This is the information page about the shipwreck Mervyn (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 53.809 N,5 20.916 W (49.896817, -5.348600)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, 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: MERVYN (POSSIBLY)

Length 87.2 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2118 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1908 by w pickersgill & sons. owned at time of loss by martyn, martyn & co. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage port talbot for bordeaux. sank after a collision with hms plucky (m class destroyer, 1025 dt) 15m sse from penzance. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 65 meter, Height above seabed: 105 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 SONAR CONTACT IN APPROX 495324N, 052112W. LENGTH 180FT, HEIGHT 50FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). H0113/45 4.7.45 H0113/45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 495324N, 052112W. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 4.7.45). GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 495324N, 052112W. LENGTH 180FT, HEIGHT 50FT. (AUBD 301/59). SONAR CONTACT IN 495300N, 052100W. (AUBD 301/60, C-IN-C PLYMOUTH). H5051/70 13.11.70 H5051/70 13.11.70 INS NDW IN 495324N, 052112W. NC 777. H3895/74 2.12.74 H3895/74 2.12.74 WRECK LOCATED 8.5.74 IN 495337.2N, 052044.4W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST DEPTH & GENERAL DEPTHS NOT OBTAINED. SEA BED OF MUD, SAND, BROKEN SHELL AND PEBBLES. GOOD HULL MOUNTED SONAR CONTACTS WERE OBTAINED IN POSN GIVEN. (HMS HECATE, HI 1/74). AMEND TO USC 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 169/75. 4.5.78 4.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS USC 38MTRS. NC 2565 & NC 2655. HH100/351/21 20.8.04 HH100/351/21 20.8.04 DIVED IN 4953.807N, 0520.892W [WGD]. A WELL BROKEN UP SS. ONE MAIN BOILER AND ONE DONKEY BOILER. A LARGE GUN ATTACHED TO A PIECE OF DECKING LIES OFF THE STBD SIDE NEAR THE STERN. AN ARMED COASTER OF ABOUT 1000GRT, PROBABLY WW1 LOSS. (N R CHIPCHASE). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH091/059/01 1.4.05 HH091/059/01 1.4.05 NOT LOCATED, DISPROVED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). RETAIN WK USC 38MTRS IN N R CHIPCHASE'S POSN. NCA. HH091/059/01 6.2.06 HH091/059/01 6.2.06 EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL DATA SHOWS WK IN 4953.809N, 0520.916W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 59MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. LENGTH 105MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 6MTRS. LIES 0.15/195 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 1059, REPLY TO SURVEY APPRAISAL). AMEND WK 59MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 49 53.809 N,5 20.916 W

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