This is the information page about the shipwreck Persier, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 17.095 N,3 58.12 W (50.284917, -3.968667)

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: PERSIER

Length 121.9 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 5382 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-war buffalo. built in 1918 by the northumberland shipbulding co ltd. owned at time of loss by compagnie maritime belge (lloyd royal). triple expansion engine of 517 nhp. passage cardiff for antwerp. general cargo of mainly foodstuffs. torpedoed by u-1017. was badly damaged & abandoned. drifted for some hours before sinking. of crew of 52, seven gunners, commodore & three signalmen, 20 lost. (ww2sl, axis submarine successes, dods & llww2).

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H1246/69 10.6.69 WK OF RIVETTED STEEL VESSEL, PROBABLY WW1 PERIOD, REPD IN 501645N, 035742W. HAS A THREE BLADED PROPELLER, BLADES IN EXCESS OF 6FT LONG. (LT CDR A BAX, RN, 8.6.69). NCA YET. 16.10.69 WK IS 300-400FT LONG WITH 50FT BEAM. LIES ON ITS SIDE WITH BOW HEADING SOUTH. CENTRE SECTION HAS COLLAPSED & BOILERS ARE VISIBLE. A 4 INCH GUN EXISTS ON STERN & 2 MACHINE GUNS SEEN ON BRIDGE. VESSEL HAS A RAKE BOW & IS FLUSH DECKED. CARGO MAY HAVE BEEN RUBBER, QUANTITIES OF RUBBER SHEETS LIE IN THE WK. (C HOPKINS, TELECON). NCA. 20.10.69 NOW REPD TO BE 300FT FROM BRIDGE TO STERN. GUN ON STERN IS DATED 1911-1919, BUT GUNS ON BRIDGE APPEAR TO DATE FROM WW2. (C HOPKINS, 20.10.69). NCA. 30.4.70 THOUGHT NOW TO BE WK OF BELGIAN SS 'PERSIER' FOLLOWING ENQUIRIES AT LLOYDS. NCA. 18.5.70 BELL, ENGRAVED 'WAR BUFFALO' RECOVERED. THIS WAS FORMER NAME OF THE 'PERSIER'. WK HAS NOW BEEN PURCHASED THROUGH BOARD OF TRADE. (C HOPKINS). NCA. H3221/70 14.8.70 WK NOT FOUND DURING SEARCH USING ARL SCANNER IN AREA WITHIN 6C OF 501645N, 035742W. MAY LIE FURTHER INSHORE. (RV 'CLIONE', MAY 1970). NCA. H4267/70 24.8.70 WK NOT FOUND, BUT A LARGE ANCHOR, 6-8FT ACROSS, WAS LOCATED. (D T B CALKIN, 18.8.70). NCA. 7.4.72 WK LOCATED IN 501650N, 035750W. (MR PAGE, BSAC KINGSBRIDGE). NCA YET. H4267/70 27.6.72 ACCEPTED POSN NOW 501700N, 035809W [OGB] FROM HSA. LIES ON HEADING 194DEGS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 46 IN GEN DEPTH 85FT. LIES ON PORT SIDE, HIGHEST PART BOWS. PROPELLER MISSING & OTHER SALVAGE HAS TAKEN PLACE. SEABED: FLAT ROCK AT N END, SAND WITH ROCKY OUTCROPS AT S. (MR PAGE, 19.6.72). CHART AS WK 14MTRS [7FMS 4FT] IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1262/72. H4267/70 8.9.72 DIVED ON 28.8.72 IN 501708N, 035806W. SUBSTANTIAL PART OF WK STANDS ABOUT 20FT HIGH. (MR CALKIN, BSAC KINGSTON). NCA. H4267/70 22.7.77 LOCATED 1.7.77 IN 501707N, 035806W [OGB]. LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED 21.5MTRS (PREDICTED TIDAL REDUCTION APPLIED). NOT FULLY EXAM'D. (HMS FAWN). NCA YET. HH100/351/07 8.7.93 DIVED 22.11.92 IN 501657.5N, 035802W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. NO SCOUR. LIES ON PORT SIDE WITH BOW S & STANDS 6MTRS CLEAR OF SAND SEABED. MIDSHIPS COMPLETELY BROKEN UP. 3 BOILERS STAND 3MTRS HIGH. (G PEACHAM, 30.6.93). ACCEPT HMS FAWN, 1977 POSN. BR STD. HH090/594/01 17.1.95 EXAM'D 24.11.94 IN 501703.61N, 035803.64E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.4 IN GEN DEPTH 26.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS. DIVER REPORTS THAT THERE IS NO MAST PROUD OF THE WK. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 594). AMEND TO WK 19.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 5.6.03 WK IS COMPLETELY COLLSAPSED TO PORT. BOWS S. W SIDE OF WK IS MOSTLY HULL PLATES, E SIDE MAINLY DECK FITTINGS. (DIVER MAGAZINE, JUNE 2003). NCA. 16.8.11 EXAM'D 16.12.10 IN 5017.095N, 0358.120W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.47 IN GEN DEPTH 26.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 124MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 6.63MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. COLLAPSED WITH BOILERS STANDING PROUD. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1356). RETAIN WK 19.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED

Position: 50 17.095 N,3 58.12 W

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