This is the information page about the shipwreck Pallion (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 5.658 N,4 47.93 W (50.822183333333, -4.5627833333333)

 

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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.

 

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7. Canterbury bell
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9. Clangula (probably)
10. Diligent
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12. Empire otter
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14. Glenart castle
15. Gregynog
16. Hmhs rewa
17. Hms montague
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21. Marguerite pry
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25. Pallion (probably)
26. Poitiers (part of)(possibly)
27. Provider (possibly)
28. Queenswood (part of)(possibly)
29. Robert
30. Salado
31. Sarla
32. Shad thames
33. South australian
34. Swainby (probably)
35. Teneriffa (possibly)
36. Towneley
37. Villasandino

 

Name: PALLION (PROBABLY)

Length 69.8 meter, width: 11.2 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1146 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1871 at pallion. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 120hp, single shaft. passage cardiff for suez. cargo coal. foundered in good weather when prop shaft broke and caused a leak.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 55 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2002

Details measurements/cartography: ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE 'TENERIFFA'. SEE [57682]. H894/41 19.8.41 H894/41 19.8.41 INS NDWPA.

- NM 1961/41 6.10.72 6.10.72 AMEND TO USCPA 15FMS. NE 1179 & 1178. 25.1.73 25.1.73 AMEND TO USC PA 28MTRS. NC 1156. 4.5.78 4.5.78 AMEND TO USCPA 35.0MTRS IN 510600N, 044900W. HH090/799/01 1.9.99 HH090/799/01 1.9.99 EXAM'D 25.4.99 IN 5105.658N, 0447.930W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.3 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 160MTRS, WIDTH 52MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.8MTRS. LIES 055/235 DEGS. (NP 1008, HI 799). DEBRIS CLOSE BY. INTACT AND PROBABLY UPRIGHT. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AMEND TO WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE 'TENERIFFA'. SEE [57682]. HH100/351/19 25.10.02 HH100/351/19 25.10.02 DIVED IN 5105.648N, 0447.959W [WGD]. ENGINE MIDSHIPS IS HIGHEST POINT. TWO BOILERS SIDE-BY-SIDE FWD OF ENGINE. HULL FWD OF BOILERS WELL BROKEN DOWN AND DISPERSED. AFT OF THE ENGINE IS A LARGE WINCH AND A MAST LIES ON THE SEABED. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, BROKEN DOWN, ENGINE IS HIGHEST POINT

Position: 51 5.658 N,4 47.93 W

 

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