This is the information page about the shipwreck Peter hamre, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 38.91 N,1 42.597 E (51.7619167, 1.5857333)
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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: PETER HAMRE
Length 74.1 meter, width: 9.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1080 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined
Cause: Torpedoed by submarine.
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 20160223
Details measurements/cartography: 28.6.23 INS INS DW. H8037/34 4.12.34 AMEND TO DWPA. NC 1975. H8004/37 2.3.35 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR 10FMS, FOUL 10FMS 1FT. LEAST E/S 10FMS. SHOWS TRACE OF SMALL WRECK. POSN 513902N, 014249E, WHICH IS 4.5 CABLES 090 DEG FROM PREVIOUS POSITION 513905N 014200E. SWEPT OVER BY OROPESA TO MINIMUM OF 10 FMS BUT NO TRACE WAS FOUND. (HMS KELLET 1937). AMEND TO WK 10MTRS.
- NM ACTION. 31.10.55 REPORTED TO BE THE BIERGIT A NORWEGIAN TIMBER SHIP BY A MR GREY H2813/60 19.7.61 INS WK 10FMS ON BA 1610. - NM 3046/60. H4988/71 5.1.72 NOT FOUND BY DCS3 UNDER GOOD CONDITIONS. (HMS FAWN). NCA. 23.5.73 AMEND TO SW 18.0MTRS [LAT]. NC 2051. HH090/667/01 3.1.96 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3 ON 100MTR SCALE AND MAGNETOMETER. (OCEONICS, HI 667). AMENDED TO DEAD. SEP 2015/000083463 14.7.16 EXAM'D 23.02.2016; IN 5138.910N, 0142.597E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. LENGTH 43MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 2.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 000/180. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SCOUR LENGTH 55MTRS, 0.2MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 230DEGS. DEBRIS SURROUNDING WK. (MMT, HI 1474). AMEND DW 19.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 38.91 N,1 42.597 E