This is the information page about the shipwreck Piriapolis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 35.846 N,0 0.443 E (49.495750, -0.288017)

 

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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.

 

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36. Hms p26 (fore section)
37. Hms princess olga
38. Hms pylades
39. Idefix 2
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42. Joseph seep (part of)
43. Joseph seep (part of)
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63. Oriole
64. Petite julie
65. Piriapolis
66. Post renum
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68. Reve d'antilles
69. Saint jacques
70. Saint lieven
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72. Santa maria
73. Semoy
74. Silius
75. Spero
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84. Zeeland

 

Name: PIRIAPOLIS

Length 132.9 meter, width: 18.9 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 7340 ton

Cause: built in 1938 by soc. anon. john cockerill. owned at the time of loss by compagnie maritime belge (lloyd royal). passage buenos aires for antwerp. bombed and sunk by german aircraft off le havre during the evacuation of british forces from france.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 237DEGS, 5.25M FROM ANTIFER LT. (LL WW2). H7561/49 6.1.50 H7561/49 6.1.50 WK, LEAST DEPTH 7MTRS [3FMS 5FT], IN 493548N, 000028E. (PARIS NM 46 12 49).

- NM 2655/49. H659/60 2.9.60 H659/60 2.9.60 SHOWN AS WK 7MTRS IN 493548N, 000028E ON FR 4937. NCA. 1.10.74 1.10.74 SHOWN AS WK 7.1MTRS IN 493548N, 000034E [EUR] ON FR 6603. NC 2146. NAMED 'PINAPOLIS' AND DESCRIBED AS BEING IN TWO PARTS. (FR WK RECORDS 1976). 22.11.79 22.11.79 SHOWN AS WK, LEAST DEPTH 7MTRS, IN 493548N, 000034E ON FR 6603 [AUG 1979 EDN]. NCA YET. 13.7.81 13.7.81 SHOWN AS WK 7MTRS IN 493548N, 000034E ON FR 6736 [1981 EDN]. BR STD. H3689/87 19.6.87 H3689/87 19.6.87 EXAM'D 25.5.87 IN 493554N, 000026E, USING HYDROSEARCH. VERTICAL HT 12.2 IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. LYING 000/180DEGS. NOT FULLY INVESTIGATED DUE NEARBY FV. RECOMMEND RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMS BULLDOG, EX. NORMINEX '87). HH351/352/01 26.7.89 HH351/352/01 26.7.89 LEAST DEPTH NOW 5.9MTRS. (DIFRAP 2703/89). NCA YET. WZ 773 ISSUED. 10.1.90 10.1.90 SHOWN AS WK 7MTRS IN 493554N, 000032E ON FR 6736 [2ND EDN 1989]; STATED AS WK OF BELGIAN MV 'PIRIAPOLOS' IN 493553.5N, 000031.5E [+/-20MTRS]. IN GEN DEPTH 21MTRS. EXAM'D USING E/S. STANDS 14.2MTRS ABOVE SEABED, KEEL UPWARDS AND BROKEN IN TWO. HEADING SE/NW. (FR WK RECORDS NO.18090027). NE 2146. HH351/352/01 12.7.90 HH351/352/01 12.7.90 LEAST DEPTH NOW 6.1MTRS. (FRENCH NM 90 20 20).

- NM 2458/90. 15.10.01 15.10.01 POSN 4935.896N, 0000.523W [EUR]. LENGTH 150MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS. HT BY DIVER 15MTRS. LIES 170/350 DEGS. IN MANY PIECES. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 2001). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: KEEL UPWARDS AND BROKEN IN TWO

Position: 49 35.846 N,0 0.443 E

 

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