This is the information page about the shipwreck Parnu, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 27.325 N,5 49.022 W (58.241, -6.0403166666667)

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: PARNU

Length 74.7 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.7, tonnage 1578 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-corness '35, ex-westgarth. built in 1909 by sir rayton dixon & co, middlesbrough. owned at time of loss by the ministry of shipping. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 192 hp, single shaft. passage barry for london. cargo coal. collided with unknown vessel. sank while under tow.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 111 meter, Height above seabed: 60 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1984

Details measurements/cartography: H02118/41 30.8.43 H02118/41 30.8.43 POSN 11M OFF CAPE WRATH. SANK 582736N, 054824W APPROX. (HMT CAPE MARIATO). H02118/41 13.11.57 H02118/41 13.11.57 INS AS NDWPA. BR STD. H2728/69 21.4.70 H2728/69 21.4.70 NOT FOUND DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH (ONE DIRECTION ONLY). UNEXAMINED CONTACT FOUND IN 582712N, 054900W. (HMS FAWN). H2728/69 3.6.70 H2728/69 3.6.70 LOCATED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 105 METRES (57FMS) 113 METRES (62FMS). (HMS FAWN, HI 45/69). AMEND TO WK 56FMS. NE 2720. 2.7.74 2.7.74 AMEND TO WK 102MTRS. NC 2635. H2883/83 9.8.84 H2883/83 9.8.84 EXAM'D 28.2.84 IN 582721N, 054857W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 103.5 IN GEN DEPTH 111MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS. LYING 060/240 DEGS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 159). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 58 27.325 N,5 49.022 W

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