This is the information page about the shipwreck Pentyrch, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 43.398 N,0 15.818 W (50.7233, -0.2636333)

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.

Name: PENTYRCH

Length 103.3 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3312 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Torpedoed & sunk by german submarine ub 40. (ww1sl & der krieg zur see).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 17 meter, Height above seabed: 99 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: H2283/18 1.5.18 WK 2.75FMS IN APPROX 504300N, 001600W. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 550/18. 19.4.18 WK IN POSN 5M WNW OF BRIGHTON LTV. (IDSA MASTER, DOCKET M19770, BMVS & UB TEL MOVE). NCA. H5267/21 25.8.21 WK NOT LOCATED. (TH EX 3116/21). DELETED.

- NM 1547/21. H2699/76 18.7.78 LOCATED 23.6.75 IN 504322N, 001543.4W USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SONAR HT 5.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 18.9MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 41/75). CHART AS WK 12.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. NE 1652 & NE 2450. H1309/79 21.9.79 LIES E/W. BROKEN IN 2 PLACES. APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BLOWN. 10FT HIGH MAX, IN SAND & SILT. WINCH ON E SECTION. UPSIDE DOWN. (J SALSBURY, SEAFORD, 7.8.79). NCA. H1270/79 29.2.80 REPD TO HAVE LEAST E/S DEPTH OF 9.9MTRS. TO BE WIRE SWEPT. (HMS BULLDOG, SIG DTD 25.2.80).

- NM 597(P)/80. H1270/79 16.4.80 DRIFT SWEPT - CLEAR AT 9.1, FOUL AT 9.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.4MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, TELECON 15.4.80). TH INFORMED. AMENDED TO SW 9.1MTRS.

- NM 929/80. H1310/80 15.10.80 WK IN 504303N, 001434W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44FT IN GEN DEPTH 72FT. (J SALSBURY, 4.9.80). NCA YET. AWAIT HMS BULLDOG SURVEY RESULTS. 25.8.76 UPRIGHT WITH HIGHEST PTS AT BOW & STERN. HEADING ESE. LEAST DEPTH 40FT IN GEN DEPTH 60FT. THOUGHT POSSIBLY TO BE THE 'VASCO' [SEE WK [20078] IN 504220N, 000059W]. (D PECKHAM, TELECON, 25.8.76). NCA. H1965/76 2.12.80 EXAM'D 13.5.80 IN 504322N, 001543W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. DECCA USED. SWEPT CLEAR AT 9.1, FOUL AT 9.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.3 IN GEN DEPTH 19MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH, LENGTH 111.4MTRS, BEAM 21.4MTRS, HT 9.9MTRS. LYING 099/279 DEGS. VERY BROKEN UP. SHOALEST AT W END. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). NFA.H1310/83/41 22.6.84 WK IN 504316N, 001542W [OGB] USING DECCA. (VULCAN DIVING SERVICES, 19.6.84). NCA.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE SEP 2015/000083467 5.5.16 EXAM'D 16.10.15; IN 5043.398N, 0015.818W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 9.73MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 17.7MTRS. LENGTH 106MTRS, WIDTH 26MTRS, HT 8MTRS, ORIENTATION 100/280. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE 2015, HI 1478). AMEND DW 9.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 3576/18

Position: 50 43.398 N,0 15.818 W

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