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. Ac 9
2. Acklamd (possibly)
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. Amenity
5. Audacity
6. Avalon
7. B o borjesson
8. Benmacdhui
9. British councillor
10. British prince
11. Briton (possibly)
12. Cadmus
13. Canada
14. Caroline
15. Catford
16. Cecil (possibly)
17. Chant 63
18. Chloris (possibly)
19. Corhampton
20. Corinth (possibly)
21. Corland
22. Cyclope
23. Dana (possibly)
24. Dayrian
25. Deerpool (after section)
26. Deerpool (for'd section)
27. Diana
28. Diana
29. Dido
30. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
31. Empress (probably)
32. Ethel (possibly)
33. Exmoor
34. Fermo
35. Flourish
36. Forest queen
37. Fowberry tower (part)
38. Fowberry tower (part)
39. Georgios
40. Gerhardt (possibly)
41. Giuseppe
42. Gluckauf (possibly)
43. Grangemouth
44. Harlech
45. Harnis (probably)
46. Helmsman (probably)
47. Hms benvolio
48. Hms botanic
49. Hms cortina
50. Hms egret
51. Hms fairy
52. Hms falcon (stern section)
53. Hms kos xvi (probably)
54. Hms lormont
55. Hms princess victoria
56. Hms warland (possibly)
57. Homer
58. Horsted
59. Hugh taylor
60. Ida
61. Ightham (possibly)
62. Inge marguerite (possibly)
63. Ionic (probably)
64. J b paddon
65. Jane (possibly)
66. Janet helen (possibly)
67. Jersey (probably)
68. John rettig (probably)
69. Kalo (probably)
70. Katina bulgari
71. Kieldrecht (possibly)
72. Kimberley (possibly)
73. Kingston cameo
74. Kyma
75. Ladas (possibly)
76. Lady anstruther (probably)
77. Laurel (possibly)
78. Leonora
79. Lifeguard (possibly)
80. Lightship no 83
81. Lismore
82. Lord haig (possibly)
83. Lord selborne
84. Lottie (possibly)
85. Lucerne
86. Lyra (bow section)
87. Maggie
88. Magnolia
89. Marian francis
90. Markersdall (probably)
91. Marshall (probably)
92. Merchiston
93. Modig
94. Modiva (possibly)
95. Nautilus
96. Norfolk coast
97. Onward (possibly)
98. Ophir ii (possibly)
99. Orsa
100. Otis tetrax
101. Our lorraine
102. Paraciers
103. Peebles (possibly)
104. Portia
105. Rado (possibly)
106. Rayford
107. Realf
108. Revello
109. Revi
110. Revigo (possibly)
111. River don (part of)(probably)
112. River witham
113. Rochester (possibly)
114. Royston
115. Salmondby
116. Saltoun
117. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
118. Scotia (possibly)
119. Sea pearl
120. Sna iii
121. Sota eduardo
122. Stanburn
123. Storm drift
124. Tees
125. Togston (possibly)
126. Triton
127. Two brothers
128. Uc 47
129. Uc 75
130. Umbe
131. Upminster (possibly)
132. Varangmalm (possibly)
133. Vechstroom
134. Vereingte (possibly)
135. Wayside flower (possibly)
136. Whitemantle (possibly)
137. Winga
138. Xavier
139. 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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