This is the information page about the shipwreck Peronne, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 28.278 N,3 22.83 W (50.471300, -3.380500)

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: PERONNE

Length 97.5 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 3342 ton

Cause: built in 1882 by sunderland sb co. owned at the time of loss by cie. francaise de marine et de commerce. triple expansion engine. passage le havre for barry roads. torpedoed by uc-65. (ww1sl, dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: SANK ABOUT 3.75M E FROM ORE STONE. (WW1SL). H5814/17 CHARTED AS WK 7FMS (1917). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 591/17. H8109/38 19.12.38 WK IN 502814N, 032242W, 097DEGS 45MINS, 5.58M FROM ST MARYS CHURCH, BABBACOMBE. (HMS GLEANER, 8.2.38). BR STD. H2502/51 24.5.51 WK IN 502815N, 032242W. SWEPT CLEAR AT 68FT, FOUL AT 70FT. DEPTH OVER WK 68FT, HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 28FT. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). CHART AS WK 11FMS [20.7MTRS]. BR STD. H5413/60 19.1.65 WK BROKEN UP AND GREATLY DISPERSED. LARGEST PORTION IS THE STERN SECTION WHICH LIES ON HER STARBOARD SIDE. (BSAC, 17.11.64). NCA. H5982/82 24.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 502815N, 032239W USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)2, 1982). NCA. H2923/83 19.11.84 EXAM'D 11/12.6.84 IN 502814N, 032247W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 21.0MTRS, FOUL AT 21.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.5 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 7.8MTRS, LENGTH 95MTRS, BEAM 11MTRS. LYING 060/240DEGS, WITH SCATTERED DEBRIS NEARBY AMIDSHIPS, A SMALL PIECE DEBRIS APPROX 80MTRS SW OF WK, AND POSSIBLY BROKEN SECTION IMMEDIATELY N OF BOWS. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 21MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000019320 6.7.15 EXAM'D 10.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 23.43MTRS IN 5028.278N, 0322.830W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 29MTRS. LENGTH 93MTRS, WIDTH 17.9MTRS, HEIGHT 5.6MTRS. ORIENTATION 070/250 DEGS. MOSTLY BURIED AND DEGRADED. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO DW 23MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: MOSTLY BURIED, DEGRADED

Position: 50 28.278 N,3 22.83 W

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