This is the information page about the shipwreck Petersham, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 25.087 N,5 17.796 W (50.418117, -5.296600)

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: PETERSHAM

Length 103.3 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3381 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: ex-clinton. built in 1899 by richardson, duck & co, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by watt, watts & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 299nhp, single shaft. passage bilbao for glasgow. sank after collision with spanish ss serra. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 148 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 10M OFF TREVOSE HEAD. (DODS). GIVES POSN 502700N, 051400W APPROX. H0113/45 4.7.45 H0113/45 NSC REPD 4.7.45 IN 502512N, 051730W. LENGTH 88FT, BREADTH 25FT, HEIGHT 24FT. (PLYMOUTH LIST 840/2). 19.1.78 19.1.78 WK LOCATED IN 502505N, 051742W USING DECCA. IDENTIFIED AS THE PETERSHAM. (E GILES). CHART AS NDW. NE 1178. H2979/74 22.2.79 H2979/74 22.2.79 FF REPD IN 502532N, 051729W USING DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). NCA. 19.6.79 19.6.79 WK SHOWN IN 502505.5N, 051747W ON CHART SUPPLIED. DECCA USED. (R DAVIS). NCA. 20.9.88 20.9.88 'PETERSHAM' LOCATED IN 502505N, 051745W, USING DECCA, BUT BELL RECOVERED FROM WK HAD NAME 'CLINTON, HULL' ROUGHLY SCRATCHED ON IT. EMPTY SHELL CASES, IN BOXES, FOUND IN WRECKAGE. (MR BEECH, NEWQUAY SAC, TELECON). NCA. 22.11.11 22.11.11 LOCATED 22.3.10 IN 5025.087N, 0517.796W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 32.57 IN GEN DEPTH 39.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 97.8MTRS, WIDTH 30.5MTRS, HT 6.83MTRS. LIES 148/328 DEGS WITH BOWS WSW. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). COLLAPSED. AMEND WK 32MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: APPARENTLY COLLAPSED

Position: 50 25.087 N,5 17.796 W

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