Wreck: Perseus (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Perseus, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 1.35 N,4 58.016 W (53.230533333333, -4.9533166666667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: Perseus
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 20 cm
Known since: 1941, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SUNK 12 MILES NE OF BARDSEY ISLAND. (TRADE DIVISION LIST SUPPLEMENT, MAR/MAY 1941). H0109/45 SONAR CONTACT IN 530200N, 045730W APPROX. (WESTERN APPRS LIST, WAGO 524). H0109/45 11.4.45 POSN NOW 530130N, 045730W. LENGTH 200FT, BEAM 50FT, HT 42FT. 5.11.73 CHARTED AS USC PA 55MTRS IN 530130N, 045730W. NC 1970. H1935/80 19.5.82 EXAM'D 5.5.81 IN 530120N, 045757W USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 58 IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT, LYING 020/200DEGS. (HMS FAWN, HI 3). BR STD. HH100/351/03 23.5.91 LOCATED. POSN CONFIRMED. (V P HAIGH, 30.10.90) HH100/351/16 21.8.00 WK IS OF IRON OR STEEL CONSTRUCTION. CLOSE SOUNDED AND FOUND TO BE OVER 100MTRS IN LENGTH. (S KERSHAW, WRECK 'N TECH/G FURSE TELECON 18.8.00) NCA. 27.2.23 WRECK SURVEYED 15/5/2019: MBES DATA SHOWS CARGO VESSEL LYING UPRIGHT WITH LEAN AND COLLAPSED TO PORT SIDE, STERN MISSING. TWO HOLDS FWD AND ONE AFT. DIMENSIONS APPROX LENGTH 64MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. WK POSITIONALLY, DIMENSIONALLY AND ARCHIVALLY CONSISTENT WITH VESSEL "PERSEUS". STERN WAS BLOWN OFF IN ATTACK WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN IMAGE OF WK, ALSO PHOTOS OF PERSEUS SHOW 2 HOLDS FWD AND 1 AFT WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH IMAGE. (INNES MCCARTNEY BOOK "ECHOES FROM THE DEEP"). UPDATE "PERSEUS" AND ATTRIBUTES.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT, LENGTH FROM E/S
Position: 53 1.35 N,4 58.016 W
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