single screw, three-masted
- Surtees and Co., North Shields
Loss
- January 11, 1886
- Storm
- About 22 miles from Jones Inlet, off Long Island
- Atlantic Ocean
- New York → Rouen, France
- 57,880 bushels of corn
- 22
- 0
- Captain Colvin
The Wreck Today
- 95
- Broken up and scattered over a wide area
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
Position
- 40.53° N 73.09° W
- Approximate position
- Off Jones Inlet, Long Island, New York
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (70/100)
The Fisherman magazine, dive-site history feature
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