This is the information page about the shipwreck N g petersen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 7.127 N,5 3.104 W (50.118783, -5.051733)

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: N G PETERSEN

Length 72.9 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.1, tonnage 1282 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1898 by carmichael maclean & co, greenock. owned at time of loss by d/s a/s vendila. passage castro urdiales for newport, wales. sank following collision with norwegian ss siri.

Year of registration: 1921

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1921, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: H4672/21 29.7.21 DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH 50FT [LWS] IN 500706N, 050250W. (TH, 27.7.21).

- NM 1373/21. H7860/30 4.12.30 EXAM'D IN 500705.5N, 050304W. SWEPT CLEAR 7FMS, FOUL 8FMS. LEAST DEPTH CONSIDERED TO BE 45FT. (HMS BEAUFORT, 18.11.30).

- NM 2057/30. H2553/57 1.5.57 SALVAGE OPS IN PROGRESS MAY 1957 TO OCT 1958. (NAVEAM 6036 & 6373). NCA. H01027/40 1.11.51 ACCEPTED POSN 500705N, 050304W, LEAST DEPTH 47FT. (LTR TO FALMOUTH HBR COMMISSIONERS, 1.11.51). H2331/60 16.8.61 LOCATED IN 500654N, 050252W APPROX USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 51FT IN 62FT. NO SCOUR. LIES NNW/SSE. (HMS MEDUSA, 1960). NCA. 26.3.79 LOCATED 15.11.72. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20MTRS. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. (HMS WOODLARK). NCA. HH090/638/01 3.9.96 EXAM'D 29.9.94 IN 500705.4N, 050302.3W [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.4 IN GEN DEPTH 18.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 1.9MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. DECOMPOSED AND BROKEN INTO TWO SECTIONS. DIVER REPORTS WK IN TWO SECTIONS WITH 3MTRS BETWEEN. FWD SECTION DISPLACED TO STBD BY A COUPLE OF METRES. LEAST DEPTH IS THE WHEELHOUSE AT THE AFTER END OF THE WK. FWD END OF WK IS ANGLED WITH BOWS DOWN. SAND IS DISCOLOURED BY THE SPILLAGE OF THE ORE CARGO. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 638). BR STD. HH100/351/15 16.2.00 DIVED IN 1994 IN 5007.101N, 0503.120W [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. HT BY DEPTH GAUGE 4MTRS. 1996 DESCRIPTION IS CORRECT. DEBRIS EXTENDS 15MTRS TOWARDS 310 DEGS. (J ROSEVEARE). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO SECTIONS, BOWS NW, DECOMPOSED

Position: 50 7.127 N,5 3.104 W

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