This is the information page about the shipwreck Cambrian princess (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.969 N,0 52.331 W (50.652366666667, -0.61618333333333)

 

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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. Afon dulais
2. Ala
3. Algiers
4. Angry fish
5. Armenier
6. Arno (possibly)
7. Asger ryg
8. Axwell
9. Basil-2
10. Bettann (bow section)
11. Bettann (stern section)
12. Camberwell
13. Cambrian
14. Cambrian (part of)
15. Cambrian princess (probably)
16. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
17. Camswan
18. Capable
19. Carbineer
20. Cuba
21. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
22. Donegal (possibly)
23. Duddon (probably)
24. Elford
25. Empress queen
26. Excelsior
27. Faith
28. Flag theofano
29. Fort yale
30. Fpt iv
31. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
32. Gartland
33. Gascony
34. Gerarda
35. Germa geisha
36. Glen (possibly)
37. Glenlee
38. Grip fast
39. Harry sharman
40. Hauler
41. Hedwig lunstedt
42. Highland brigade
43. Highland corrie
44. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
45. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
46. Hm lct 427 (after part)
47. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
48. Hmcs alberni
49. Hms apley (possibly)
50. Hms boxer
51. Hms evadne (possibly)
52. Hms hazard
53. Hms hazardous
54. Hms implacable
55. Hms insolent
56. Hms invincible
57. Hms kingston jacinth (possibly)
58. Hms northcoates
59. Hms p12 (stern section).
60. Hms pine
61. Hms prince leopold
62. Hms sapper
63. Hms undine
64. Hms velox
65. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
66. Hmsm a1
67. Inger
68. Irishman
69. Kurland
70. Lct 1068
71. Lct 757 (possibly)
72. Leon
73. Lightfoot (possibly)
74. Lola (possibly)
75. Lowmount
76. Luis
77. Mary rose
78. Meandros (possibly)
79. Montecrana (possibly)
80. Orion
81. Pearl (probably)
82. Polandia (possibly)
83. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
84. Roway
85. Saint enogat
86. Shirala
87. Sinah
88. Sines (possibly)
89. Spearfish
90. Stokes bay pier (remains)
91. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
92. Teelin head
93. U 1195
94. U 86 (formerly)
95. U 86 (possibly)
96. U 90
97. Ub 21
98. Ub 81
99. Vadne
100. Vanessa (probably)
101. Vigda
102. Wapello
103. War helmet
104. Withern
105. Zaanstroom

 

Name: CAMBRIAN PRINCESS (PROBABLY)

Length 68.6 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 1394 ton
Load: fertiliser: natural and products

Cause: built of iron in 1877 by t r oswald, southampton. owned at the time of loss by w thomas & co, liverpool. passage lobos de afuera, peru, for antwerp. cargo guano. sank following a collision with ss alma in thick fog. 11 lives lost. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1961

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1961, last detected: 20161114

Details measurements/cartography: H6667/57 28.4.61 FAIR ASDIC CONTACT IN 502930N 005100W. NOT EXAMINED. (HMS DALRYMPLE). H4121/76 20.1.77 NOT FOUND DURING SONAR SEARCH. EXISTENCE DOUBTFUL. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). H1270/78 31.10.79 WK OF 4-MASTED BARQUE LOCATED IN 502912N, 005125W [OGB] USING DECCA. GEN DEPTH 85-90FT. IRON HULL LYING E/W, STEEL MASTS LAYING FLAT AND REMAINS OF STANDING RIGGING. HEIGHT ABOUT 18FT ABOVE SEABED, ON EDGE OF A BANK. SEABED OF COARSE SAND, SMALL STONES. NO PROPELLER. 2 TO 5 TON ANCHOR. OVER 250FT LONG. (MR BARNARD, SOUTHERN WATER AUTHORITY, TELECON 6.7.79). CHART AS WK 20MTRS. H1310/87 17.8.87 NO WRECK EXISTS IN THIS POSN. SWA WERE GIVEN INCORRECT DECCA COORDS BY THEIR INFORMANT IN ORDER TO RESTRICT DIVING ON THIS WRECK. (T FRANCIS, 11.8.87). NCA. H1310/88 29.6.88 EXTENSIVE SEARCHES IN CHARTED POSN OF THIS WK HAVE BEEN FRUITLESS, HOWEVER A WK OF LARGE IRON SV, WITH NO ENGINE AND LYING ON PORT SIDE, HAS BEEN LOCATED IN 503446N, 005218W. (T J FRANCIS, 10.6.88). CHART AS WK PA 20MTRS.

- NM 2177/88. HH100/351/08 13.12.93 WK OF STEEL SV 'CAMBRIAN PRINCESS', LOCATED IN 503448N, 005248W [OGB] USING DECCA. LIES FAIRLY BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED IN WHITE SAND. HIGHEST POINT STANDS APPROX 16FT IN GEN DEPTH 120FT. (M WOODWARD, 3.12.93). NCA YET. HH232/570/04 17.1.96 LOCATED IN 503448.7N, 005226.6W [WGD] HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. WRECK DISPERSED AND HOLDS POORLY ON SONAR 193M. EXTENDS TO AREA APPROX 20MTRS IN DIAMETER. ONE HARD CONTACT IN CENTRE OF AREA, 3MTRS IN LENGTH AND 0.5MTR OFF SEA BED. ROV RUN ON WK IDENTIFIED NO COHERENT STRUCTURE, JUST DISPERSED ROCKS. POSSIBLY REMAINS OF BALLAST. (HMS BERKELEY, HN REC'D 19.12.95). AMENDED TO USC 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/005/01 26.11.03 LOCATED IN LISTED POSN. CONTACT IS TWO SMALL, ISOLATED ROCKS OF HEIGHT <1MTR. (NP 1016, HI 1005). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2016/000165703 4.5.17 EXAM'D 14.11.16 IN 5034.969N, 0052.331W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 24.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH 81MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HT 4.81MTRS. ORIENTATION 010/190 DEGS. HULL PLATES ALONG WESTERN SIDE HAVE COLLAPSED ONTO SEABED. LARGE NUMBER OF DISPERSED ROCKS POSSIBLE REMAINS OF BALLAST. (MMT UK, HI 1499). AMEND TO DW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP AND NUMBER OF DISPERSED ROCKS (?BALLAST)

Position: 50 34.969 N,0 52.331 W

 

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