This is the information page about the shipwreck Eastern prince, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 47.271 N,4 3.656 W (49.605833333333, -4.0114166666667)

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.

Name: EASTERN PRINCE

Length 103.6 meter, width: 14.1 meter, draught: 6.6, tonnage 2885 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1910 by j priestman & co of sunderland. owned at time of loss by prince line. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 383 hp, single shaft. machinery by g clarke ltd, of sunderland. passsage philadelphia for london. general cargo. torpedoed and sunk by u62. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1953

Water depth above wreck: 73 meter, Height above seabed: 142 cm

Known since: 1953, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: H7317/53 19.11.53 H7317/53 19.11.53 AN OLD WRECK BADLY DAMAGED IN 494714N, 040333W. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 1953). CHART AS NDW. BR STD. H3110/72 9.1.73 H3110/72 9.1.73 SCATTERED WRECKAGE LOCATED IN 494713.7N, 040333.4W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. GOOD FIRM E/S TRACE IN FLAT BOTTOM AREA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 69MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 74MTRS. SEABED FINE SAND, SMALL GRAVEL & BROKEN SHELL. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1972). AMENDED TO WK 69.0MTRS IN 494714N, 040333W [OGB]. BR STD. H4551/76 5.1.77 H4551/76 5.1.77 AN OLD VESSEL OF ABOUT 7000 TONS DEADWEIGHT LOCATED IN 494712N, 040340W. VESSEL HAS A FLUSH UPPER DECK, SECOND DECK THROUGHOUT AND HAS FOUR CARGO HATCHES ESTIMATED ABOUT 24 X 16FT. BEAMS ARE EXPOSED WITH HEAVY DAMAGE RIGHT FORWARD. AN OLD TYPE GUN IS MOUNTED ON THE STERN POSSIBLY DATING THE SINKING OF THE SHIP TO THE 1914-18 WAR. VESSEL LIES HEADED TRUE SOUTH, UPRIGHT ON A SAND BOTTOM IN 41FMS. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 30.11.76, SURVEYED IN 1953). NCA. HH100/351/16 25.1.01 HH100/351/16 25.1.01 DIVED IN 4947.23N, 0403.55W [WGD] USING GPS. UPRIGHT, BOWS S. FOUR CARGO HATCHES ESTIMATED TO BE 24FT BY 16FT. TWO BOILERS STAND PROUD. BOW VERY SMASHED AND BROKEN. BRIDGE SECTION IS MISSING. IDENTIFIED BY PORCELAIN DISPLAYING THE PRINCE LINE CREST. (L BISHOP). AMEND IDENTITY. NCA. HH091/059/01 22.11.05 HH091/059/01 22.11.05 EXAM'D 29.9.04 IN 4947.271N, 0403.656W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 68.0 IN GEN DEPTH 73MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 128MTRS, WIDTH 29.5MTRS, HT 5.0MTRS. LIES 142/322 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL DEGRADED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 68MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS SE, WELL COLLAPSED

Position: 49 47.271 N,4 3.656 W

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