This is the information page about the shipwreck Perm (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 8.285 N,3 40.988 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: PERM (POSSIBLY)
Length 71.9 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1112 ton
Load: coke
Cause: built in 1883 by burmeister & wain. owned at the time of loss by det forenede dampskibs selskab. two boilers, four cylinder compound expansion engine, single shaft. passage cardiff for st malo. torpedoed by u-57. two men lost. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 67 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm
Known since: 1945, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 3M S OF PRAWLE POINT. (LL WW1). H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 WK IN 500815N, 034015W. HEIGHT 38FT, BREADTH 120FT, LENGTH 400FT. LIES ENE/WSW. WRECK IS OF A THREE ISLAND TYPE MERCHANT SHIP. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45) H0113/45 4.7.45 H0113/45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500812N, 034018W. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 4.7.45). GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 500818N, 034018W. LENGTH 400FT, BREADTH 120FT, HEIGHT 120FT. (AUBD 302/38, C-IN-C PLYMOUTH). H2502/51 24.4.51 H2502/51 24.4.51 WK IN 500824N, 034100W USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH OVER WRECK 33FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 23FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950, SURVEY [38881]). CHART AS WK 33FMS (60MTRS). BR STD. H4514/76 19.1.77 H4514/76 19.1.77 WK IN 500818.52N, 034055.26W [OGB] USING DECCA. RUN OVER WK WITH E/S ON 11.1.77 AT 1200HRS. DRIFTING NW/SE OVER WK. HEIGHT OF WK 18FT IN A GENERAL DEPTH OF 37FMS. (T ALLEN, 12.1.77). CHART AS WK 32FMS (59MTRS) [LAT]. BR STD. H1936/80 1.10.80 H1936/80 1.10.80 EXAM'D 17.3.81 IN 500814N, 034057W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 59 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. ABOUT 40MTRS LONG, LYING NE/SW. GIVES GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM E & W, FAIR FROM N & S. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 5/81). AMEND TO WK 59MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H5982/82 10.2.83 H5982/82 10.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 500818N, 034101W [OGB], USING DECCA, ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)3 [1982 EDN]. NCA. 3.10.85 3.10.85 LOCATED IN 500822N, 034051W [OGB] USING DECCA. HEIGHT ABOUT 12FT. (J BOWEN, TELECON). NCA. HH091/059/01 4.5.05 HH091/059/01 4.5.05 EXAM'D 19.7.04 IN 5008.285N, 0340.988W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.0 IN GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 11MTRS, HT 7.1MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS WITH BOWS ?N. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 60MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ?BOWS N
Position: 50 8.285 N,3 40.988 W