This is the information page about the shipwreck Penvearn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 27.297 N,5 1.583 W (53.230533333333, -4.9533166666667)

 

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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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Name: Penvearn

Length 104.2 meter, width: 14.3 meter, tonnage 3710 ton

Cause: built in 1906 by w doxford & co, sunderland. owned at time of loss by penvearn ss co ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 300nhp, single shaft. passage barrow-in-furness for barry roads. torpedoed by u-105 with heavy loss of life. (sibi).positional analysis: the wreck lies 10.7nm sw of the u-boat(ktb) position and 11.9nm sw of the position given in war losses (1990). the ship wastowed from the position where it was originally hit.archival analysis: the ship did not sink initially and was taken in tow (tna adm 137/4102) although the direction of tow is not stated. the initial damage being to the thwartship bunker, which was holed both sides of the ship. the wreck is clearly split in the middle, as seen in the dtm. the ship was reported to have been torpedoed again the following morning, with a hit in the bows causing the ship to sink rapidly from forward. the bow section is only slightly damaged. note, the ship sank on 2 mar 1918, not 1 mar, as generally reported.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20190512

Details measurements/cartography: 1918 M11219 1918 POSN 15 MILES N 1/2 W OF S STACK. STILL FLOATING WHEN LAST SEEN. (MASTER). INS AS WK PA IN 533200N, 045200W. H4827/75 21.1.77 WK LOCATED 9.11.76 IN 532717N, 050131W [OGB]USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 53.9 IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. SANDY SEABED. LENGTH 110MTRS. LYING N/S. LARGE SONAR CONTACT. HULL APPEARS TO BE WHOLE, BUT NO SONAR EVIDENCE OF UPPERWORKS. (HMS FOX, HI 54/76). INS AS WK 50MTRS.

- NM 551/77. 14.2.23 WRECK SURVEYED 12/5/2019: MBES DATA SHOWS CARGO SHIP OF 102MTRS IN LENGTH, THE ORIENTATION ITS DIFFICULT TO MEASURE WIDTH WITH ACCURACY BUT APPEARS TO BE 13-14MTRS. THE POSN, DIMENSIONS AND CONDITION OF THE WRECK ALL FAVOUR THE VESSEL "PENVEARN" AS THE IDENTITY. THE LENGTH OF WRECK TOO LONG TO BE THE ESKMERE(SEE WK ID 7000). (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE "PENVERAN" AND ATTRIBUTES.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 27.297 N,5 1.583 W

 

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