This is the information page about the shipwreck Peter sif, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 26.419 N,5 7.616 W (48.440317, -5.126933)

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: PETER SIF

Length 61 meter, width: 10.1 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 499 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: 20.2.80 lost 2 containers overboard in bad weather and developed 10deg list, whilst on passage rotterdam for iskenderun. started taking in water and sought shelter in baie de lampaul, where she sank. (ll, 20.2.80)

Year of registration: 1979

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter

Known since: 1979, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H3464/70 18.12.79 INSPECTED BY FRENCH NAVY DIVERS & FOUND IN GOOD ORDER. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) H3464/70 20.12.79 WK HAS BEEN MARKED BY OR LT BUOY, FL, IN 482627N, 050743W. (DIFRAP 48 07 79). NCA YET. H3464/70 15.1.80 NDW IN 482627N, 050745W. (BREST NM 79 49 41).

- NM 226/80. H3464/70 7.3.80 DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS BY INSURERS AFTER TENDERS RECEIVED. (LL, 20.2.80). 16.10.84 MV 'PETER SIF' IN 482628N, 050734.5W [EUR]. GEN DEPTH 44MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984, NO.14585153). SHOWN AS NDW. NC 2964. 16.7.86 SHOWN AS WK USC 20MTRS ON FRENCH 6989 [1986 EDN]. 6.8.86 SHOWN AS WK USC PA 20MTRS IN 482626.5N, 050742W ON FRENCH 5287 [1986 EDN]. SHOWN AS NDW ON FRENCH 6680 [1986 EDN]. WK USC PA 20MTRS IN 482627.5N, 050734.5W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1985). INS AS WK USC PA 20MTRS IN 482627N, 050736W [EUR]. BR STD. H3774/81 21.1.87 WK USC 20MTRS, IN 482627N, 050736W. (FRENCH NM 86 49 18). NCA. 5.12.97 SHOWN AS WK USC PA 20MTRS ON FRENCH 7123 [1997 EDN]. BR STD. HH351/620/03 11.1.02 NOW WK 31MTRS IN 4826.474N, 0507.524W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 01 52 08). BR STD. 5.3.09 SHOWN IN 4826.414N, 0507.614W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, 3RD SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647. 22.10.09 SHOWN IN 4826.419N, 0507.616W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7123 [3RD EDN 2008, 1:20,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 26.419 N,5 7.616 W

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