This is the information page about the shipwreck Penrhos (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 23.036 N,3 41.8 W (53.615283333333, -3.42905)

 

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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. ? susie mo ii
2. Alarm
3. Albanian
4. Albion (probably)
5. Amlwch rose
6. Ardlough
7. Braeglen
8. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
9. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
10. Cairnross
11. Calcium (probably)
12. Chacabuco (possibly)
13. Chagres
14. City of brussels
15. Clytie
16. Constance
17. Dublin
18. El oso
19. Fb 110 (possibly)
20. Fb 112 (possibly)
21. Fb 116 (possibly)
22. Fb 118 (possibly)
23. Fb 265 (possibly)
24. Fb 267 (possibly)
25. Fb 275 (possibly)
26. Fb 278 (possibly)
27. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
28. Fb 295 (possibly)
29. Fb 296 (possibly)
30. Fb 297 (possibly)
31. Fb 300 (possibly)
32. Fb 43 (possibly)
33. Fb 47 (possibly)
34. Fb 56 (possibly)
35. Fb 72 (possibly)
36. Fb 83 (possibly)
37. Fb 86 (possibly)
38. Fb 98 (probably)
39. Four brothers (possibly)
40. Ghambira
41. Horizon (possibly)
42. Hornby (possibly)
43. Kilcoan (probably)
44. Letty
45. Linda blanche
46. Lugar
47. Mermaid (probably)
48. Munster
49. Nicola faith
50. Nydia (probably)
51. Ocean monarch
52. Penrhos (probably)
53. Penstone
54. Princess victoria
55. Rea 1
56. Rea 10
57. Rea 5
58. Rea 7 (possibly)
59. Rea 8 (possibly)
60. Rea 9 (possibly)
61. Resurgam
62. Rhosneigr
63. Seahow
64. Stanleigh
65. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
66. Strathrye
67. Tongue beacon (possibly)
68. Torch
69. Tower base
70. Tt 6 (possibly)
71. Vine (possibly)
72. Ystroom (probably)

 

Name: PENRHOS (PROBABLY)

Length 30.8 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 187 ton
Load: sawdust/wood chips,stone

Cause: 13.9.1904 built by w j yarwood, northwich at the stanley. yard number 31. launched 13.9.1904. owned initially by the stanley ss co, ltd. (henry seddon, manager). sold on 3.6.27 to william b kyffin of birkenhead. sold on 24.8.27 to alfred b wade of cardiff. sold on 20.10.27 to steam coasters ltd, cardiff. (william a andrew, manager). sold on 4.12.39 to the straits ss co ltd, liverpool, (lovell d mack, manager), and renamed 'penrhos'. sailed from penmaenmawr, north wales, to livepool on 1.1.42. struck a mine and sank 243 degs, 1 mile from the n constable buoy. four crew lost with the sinking.

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 357 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H069/42 SANK 243DEG, 1M FROM N CONSTABLE BUOY. (FO LIVERPOOL). BUOY IN 532303N, 033942W. H0495/42 MINED IN 532030N, 034112W. (MINE SWEEPING SUMMARY). H4515/46 11.6.51 POSN 532259N, 034137W. LEAST DEPTH 27FT. (HMS FRANKLIN).

- NM 1101/51. H1310/80 31.1.80 LIES N/S ON AN EVEN KEEL AND IN ONE PIECE. HAS DEEP SCOURS, 2-3MTRS DEEP AT BOW AND STERN. SEABED IS LEVEL WITH DECKS AT MID SECTION. (P ROBINSON, RHUDDLAN). H1310/84/37 5.11.84 DIVED ON 13.11.83. SMALL COASTER LYING ON KEEL WITH BOW NE. SCOUR AT BOW & STERN. HIGHEST PART OF WK 10MTRS DEEP AT 1 HOUR BEFORE LW AT LLANDUDNO. GEN DEPTH 15MTRS, SCOURS 18MTRS DEEP. (P L SMITH, 22.10.84). NCA. H2993/88 14.6.88 EXAM'D 1.12.87 IN 532300N, 034143W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.2 IN GEN DEPTH 12.75MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS DEEP. EXAM'D ALSO BY HMS BULLDOG - HYDROSEARCH - VERT HT 3.5MTRS, LENGTH 89.8MTRS, BEAM 11.1MTRS. SHADOW HT COULD NOT BE OBTAINED DUE PROXIMITY OF CONSTABLE BANK. CHART AS WK 9.2MTRS. (HMS HECATE, HI 3570. BR STD. HH100/351/01 5.5.89 BELL RECOVERED SOME YEARS AGO FROM THIS WK WAS INSCRIBED 'ISLAND QUEEN'. WK IS UPRIGHT AND COMPLETE WITH WHEELHOUSE NEAR STERN THE HIGHEST POINT AND STANDING ABOUT 6MTRS HIGH. LIES NW/SE WITH BOW NW. (K HURLEY, 10.4.89). HH100/351/06 29.3.93 LOCATED IN 532302N, 034148.5W [WGD] USING GPS. WK IS COMPLETE AND UPRIGHT AND HAS SINGLE IRON PROPELLER WHICH IS ENTANGLED WITH NETTING. LEAST DEPTH 15MTRS [HWS]. SCOUR 20MTRS DEEP AT BOTH BOW AND STERN. (C HOLDEN, 27.3.93). NCA. HH100/351/13 30.1.98 HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SUBSTANTIATE THE CLAIM THAT THE BELL INSCRIBED 'ISLAND QUEEN' HAD BEEN RECOVERED FROM THIS WRECK. HISTORICAL DATA AND PHOTOGRAPH OF THE VESSEL IN HER WORKING DAYS MATCH EXACTLY THIS WRECK. (K HURLEY). SEP 2020/000174024 4.8.20 EXAM’D 2.2.20 IN 5323.036N, 0341.800W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 8.87MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. LENGTH 31.7MTRS, WIDTH 6.9MTRS, HT 3.15MTRS, ORIENTATION 357/003DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 40.5MTRS, WIDTH 12.3MTRS, 1.5MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 105DEGS. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1571). AMEND TO DW 8.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT

Position: 53 23.036 N,3 41.8 W

 

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