This is the information page about the shipwreck British prince, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 51.69 N,0 25.233 E (53.556, 0.1333)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amenity
4. Avalon
5. B o borjesson
6. Benmacdhui
7. British councillor
8. British prince
9. Briton (possibly)
10. Cadmus
11. Canada
12. Caroline
13. Catford
14. Cecil (possibly)
15. Chant 63
16. Chloris (possibly)
17. Corhampton
18. Corinth (possibly)
19. Corland
20. Cyclope
21. Dana (possibly)
22. Dayrian
23. Deerpool (after section)
24. Diana
25. Diana
26. Dido
27. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
28. Empress (probably)
29. Ethel (possibly)
30. Exmoor
31. Fermo
32. Flourish
33. Forest queen
34. Fowberry tower (part)
35. Georgios
36. Gerhardt (possibly)
37. Giuseppe
38. Gluckauf (possibly)
39. Grangemouth
40. Harlech
41. Harnis (probably)
42. Helmsman (probably)
43. Hms benvolio
44. Hms botanic
45. Hms egret
46. Hms fairy
47. Hms falcon (stern section)
48. Hms kos xvi (probably)
49. Hms princess victoria
50. Hms warland (possibly)
51. Homer
52. Horsted
53. Hugh taylor
54. Ida
55. Ightham (possibly)
56. Inge marguerite (possibly)
57. Ionic (probably)
58. J b paddon
59. Jane (possibly)
60. Janet helen (possibly)
61. Jersey (probably)
62. John rettig (probably)
63. Kalo (probably)
64. Katina bulgari
65. Kieldrecht (possibly)
66. Kimberley (possibly)
67. Kingston cameo
68. Kyma
69. Ladas (possibly)
70. Lady anstruther (probably)
71. Laurel (possibly)
72. Leonora
73. Lifeguard (possibly)
74. Lightship no 83
75. Lismore
76. Lord haig (possibly)
77. Lottie (possibly)
78. Lucerne
79. Lyra (bow section)
80. Maggie
81. Magnolia
82. Marian francis
83. Markersdall (probably)
84. Merchiston
85. Modig
86. Modiva (possibly)
87. Norfolk coast
88. Onward (possibly)
89. Ophir ii (possibly)
90. Orsa
91. Otis tetrax
92. Our lorraine
93. Paraciers
94. Peebles (possibly)
95. Portia
96. Rado (possibly)
97. Rayford
98. Realf
99. Revello
100. Revi
101. Revigo (possibly)
102. River don (part of)(probably)
103. River witham
104. Rochester (possibly)
105. Royston
106. Salmondby
107. Saltoun
108. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
109. Scotia (possibly)
110. Sea pearl
111. Sna iii
112. Sota eduardo
113. Stanburn
114. Storm drift
115. Tees
116. Togston (possibly)
117. Triton
118. Two brothers
119. Uc 47
120. Uc 75
121. Umbe
122. Upminster (possibly)
123. Varangmalm (possibly)
124. Vechstroom
125. Vereingte (possibly)
126. Wayside flower (possibly)
127. Whitemantle (possibly)
128. Winga
129. Xavier

 

Name: BRITISH PRINCE

Length 125.6 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4979 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: Ex-sutherland '36. built in 1935 by w doxford & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by rio cape line ltd. 3 cylinder oil engine of 388hp, single shaft. passage new york for london. cargo copper, steel and general. bombed & sunk by german aircraft.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 39 meter, Height above seabed: 328 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 20160321

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 535200N, 002500E. (WW2SL). H03318/41 17.12.41 LOCATED IN 535138N, 002536E, BUT NO OBSTN WAS FOUND WITH 12FM SWEEP AT LWOST. (FO HUMBER, 27.9.41 & CAPTAIN M/S COLONSAY, 30.9.41). INS AS NDW.

- NM 2991/41. H03318/41 SALVAGE OPS CARRIED OUT BETWEEN MAR'49-SEP'51 BY RISDON BEAZLEY. 20.3.72 AMEND TO WK 22MTRS. NC 121. 9.5.74 AMEND TO WK 21.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 121. H07408/56 23.4.76 SALVAGE OPS RESUMED. WRECKAGE COVERS AREA APPROX 600FT RADIUS IN 535112N, 002512E. (R BEAZLEY, TELECON 23.4.76). 1200TONS STEEL & 1600TONS COPPER SALVED. H4551/76 10.1.77 REPD IN 535112N, 002512E. (R BEAZLEY, 30.11.76). SURVEYED IN 1953. NCA. H3805/72 28.2.78 LARGE WK, APPROX 500FT LONG, LOCATED 15.9.77 IN 535140.4N, 002520.6E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LIES N/S. BROKEN UP BUT STILL HAS HEIGHT OF APPROX 9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 40MTRS, BUT THIS NOT GUARANTEED. (SOISS, 23.12.77). AMEND TO WK 28MTRS. BR STD. H1942/76 9.3.81 SWEPT 28.7.80 IN 535140N, 002522E [OGB]. SHOALEST E PART OF WK SWEPT CLEAR AT 24.6MTRS, BUT FOUL OBTAINED 3MTRS ABOVE LEAST E/S DEPTH OF 27.4MTRS OVER W PART, BUT THIS THOUGHT PROBABLY SNAGGED FISHING GEAR. CHART AS WK 24.5MTRS & SWEEP AGAIN AT EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY OR INVESTIGATE WITH DIVERS. (SOISS, HI 65/80). AMEND TO SW 24.5MTRS.

- NM 655/81. H1944/80 26.4.82 EXAM'D 11.6.81 IN 535140, 002521E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 28.4 IN GEN DEPTH 38.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH VERTICAL HT 11.7MTRS. LYING UPRIGHT, WITH HULL BROKEN IN TWO. N HALF LYING 130/310 DEGS, S HALF 160/340 DEGS. OUTLINE OF CENTRAL SUPERSTRUCTURE & POOP DECK DISCERNIBLE. SONAR LENGTH 135MTRS, BEAM 22MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 12). NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 7.10.16 EXAM'D 21.3.16; IN 5351.690N, 0025.233E [WGD]. LEAST WC DEPTH 28.96MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 39MTRS, LENGTH 136MTRS, WIDTH 24.9MTRS, HEIGHT 10.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 328/148 DEGS. WRECK SITS ON ITS HULL LARGELY BROKEN WITH STERN, BOW AND MIDSHIPS PROMINENT. DEBRIS FIELD OF 100M AROUND WRECK. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND NDW 28.5MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Wreck degraded

Position: 53 51.69 N,0 25.233 E

 

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