This is the information page about the shipwreck Palmgrove, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 52 N,7 40 W (49.61425, -7.5277666666667)

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: PALMGROVE

Length 99.1 meter, width: 13.9 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3100 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-radley. built in 1896 by j priestman & co. ltd. sunderland. 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 300hp, single shaft. 2 boilers. owned at time of loss by alexander & mair, glasgow. passage clyde for porto vecchio. captured and sunk by gunfire from german submarine u38, 56 m w of the scillies. (naval staff monographs vol 14 , sibi, llww1 & ww1 bmsl).

Year of registration: 1975

Water depth above wreck: 115 meter

Known since: 1975, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 3.9.75 3.9.75 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 56M W OF THE SCILLIES. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL 14). NCA POSN 495500N, 075000W FOR FILING ONLY. 12.4.76 12.4.76 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 46M W BY N HALF N [287 DEGS] FROM BISHOPS ROCK. (WW1 BMSL). 26.3.07 26.3.07 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 4952.00N, 0740.00W. (LLWW1). NCA, AMENDED POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 52 N,7 40 W

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