This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms penylan (w part), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 8.528 N,3 39.841 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: HMS PENYLAN (W PART)
Length 86.3 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 2.4, tonnage 1087 ton
Cause: built in 1941 by vickers armstrong. a 'hunt' class type three destroyer. four 4 inch aa, one four barrel 2 pounder aa and 20mm as guns. two 21 inch torpedo tubes. 34000shp for 26.5 knots. torpedoed & sunk by e-boat while escorting a coastal convoy. 36 men lost, 117 recovered. (srn, dods & warship losses of ww2).
Year of registration: 2004
Water depth above wreck: 66 meter, Height above seabed: 124 cm
Known since: 2004
Details measurements/cartography: HH091/059/01 4.5.05 EXAM'D 18.7.04 IN 5008.528N, 0339.841W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.7 IN GEN DEPTH 66.4MTRS. SCOUR <0.5MTRS EXTENDS 50MTRS TOWARDS 205 DEGS. LENGTH 38MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HT 5.5MTRS. LIES 124/304 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEBRIS EXTENDS 15MTRS TOWARDS 045 DEGS. COLLAPSED WK IN TWO SECTIONS. THIS IS THE W PART OF THE WK. SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION TO THE NE AND SW. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). INS WK 60MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN IN TWO AMIDSHIPS, UPRIGHT
Position: 50 8.528 N,3 39.841 W