This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms glen prosen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 39.233 N,1 56.218 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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 GLEN PROSEN
Length 36.9 meter, width: 6.6 meter, draught: 3.6, tonnage 224 ton
Cause: Built in 1907 by a hall & co for j s boyle, aberdeen. hired by the admiralty in 1914. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 61hp, single shaft. mined 1 mile nne of the cross sand ltv.
Year of registration: 1916
Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm
Known since: 1916, last detected: 2016
Details measurements/cartography: H8203/19 LOSS DETAILS CONFIRMED. POSN 523900N, 015600E, APPROX. H4282/26 14.10.26 INS NDWPA IN 523900N, 015600E. BR STD. H8469/31 26.10.60 TWO SMALL SONAR CONTACTS OBTAINED IN VICINITY OF LISTED POSN BUT NO DEFINITE WK LOCATED. SEABED IS EXTREMELY UNEVEN AND EACH CONTACT WAS APPARENTLY FROM A SMALL, BUT STEEP-SIDED, BANK. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 16.10.51). H4852/74 24.12.74 NOT FOUND DURING SONAR SEARCH JULY 1974. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 109/74). DELETE. BR STD. H1942/80 7.9.82 NOTHING FOUND DURING INTENSIVE HYDROSEARCH EXAMINATION OF AREA. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 11). HH100/351/03 3.12.90 UNCHARTED WK LOCATED DURING SURVEY OPS IN 523913N, 015616E [EUR] USING TRISPONDER. (ARC MARINE, 14.11.90). INS AS NDW IN 523908N, 015618E [OGB]. BR STD. SEP 2014/000101130 31.12.14 EXAM'D 24.7.14 IN 5239.233N, 0156.218E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 28.05 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 30MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS, HT 4.0MTRS. LIES 155/335 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT WK. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1428). AMEND WK 28MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 7.2.17 SHIPS BELL RECOVERED AND WRECK CONFIRMED AS "GLEN PROSEN". (GEORGE BUXTON DIVER, NOV 2016). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 39.233 N,1 56.218 E