This is the information page about the shipwreck Plm 21, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 42.052 N,5 6.473 W (51.590433333333, -5.2717666666667)
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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: PLM 21
Length 121.9 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 8.6, tonnage 5417 ton
Load: coal
Cause: built in 1921 by sir raylton dixon & co. owned at time of loss by by soc nationele d'affretements. three boilers, quadruple expansion engine of 529nhp. single shaft. passage for milford haven. sunk after grounding on middle channel rocks, milford haven. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 11 meter, Height above seabed: 293 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: H4981/44 22.12.44 H4981/44 22.12.44 WK IN 514200N, 050625W APPROX WITH MAST, FUNNEL, BRIDGE AND SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE AT HW. 400FT LONG, HEADING 101DEGS. GPFL(2)G.10S LT ESTABLISHED ON WK. (ADMIRALTY). - TNM 2883/44. H4981/44 13.1.45 H4981/44 13.1.45 STF, BOWS 154DEGS, 8C FROM GREAT CASTLE HD HIGH LT, STERN 281DEGS, 400FT FROM BOWS. MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G, CLOSE SE. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 120/45. H4981/44 11.4.46 H4981/44 11.4.46 NOW DWP. (ADMIRALTY).
- NM 1249/46. H4981/44 15.10.47 H4981/44 15.10.47 DERRICK POSTS VISIBLE ON BOW & STERN. (HMS SEAGULL).
- NM 2678/47. H01008/40 24.10.51 H01008/40 24.10.51 TWO MASTS VISIBLE AT HW. FIXED IN 514202N, 050622W. (HMS SCOTT, 17.10.51). H5030/52 21.8.52 H5030/52 21.8.52 BEING DISPERSED TO BE COMPLETED 30.12.54. (TH). H5030/52 27.5.53 H5030/52 27.5.53 SALVAGE OPS IN PROGRESS. (MARINE CONTRACTORS). - TNM 1194/53. H5901/54 28.10.54 H5901/54 28.10.54 SHOWN AS DWP (BEING REMOVED) ON HMS SCOTT SURVEY [E9720]. NC 2879. H5901/54 23.12.55 H5901/54 23.12.55 LEAST DEPTHS OVER DWP ARE 33, 31 AND 33FT. (MARINE CONTRACTORS AND TH).
- NM 2935/55. H5030/52 10.2.56 H5030/52 10.2.56 LT BUOY REMOVED. (QHM PEMBROKE DOCK & TH).
- NM 27/56. H5293/71 28.11.72 H5293/71 28.11.72 POSN 514202N, 050624W [OGB]. LYING 110/290DEG, ABOUT 220FT LONG, LEAST DEPTH 9.2 MTRS. (CONTRACT SURVEY [K6484/11] 1972). 30.11.93 30.11.93 NOT SHOWN ON MILFORD HAVEN P.A. SURVEY [M2000/6]. (LONGDIN & BROWNING SURVEYS LTD MAY 1992). NCA YET. HH100/351/14 1.12.98 HH100/351/14 1.12.98 CONSIDERED TO BE 'FRENCHMAN'. LIES IN 514204.5N, 050628W [OGB]. (D LEWIS, NOTES DTD 4.98). NCA. 12.10.05 12.10.05 EUT POSN: 5142.059N, 0506.465W. NE 3273. SEP 2022/000131013 17.09.22 EXAM'D BY BDC IN 5142.052N, 0506.0736W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.497MTRS. LENGTH 131.9MTRS, WIDTH 46.1MTRS, HEIGHT 2.2MTRS (MHPA SURVEY DTD 2021) RETAIN DEPTH IN REVISED POSN
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 42.052 N,5 6.473 W