This is the information page about the shipwreck Ptarmigan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 41.332 N,2 25.087 E (51.9658333, 2.232)

 

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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.

 

1. Alfonso tercero
2. Amor
3. Antje oltmann
4. Birkenfels
5. Bowsprite (bow section)
6. Breda
7. Callisto
8. Castor (possibly)
9. Clemenceau (possibly)
10. Dawdon
11. Deo gratias
12. Fauvette
13. Garden city
14. John mahn
15. Jurgen
16. Katie h
17. Kilmore
18. Laura
19. Marie
20. Medee
21. Merlijn
22. Nautilus
23. Normandie
24. Peppinella
25. Ptarmigan
26. Quo vadis
27. Rigel
28. S 168
29. Texel
30. Ub 29
31. Ub29
32. Uc 1
33. Vecht (probably)
34. West-hinder
35. Wielingen ltv
36. Willy

 

Name: PTARMIGAN

Length 67.1 meter, width: 9.4 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 784 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: One boiler, compound expansion engine, single shaft. passage london for rotterdam. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine.

Year of registration: 1967

Water depth above wreck: 35 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1967, last detected: 2018

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 6 MILES W BY N OF THE NORTH HINDER LTV. (WW1SL). H448/67 27.1.67 H448/67 27.1.67 FAIR SIZED WK LOCATED IN 514124N, 022446E. GOOD SONAR FROM NW. LEAST E/S DEPTH 101 IN GEN DEPTH 122FT. SCOUR 125FT. (HMS HYDRA, 21.11.66). INS AS DW.

- NM 331/67. H448/67 5.6.67 H448/67 5.6.67 CLEARED BY OROPESA TO 12FMS. (HMS MYRMIDON, SIGNAL DTD 23.5.67). AMEND TO WK 16FMS.

- NM 1069/67. H448/67 21.3.68 H448/67 21.3.68 OROPESA SWEEP CLEARED TO 12FMS. NOT CLOSELY EXAM'D BY E/S BUT LEAST DEPTH OBTAINED WAS 96 IN GEN DEPTH 124FT. SCOUR DEPTH 126FT. (HMS MYRMIDON). NFA. 9.12.80 9.12.80 WK 31.1MTRS IN 514124N, 022511E [EUR]. (HNLMS BUYSKES, APRIL 1980, K8495/2). WAIT NL ACTION. NCA. H2820/71 7.5.82 H2820/71 7.5.82 WK 31MTRS, IN 514124N, 022509E [EUR]. (NETH NM 1203/82). AMEND TO WK 17FMS. BR STD. H2350/85 8.7.86 H2350/85 8.7.86 EXAM'D 7.6.86 IN 514119.5N, 022512E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.3MTRS. DCS3 HT 7MTRS. (NP 1008, HN FOR HI 317A). AMEND TO WK 16FMS.

- NM 2150/86. H2350/85 4.12.86 H2350/85 4.12.86 ABOVE DATA REPEATED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 29.3 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 11MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, APPROX. LYING 040/220 DEG, WITH MAST GIVING SHOALEST SOUNDING. LIES 70MTRS NE OF SANDWAVE WITH LEAST DEPTH 30.7MTRS. (NP 1008, HI 317A). NFA. H3850/86 21.11.88 H3850/86 21.11.88 EXAM'D 18.9.88 USING HYDROSEARCH. LIES STEM TO STERN BETWEEN 2 SANDWAVES, ORIENTATED 060/240 DEG. LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 8MTRS. APPEARS TO HAVE BACK BROKEN. STANDS 8.2MTRS HIGH. NO MAST OR OTHER PROJECTION OBSERVED. CHART AS WK 28.8MTRS. NO FURTHER EXAMINATION REQ'D. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 369). AMEND TO WK 28.5MTRS.

- NM 3650/88. HH240/350/01 5.4.90 HH240/350/01 5.4.90 NOW WK 27MTRS. (NETH NM 178/90). NCA. HH340/530/04 6.7.98 HH340/530/04 6.7.98 NOW WK 26.5MTRS IN 514123.5N, 022507E [EUR]. (NETH NM 24/341/98).

- NM 2815/98. HH090/922/01 6.9.01 HH090/922/01 6.9.01 EXAM'D 15.6.01 IN 5141.345N, 0225.041E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 28.3, FOUL 28.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.7 IN GEN DEPTH 35MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.7MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (NP 1008, HI 922). PROBABLY UPRIGHT, ?BACK BROKEN. AMEND TO SW 28MTRS. BR STD. 11.8.10 11.8.10 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. WK IS LYING ON THE PORT SIDE AND IS QUITE COLLAPSED. STERN STANDS SOME 10 - 15MTRS HIGH. TWO MASTS LIE ON THE SAND POINTINE WEST. FOC'S'LE AND MIDSHIPS SECTION COLLAPSED AND ONLY STAND 2MTRS HIGH. ONE SMALL BOILER AND TWO CYLINDER ENGINE. STEEL PROP WHICH IS BROKEN. SEABED IS HARD SAND WITH 10CM STONES. NO ITEMS LOCATED WHICH COULD GIVE A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION. (S PANIS, EMAIL DTD 10.8.10).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON PORT SIDE, FO'C'SLE AND MIDSHIPS COLLAPSED

Position: 51 41.332 N,2 25.087 E

 

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