Wreck: Palmyra (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Palmyra, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 6.911 N,5 28.081 W (48.399083333333, -5.3334666666667)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: PALMYRA
Length 92 meter, width: 13.4 meter, tonnage 1759 ton
Cause: built in 1944 by deutsche werft a.g. as 'fangturm'. later renamed 'empire gallop' following internment during ww2. later returned to german ownership and renamed. 'palmyra' owned at the time of loss by bock, godeffroy & co. passage hamburg for istanbul. sank after a collision with the `british mariner' about 20m off ushant. (r v martin, dods).
Year of registration: 1987
Water depth above wreck: 118 meter
Known since: 1987, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: 15.9.93 SHOWN AS NDW IN 480700N, 052800W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6989 [1992 EDN, 1:345,000]. UNKNOWN WK IN 480658.9N, 052759W [EUR]. POSN ACCURACY 20MTRS, GEN DEPTH 118MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14585168). INS AS NDW. BR STD. HH100/351/09 1.3.95 WK STATED AS BEING THE GERMAN SS 'PALMYRA'. THE VESSEL WAS BUILT AS THE 'FANGTURM' AND LATER RENAMED 'EMPIRE GALLOP' WHEN IT WAS INTERNED DURING WW11. AFTERWARDS IT WAS RETURNED TO THE GERMANS AND RENAMED 'PALMYRA'. IDENTIFIED BY BELL BEARING NAME 'EMPIRE GALLOP'. (R V MARTIN 27.2.95 & THE EMPIRE SHIPS). SEP 2009/000084718 17.8.09 SHOWN IN 4806.951N, 0528.059W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7066 [3RD EDN 2006, CORRECT TO NM 2537/09, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD. SEP 2009000087931 7.9.09 NM ACTION.
- NM 4996/09.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 48 6.911 N,5 28.081 W
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