Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Penvearn, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 53 27.297 N,5 1.583 W (53.230533333333, -4.9533166666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Adela (possibly)
2. Alhambra
3. Arno mendi
4. British viscount
5. Conargo
6. Cressado
7. Cressida
8. Eskmere
9. Fairearn (probably)
10. Farfield
11. Fin-ar-bed
12. Glenford
13. Holyhead
14. Kenmare
15. Lowther range (probably)
16. Maarten cornelis
17. Maja
18. Nadejda (possibly)
19. Normandy coast
20. Oliver cromwell
21. Sarpfos
22. Slieve bloom
23. Trieste
24. Trinidad
25. U 1024 (probably)
26. U 246
27. Uss roanoke
28. Vivar

 

Naam: Penvearn

Lengte 104.2 meter, breedte: 14.3 meter, tonnage 3710 ton

Oorzaak: built in 1906 by w doxford & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by penvearn ss co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 300nhp, single shaft. passage barrow-in-furness for barry roads. torpedoed by u-105 with heavy loss of life. (sibi).positional analysis: the wreck lies 10.7nm sw of the u-boat(ktb) position and 11.9nm sw of the position given in war losses (1990). the ship wastowed from the position where it was originally hit.archival analysis: the ship did not sink initially and was taken in tow (tna adm 137/4102) although the direction of tow is not stated. the initial damage being to the thwartship bunker, which was holed both sides of the ship. the wreck is clearly split in the middle, as seen in the dtm. the ship was reported to have been torpedoed again the following morning, with a hit in the bows causing the ship to sink rapidly from forward. the bow section is only slightly damaged. note, the ship sank on 2 mar 1918, not 1 mar, as generally reported.

Jaar registratie: 1918

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 70 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 0 cm

Bekend sinds: 1918, laatst gedetecteerd: 20190512

Details metingen/cartografie: 1918 M11219 1918 POSN 15 MILES N 1/2 W OF S STACK. STILL FLOATING WHEN LAST SEEN. (MASTER). INS AS WK PA IN 533200N, 045200W. H4827/75 21.1.77 WK LOCATED 9.11.76 IN 532717N, 050131W [OGB]USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53.9 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. SANDY SEABED. LENGTH 110MTRS. LYING N/S. LARGE SONAR CONTACT. HULL APPEARS TO BE WHOLE, BUT NO SONAR EVIDENCE OF UPPERWORKS. (HMS FOX, HI 54/76). INS AS WK 50MTRS.

- NM 551/77. 14.2.23 WRECK SURVEYED 12/5/2019: MBES DATA SHOWS CARGO SHIP OF 102MTRS IN LENGTH, THE ORIENTATION ITS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE WIDTH WITH ACCURACY BUT APPEARS TO BE 13-14MTRS. THE POSN, DIMENSIONS AND CONDITION OF THE WRECK ALL FAVOUR THE VESSEL "PENVEARN" AS THE IDENTITY. THE LENGTH OF WRECK TOO LONG TO BE THE ESKMERE(SEE WK ID 7000). (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE "PENVERAN" AND ATTRIBUTES.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Positie: 53 27.297 N,5 1.583 W

 

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