This is the information page about the shipwreck Pegu (stern), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 31.25 N,3 6.589 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: PEGU (STERN)
Length 142 meter, width: 18 meter, draught: 9.1, tonnage 8183 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: 27.11.39 stranded on revetment and broke stern. floated further up channel and sank on 27.11.39.
Year of registration: 1951
Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 355 cm
Known since: 1951, last detected: 2020
Details measurements/cartography: H3347/58 16.3.59 ST IN 533115N, 030627W. (MDHB SURVEY K1720). BR STD. 8.8.73 IN DEC 1939 THE BOATS & 4 INCH GUN WERE REMOVED. HT 5FT ABOVE LBD. POSN 533113N, 030629W. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). 10.3.81 SHOWN AS ST DR 2.0MTRS IN 533113.5N, 030631W ON MDHC SURVEY JAN 81. (K8577/4). NE 1951. 7.11.11 LOCATED IN 5331.250N, 0306.589W [WGD]. GEN DEPTH 12.1MTRS. LENGTH 62MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HT 13.0MTRS. LIES 170/370 DEGS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1345). NFS. AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2020/000222576 2.10.20 EXAM'D BY BDC IN 5331.255N, 0306.592W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 0.13MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. LENGTH 61MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS, HT 11.8MTRS. LIES 175/355 DEGS. NFS. (MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY SURVEY, 2020) NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: STEEL HULL
Position: 53 31.25 N,3 6.589 W