This is the information page about the shipwreck Pegu, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 28.41 N,8 46.69 W (51.300333333333, -9.084)

 

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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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24. Kinsale western bridge
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32. Spectator (probably)
33. U 260

 

Name: PEGU

Length 134.8 meter, width: 16.8 meter, draught: 8.7, tonnage 6348 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,timber,foodstuffs: solid,grain

Cause: built in 1913 by w denny & bros ltd, dumbarton. owned at time of loss by british & burmese steam navigation co ltd. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 521nhp, single shaft. passage rangoon for liverpool. torpedoed by u-57. one man lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 86 meter, Height above seabed: 159 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H6907/29 POSN 7M SE FROM GALLEY HEAD. (WW1SL). POSN 512830N, 084730W APPROX. 5.2.71 CHARTED AS NDWPA IN 512830N, 084730W. LC 1824B. WK REPD IN 512837N, 084700W. (E GILES). NCA YET. 30.6.76 AMEND TO USCPA 65MTRS. NC 2092. 2.8.85 CONFIRMED IDENTITY AND POSN. SALVAGE OF CARGO IN HAND. (SEASALVE MARINE, 4.7.85). H1310/85/27 10.6.85 WK RECENTLY IDENTIFIED AS THE PEGU. LOCATED IN 512823N, 084631W. (G WILLIAMS, 17.8.85). NCA. H1270/80 2.8.85 AMEND TO USC 65MTRS IN 512837N, 084700W. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). BR STD. HH284/430/04 2.4.04 LOCATED BY MBES IN 5128.410N, 0846.690W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 88MTRS. (MV GEOGRAPH VIA E GILES). DTM SHOWS LENGTH 115MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 8MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS. AMEND TO WK 75MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 20.7.05 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. LIES N/S. WELL BROKEN UP. STANDS 4-5 MTRS HIGH. (K HEATH, TELECON). NCA. SEP 2014/000158192 8.8.14 EXAM'D 15.7.13 IN 5128.410N, 0846.689W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 78.88 IN GEN DEPTH 86.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 133MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 6.1MTRS. LIES 159/339 DEGS. BOWS NOT CLEAR. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTIALLY BROKEN DOWN. MINOR DEBRIS NEARBY. (RV CELTIC VOYAGER, CV13_02, INFOMAR). AMEND WK 78MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, PARTIALLY BROKEN DOWN

Position: 51 28.41 N,8 46.69 W

 

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