Dive Site Name: Peronne (sometimes spelt Perrone)       Position: 50.28.14N 03.22.47W

Type: Wreck            Tonnage: 3343tonnes    Length: 320ft        Cargo:

Date Lost: 1st Sept 1917      How Lost:  Torpedoed by UC-65

Max Depth Seabed: 34m     Depth to top of Wreck: 28m

Minimum Qualification:    PADI Advanced Open Water Diver / Deep Diver (Or Equivilent)

A French cable layer heading to Le Havre. She is broken in midships and lies doglegged on the sea bed. Intact portholes still exist. An atmospheric dive. We have maps on Seaquest of this wreck drawn by Richard Clarke www.divesouthdevon.com

Westmeath, later renamed Peronne

The Peronne was built in Sunderland in1882 and originally named the CS Westmeath in 1903 she was sold to a Frenc company and renamed the Francois Arago and finally sold out of the cable laying industry in 1914 and renamed the Peronne sometimes spelt Perrone. To see her working history take a look here http://atlantic-cable.com/Cableships/Westmeath/