This is the information page about the shipwreck Palmella (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 28.694 N,5 25.508 W (53.625166666667, -5.4926666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Alcazar
2. Alhambra
3. Anteros
4. Baldersby (probably)
5. Balthazar
6. Cresswell (probably)
7. Eskmere
8. Glenford
9. Hare (probably)
10. Hms manners (stern section)
11. Holyhead
12. Innisfallen
13. Kenmare
14. Lowther range (probably)
15. Maja
16. Nadejda (possibly)
17. Noranya
18. Normandiet
19. Palmella (possibly)
20. Peaceful star
21. Salaminia (probably)
22. Sharelga
23. St michan (possibly)
24. The marquis
25. Trieste
26. U-1051
27. W m barkley (possibly)
28. Wisemans

 

Name: PALMELLA (POSSIBLY)

Length 71 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1352 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1913 by ranage & ferguson ltd, leith. owned at time of loss by ellerman lines ltd (g smith). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 192 nhp, single shaft. passage liverpool for lisbon. torpedoded by ub-92. 24 men lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 89 meter, Height above seabed: 157 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1984

Details measurements/cartography: 30.8.18 POSN REPORTED AS 25M NW HALF W FROM SOUTH STACK. ALSO REPORTED TO HAVE SUNK IN ONE MINUTE IN PA 532800N, 052000W. (BOT, 30.8.18). H5141/53 14.8.53 H5141/53 14.8.53 INS AS NDWPA. NC 1411. H7942/58 3.11.59 H7942/58 3.11.59 SONAR CONTACT IN PA 532800N, 051700W. (EG). 7.11.78 7.11.78 AMENDED TO USCPA 60MTRS. NC 1411. H4466/81 22.6.83 H4466/81 22.6.83 LOCATED IN 532841N, 052527W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH 81MTRS. (HMS FOX, SIGNAL DTD 17.6.83). AMEND WK 81MTRS. BR STD. H4466/81 1.3.84 H4466/81 1.3.84 EXAM'D 15.6.83 IN 532841N, 052527W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 81 IN GEN DEPTH 89MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS, LENGTH 45MTRS, BEAM 10MTRS. INTACT BUT APPARENTLY ON SIDE OR UPSIDE DOWN. ORIENTATED NNW/SSE. (HMS FOX, HI 95). NFA. [WGD] POSN: 5328.694N, 0525.508W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERTED OR ON ITS SIDE

Position: 53 28.694 N,5 25.508 W

 

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