This is the information page about the shipwreck Perelle (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 13.233 N,5 39.496 W (55.27305, -5.5877166666667)

 

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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. Agba
2. Alamance (probably)
3. Albia (probably)
4. Ardglass
5. Argyle (possibly)
6. Bonvilston
7. Byron darnton
8. Dalriada
9. Davaar
10. Dettifoss
11. Dove of oban
12. Empire adventure
13. Falcon
14. Foxy lady
15. Glenhead
16. Hms adept (possibly)
17. Hms breda
18. Housatonic (possibly)
19. Lairdscastle (probably)
20. Lupina
21. Maria
22. Menck
23. Middleton (probably)
24. Mobeka
25. Norseman
26. Nyanza (possibly)
27. Ospray ii
28. Overton
29. Perelle (possibly)
30. Quesada (possibly)
31. Quesada (possibly)
32. Sandhurst
33. Setter (possibly)
34. St conan
35. U 776
36. Ub-85 / ub-82?
37. Wilmere (probably)

 

Name: PERELLE (POSSIBLY)

Length 53.9 meter, width: 8.6 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 659 ton

Cause: ex- stainburn. built in 1922 by william adams, olderfleet with triple- expansion engines. owned at time of loss by dorey onesimus & sons ltd, guernsey. sunk in a collision off mull of kintyre. (wrecksite.eu)

Year of registration: 1942

Water depth above wreck: 86 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1942, last detected: 1985

Details measurements/cartography: H067/42 15.3.42 H067/42 [NO DATE] WK IN 551200N, 054800W. SANK ABOUT 5M S OF MULL OF KINTYRE. (COM. CONVOY 0020, HMS HAVELOCK 0640. 15.3.42) 18.8.53 18.8.53 INS NDW (PA). NC F6629. H5251/68 10.5.68 H5251/68 10.5.68 VERY DEEP, VERY PEAKED BOTTOM. NO SONAR CONTACTS. NOTHING ON E/S TO ACCOUNT FOR REPORTS. (HMS MERMAID, 20.5.68). H7551/68 17.1.69 H7551/68 17.1.69 NO TRACE OF WK FOUND ALTHOUGH VERY GOOD ECHOES FROM AN IRREGULAR BOTTOM IN THE AREA. (HMS HYDRA, HI 27/68). H7551/68 29.1.80 H7551/68 29.1.80 WK LOCATED IN 551313N,053930W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 81 IN GEN DEPTH 86MTRS. LENGTH 22MTRS,LYING 300/120DEG. PROBABLY UPTURNED HULL OF FV. (HMS HYDRA, SIGNAL DTD 21.1.80).

- NM 337/80. 11.2.80 11.2.80 EXAM'D 16.1.80 IN 551313N, 053931W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. DCS3 HT 7.7MTRS. (HMS HYDRA). NCA. H2885/83 7.8.85 H2885/83 7.8.85 EXAM'D 7.6.85 IN 551314N, 053926W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 80.8 IN GEN DEPTH 86MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.1MTRS, LENGTH 40MTRS. SMALL WK LYING NEARLY UPRIGHT ON HEADING 100/280 DEG. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 165A). AMEND TO WK 80MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SMALL WK, UPRIGHT

Position: 55 13.233 N,5 39.496 W

 

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