This is the information page about the shipwreck Perintis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 53.197 N,3 2.455 W (50.11025, -2.8444333333333)

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: PERINTIS

Length 72.5 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 999 ton
Load: chemicals

Cause: vessel, built 1977 by heinrich brand schiffswerft gmbh & co. owned at time of loss by ocean container feeder inc. on passage from hamburg for jakarta. cargo shifted in storm conditions, vessel took on heavy list & sank. lengthy salvage ops took place over a number of weeks to recover highly-toxic drums. abandoned by crew. (msd).

Year of registration: 1989

Water depth above wreck: 67 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1989, last detected: 20150618

Details measurements/cartography: HH226/350/01 5.4.89 LOCATED & IDENTIFIED BY OIL ESCAPING & ROPE RECOVERED, IN 495313N, 030222W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55.05 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS [LAT]. MARKED BY W CARD EMERGENCY BUOY LAID 270DEGS, 600FT FROM WK. (OCC TH, TELEX DTD 16.3.89 & TELECON DTD 5.4.89). WK FOUND IN 495312N, 030324W. LIES ON PORT SIDE IN 56MTRS OF WATER. (LLOYDS VOL.276). NCA YET. TELEX TO BREST. WZ 412 ISSUED. HH226/350/01 10.4.89 POSN, ACCORDING TO HMS BRINTON, IS 495310N, 030224W. LIES ON PORT SIDE WITH HATCHES MISSING & CARGO SCATTERED AROUND. HAS BEEN EXAMINED BY ROV & VIDEO HAS BEEN OBTAINED. (CAPT. E JOHNSTONE, UNITED TOWING LTD, HULL, TELECON). EXAM'D 16.3.89 IN 495313N, 030222W [OGB] USING DECCA. WK CLEARED AT 30MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. NO SCOUR. (THV 'MERMAID', H525 DTD 16.3.89). CHART AS WK 55MTRS IN 495310N, 030224W.

- NM 1297/89. 19.4.89 RECOVERY OF DANGEROUS CARGO IN VICINITY WK SITE BEING UNDERTAKEN BY HMS CHALLENGER. WK NOW STATED TO BE UPSIDE DOWN. (RNW). HH226/350/01 11.5.89 ALL BUT 4 OF THE 32 DRUMS CYPERMETHRIN & PERMETHRIN HAVE NOW BEEN RECOVERED. (LLOYDS VOL.276). PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION NO.5442E CONCERNING SAFETY OF RECOVERY TEAM WITH REGARD TO EXPLOSIVES & DUMPED RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN HURD DEEP. HH090/496/02 19.2.91 EXAM'D 19.10.90 IN 495311.4N, 030227.3W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55.5 IN GEN DEPTH 66.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10.5MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, BEAM 12MTRS. LIES 070/250DEGS WITH HIGH POINT AT S END. HMS CHALLENGER WORKED THIS WK DURING WK PRIOR TO THIS EXAMINATION. (NP 1008, HI 496). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. G/S. HH226/410/01 4.4.91 SHOWN ON NM BLOCK 1480/91. 15.10.15 EXAM'D 18.6.15 IN 4953.197N, 0302.455W [WGD]. LEAST WCD 47.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 67MTRS. LENGTH 64.4MTRS, WIDTH 38.4MTRS, HT 18.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 070/250 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. BROKEN UP. (MMT, HI 1480). AMEND TO NDW 47MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP.

Position: 49 53.197 N,3 2.455 W

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