This is the information page about the shipwreck Peru (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 43.083 N,3 13.375 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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.

 

1. Abana (part of)(possibly)
2. Abana (part of)(possibly)
3. Admiral nelson
4. Agnes
5. Alarm
6. Alcides
7. Alice
8. Alice davies
9. Anatolian
10. Angola
11. Angola (part of)(possibly)
12. Ann sumner
13. Anne elizabeth
14. Armagh
15. Auchenarden
16. Auspicious
17. Avon
18. Avon
19. Azalea
20. Bassa
21. Bella
22. Berwyn
23. Bessie
24. Blairnevis
25. Blanche (possibly)
26. Boston
27. Bradda
28. Brazilian
29. Burbo tower (remains)
30. Burbo tower (remains)
31. Burbo tower (remains)
32. Burbo tower (remains)
33. Burgedin
34. Calcium (probably)
35. Calderon
36. Cameronian
37. Carley marie
38. Caroline
39. Cascapedia
40. Castle queen
41. Chase
42. Christina shearer
43. Chrysopolis
44. City of st andrews
45. Colin russell
46. Colombus
47. Colorado
48. Concord
49. Conisbro castle
50. Coniston (probably)
51. Coral bank
52. Corrientes
53. Counsellor iii
54. Countess of devon
55. Croydon
56. Cumbrae
57. Denbigh coast
58. Denham
59. Doris b
60. Dunmail
61. Dunvegan castle
62. Ebeneezer
63. Edward finch
64. El oso
65. Elephant
66. Elizabeth
67. Elizabeth lathom
68. Ellan vannin
69. Ellen sarah
70. Ellen southwold
71. Emelie
72. Endymion
73. Eros
74. Eurymedon
75. Eversfield
76. Fairy
77. Flamingo
78. Frolic
79. Gannochy
80. Geofredo (part of)
81. Geofredo (part of)
82. Geofredo (part of)
83. Germania
84. Ginette michel
85. Glencona
86. Globe trotter
87. Gorsethorn
88. Gratitude
89. Hannah
90. Hannah landles
91. Hebe
92. Hebe (possibly)
93. Henry j smith
94. Herbie
95. Herlief
96. Hero
97. Hms cochrane
98. Hvideorn
99. Ibis
100. Ida
101. India
102. Ionic star
103. Irene chalmers
104. J b kee
105. J c swindlehurst
106. J w t
107. James and grace gregory
108. Jerseymoor
109. Jessie
110. Jessie brown
111. John pierce
112. John w elliot
113. Juno
114. Jura
115. Kelvindale
116. Labora (possibly)
117. Leeds (probably)
118. Lelia
119. Letty
120. Lionel george
121. Little burbo beacon
122. Lochmonar (fwd part)
123. Lochranza castle
124. Lunevale
125. Lyra
126. Mancunium
127. Mantura
128. Margaret
129. Marguerite
130. Marion
131. Marn
132. Mary
133. Mary agnes
134. Mary kate
135. Mary olivia
136. Matador
137. Mayflower (part of)
138. Mersey
139. Mid jordan beacon
140. Mona 2 (possibly)
141. Munster
142. Murielle
143. Nautilus
144. Nazarine
145. Nestos
146. Nickolai
147. No.163
148. North jordan bn
149. Ocean home
150. Old england
151. Osctilia
152. Our golden promise
153. Ousebridge
154. Parker
155. Pegu (bow section)
156. Pegu (stern)
157. Penryn
158. Perseverance
159. Perseverance
160. Peru (probably)
161. Phoenician
162. Pigeon
163. Polly williams
164. Ponce
165. Progress
166. Prudence
167. Queen
168. Queens tower
169. Raoul et aurelie
170. Ringsend
171. Robert & elizabeth
172. Robert marsden
173. Robert seymour
174. Rosebud
175. San toy
176. Sarah
177. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
178. Scorpio
179. Seaville (part of)
180. Seaville (part of)
181. Severn
182. Sir george grey
183. Skate ii (debris from)(probably)
184. Smelter
185. Sons of the sea
186. Sparling
187. Speke (possibly)
188. Sportsman
189. Spurn
190. Stamila
191. Stanleigh
192. Star of hope
193. Sulairia
194. Sultan
195. Sunbeam
196. Sunda
197. Talbot
198. Tancred
199. The lady mostyn
200. Thomas
201. Thorn
202. Thornton
203. Tilley anne
204. Tinker
205. Tongue beacon
206. Tower base
207. U 1024 (possibly)
208. Ubier (probably)
209. Ulstermore
210. Valeria
211. Vanguard
212. Vedra
213. Ville de llanes
214. W.m.j
215. Walter dean
216. Weazel
217. William huskisson
218. William rawcliffe
219. Woodville
220. Ystroom (probably)
221. Zealandia

 

Name: PERU (PROBABLY)

Length 26.9 meter, width: 6.2 meter, draught: 2.8, tonnage 142 ton
Load: stone

Cause: built of iron in 1881 by s ravenscroft, j bowen & winsford. owned at time of loss by salt union ltd (j monks). one boiler, 2 cylinder direct (?simple expansion) engine, single shaft. passage fleetwood for liverpool. foundered in wnw force 6. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1998

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1998, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/758/01 9.11.98 HH090/758/01 9.11.98 EXAMINED 2.10.98 IN 534305.0N, 031322.5W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.0 IN GEN DEPTH 13MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.8MTRS, LENGTH 30MTRS TOWARDS SW. DCS3 HT 2.5MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. NOT SWEPT DUE TO NUMEROUS NETS AND LINES. (NP 1016, HI 758).

- NM 728/99. HH100/351/16 8.11.00 HH100/351/16 8.11.00 DIVED IN SEPT 2000. AN UPRIGHT AND INTACT SS. NO SCOUR. NO DEBRIS. SEABED SAND. NO NETS OR LINES ATTACHED. NO IDENTIFICATION FOUND. STERN AREA IS THE HIGHEST POINT. (K HURLEY, LTR DTD 6.11.00). NCA. HH100/351/21 19.7.04 HH100/351/21 22/7/04 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. A SMALL SS, LYING UPRIGHT, WITH THE STERN THE HIGHEST POINT TO THE NE. BOWS SW AND COVERED IN NETTING. A STEAM BARGE OR STEAM FLAT. LENGTH 26.8MTRS, WIDTH 6.4MTRS. (C MICHAEL, LTR DTD 19.7.04). NCA. 23.3.10 23.3.10 THIS IS PROBABLY SS PERU. (C MICHAEL, EMAIL DTD 21.3.10). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT & INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIED, BOWS SW

Position: 53 43.083 N,3 13.375 W

 

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