Wreck: Peridot (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Peridot, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 51.583 N,5 45.752 W (54.846216666667, -5.7131)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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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Shipwreck details

Name: PERIDOT

Length 30.5 meter
Load: coal

Cause: vessel, built 1890 in paisley, was driven onto skernaghan point in an easterly gale, whilst en-route irvine to larne. entire crew of 9 lost. owned at time of loss by william robertson. (shipwrecks of the ulster coast & shipwrecks of the irish coast)

Year of registration: 1905

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1905, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/12 26.9.97 HH100/351/12 26.9.97 VESSEL LOCATED IN 1965 ON SKERNAGHAN POINT [545135N, 054541.5W]. BOW SECTION LIES 20MTRS TO W OF SKERNAGHAN PT. STERN SECTION & BOILERS LIE 10MTRS TO E OF SKERNAGHAN PT, WITH BOILER BREAKING SURFACE. WK IS BADLY BROKEN UP. THE BELL WAS RECOVERED BY DIVERS IN 1995. SEABED ROCK. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 100FT APPROX. (P. STEELE, 22.5.97) NCA, PLOTS CLOSE INSHORE ON LW ROCK. 5.8.03 5.8.03 WGD POSN SUPPLIED BY GEODESY: 5451.586N, 0545.755W. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 51.583 N,5 45.752 W

 

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