Wreck: Pearl (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Pearl (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 2.793 N,0 34.769 W (50.2121667, -0.7257)
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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: PEARL (POSSIBLY)
Length 54.9 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 613 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Passage llanelli for treport. (ll ww1). captured and scuttled by a german submarine while on passage le havre to portsmouth. (naval staff monographs, vol 17).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 49 meter
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE U 741. H03737/44 SANK 41M S 0.25 E FROM THE NAB. (WW1SL). CHART AS NDW. NOTE. H121/45 22.3.45 WK IN 500212N, 003612W. (PORTSMOUTH LIST). NFA. 27.4.90 WK 47MTRS SHOWN IN 500251N, 003442W ON FRENCH 6857 [1986 EDN]. WK 47.4MTRS IN 500251N, 003441.5W [EUR]. ACCURACY 20MTRS. IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. EXAM'D BY MAGNETOMETER AND E/S. HEIGHT 1.6MTRS ABOVE SEABED. REFERRED TO WK OF U 741. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1990). NC 2613. 4.3.91 OGB POSN: 500145.5N, 003441W. NE 2450. 13.7.99 CONFIRMED AS A U BOAT. (I MCCARTNEY, TELECON 13.7.99) - NCA. 18.8.99 ABOVE STATEMENT IN ERROR, WK CHARTED CLOSE S [20257] NOW STATED TO DEFINITELY BE GERMAN SUBMARINE AND THIS WK TO BE 'PEARL' (POSSIBLY). (I MCCARTNEY/G FURSE, TELECON 17.8.99). IDENTITY OF WKS [19742] AND [20257] SWAPPED. 15.6.07 LIES IN 5002.848N, 0034.687W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2007). [WGD] POSN: 5002.793N, 0034.769W. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 2.793 N,0 34.769 W
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