This is the information page about the shipwreck Pennsylvania, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 44.841 N,3 4.055 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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.

 

1. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Argyll
6. Athenic
7. Avra (possibly)
8. B 109 (part)
9. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
10. Ben barvas
11. Benachie
12. Bettina danica
13. Bountiful
14. Bremse
15. Brummer
16. Budrie
17. Busy bee (part of)
18. Carolina thornden
19. Carron
20. Challenger
21. Clan mackinlay
22. Clio
23. Clio ii
24. Collingdoc
25. Copeland
26. Corinthia (stern section)
27. Croma
28. Daghestan (probably)
29. Danmark (after part)
30. Dresden
31. Duna
32. Dyle
33. Ebanezer
34. Edinboune
35. Elton
36. Emerald wings
37. Empire parsons (possiby)
38. Empire seaman
39. Empire seaman
40. Energy
41. Ephram
42. F2
43. Faro
44. Fulmar (possibly)
45. G101
46. G103
47. G104
48. Gartmore
49. Giralda (possibly)
50. Gobernador bories
51. Gondolier
52. Grosser kurfurst
53. Gunnaren
54. Hessen
55. Hindenburg
56. Hmd chance
57. Hmd imbat
58. Hmd lustring
59. Hmd lustring
60. Hmd lustring
61. Hms albacore (bow section)
62. Hms dewey eve
63. Hms endeavour
64. Hms loch garry
65. Hms narborough
66. Hms opal
67. Hms roedean
68. Hms rose valley
69. Hms royal oak
70. Hms strathgarry
71. Hms vanguard
72. Ilsenstein
73. Invader
74. Inverlane (bow section)
75. Irene
76. James barrie
77. Johanna thorden
78. Juanita
79. Juniata (fore part)
80. Jv 526
81. Jv 751
82. Kaiser
83. Kaiserin
84. Karlsruhe
85. Kathe niederkirchner
86. Koln
87. Konig
88. Kronprinz wilhelm
89. Lapland
90. Lizzie bain (possibly)
91. Loch maddy (stern section)
92. Lorne
93. Lycia
94. Mara
95. Markgraf
96. Martis
97. Martis
98. Minieh
99. Naja (part of)
100. Napier star
101. Neptune
102. Norholmen
103. Numidian
104. Numidian
105. Ocean racer
106. Pennsylvania
107. Pinnace 288
108. Pinnace 744
109. Pitstruan (probably)
110. Pontos
111. Prinzregent luitpold
112. Prolific
113. Prudentia
114. Radiation
115. Reginald
116. Reinfield
117. Rfa isleford
118. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
119. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
120. Rosewood
121. Ross puma
122. Rotherfield
123. S 36 (bow section)
124. Seydlitz
125. Skua flaes beacon
126. Stellatus
127. Strathelliot
128. Sunbeam
129. Swiftsure
130. Tabarka (possibly)
131. Tbf fn899
132. Teeswood
133. Tern 1
134. Thames
135. Thunfisch
136. U 18 (probably)
137. Ub 116
138. V 78 (part of)
139. V 81
140. V83
141. Yc 21

 

Name: PENNSYLVANIA

Length 108 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 3759 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: bult in 1907 by w dobson & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by det forenede damps, selsk. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 361nhp, single shaft. machinery by ne marine engine co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyen. passage new york for copenhagen. struck rocks and sank in fog. later broke up and became a ctl. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1931

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter

Known since: 1931, last detected: 1971

Details measurements/cartography: H5986/31 26.8.31 POSN 584430N, 030400W. (LL, 21.8.31). 25.2.72 REPORTED IN 584452N, 030335W ON W SIDE OF SWONA ISLAND, JUST BELOW & TO THE W OF A ROCK PINNACLE WHICH IS AWASH AT LW. FROM PINNACLE TO WK A DROP OF 40FT. THE SEABED THEN SLOPES STEEPLY TO 90FT. STERN, PROP SHAFT, ENGINES & KEEL LIE AT BASE OF PINNACLE & PARTS SCATTERED DOWN THE SLOPE WESTWARD. LITTLE OF WK LEFT & GREATER PART COVERED WITH THICK SEA WHIP. OWNED BY SYNDICATE OF FARMERS & FISHERMEN OF WICK. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS LTD, 1971). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ONLY FRAGMENTS REMAIN

Position: 58 44.841 N,3 4.055 W

 

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