This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms black prince, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 3.32 N,6 9.21 E (56.3326667, 5.9903333)

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: HMS BLACK PRINCE

Length 146.3 meter, width: 22.3 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 13550 ton

Cause: Sunk at the battle of jutland by gunfire. vessel blew up with no survivors.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: H3468/20 SUNK IN 560200N, 060630E APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL]. BA 2182B. H315/27 14.2.27 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA (1916). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BR STD. 3.11.55 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. LC 2181. 1.11.72 NOW CHARTED AS NDW. NC 2182B [INT 1402]. 27.10.76 NOT SHOWN ON GERMAN 82 [1971 EDN]. 11.10.77 NOT SHOWN ON DANISH 93. H4147/82 17.1.84 WK SHOWN IN 560155N, 060630E ON DANISH 93 [INT 1044] [OCT'83 EDN]. AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/04 29.7.91 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DIVED ON BY DANISH DIVERS IN 1990 IN 560320N, 060837E. REGULARLY FISHED. POSN CONSIDERED LIKELY TO BE ACCURATE. (BATTLE OF JUTLAND - 75TH ANNIVERSARY EXPED. REPORT 3.7.91). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000111115 22.7.15 EXAM'D 6.6.15 IN 5603.325N, 0609.215 [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 37.46MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 47MTRS. LENGTH 159MTRS, WIDTH 29.5MTRS, HEIGHT 10.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 070/205 DEGS. CAPSIZED IN TWO PARTS. (HMS ECHO, SNT 03/15). AMEND TO NDW 37MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 5.4.17 STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, DEFENCE NO 147/2017. COMING INTO FORCE 3.3.17. AMEND "HISTORIC".
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: See Also: 32377. CAPSIZED IN TWO PARTS.

Position: 56 3.32 N,6 9.21 E

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