This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms princess victoria, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 33.275 N,0 20.948 E (53.56915, 0.0936)

 

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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. Airdrie (possibly)
3. Amelie-mathilde
4. Amenity
5. Arduity
6. Argo
7. Audacity
8. Avalon
9. B o borjesson
10. Benmacdhui
11. Box hill
12. Breitenburg
13. British councillor
14. British prince
15. Cadmus
16. Canada
17. Capitaine edmond laborie
18. City of birmingham
19. Corinth (possibly)
20. Corland
21. Cramlington (possibly)
22. Dana (possibly)
23. Daphne ii
24. Dayrian
25. Deerpool (after section)
26. Deerpool (for'd section)
27. Deodata
28. Diana
29. Dido
30. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
31. Dunsany
32. Egret
33. Empress (probably)
34. Ethel (possibly)
35. Exmoor
36. Fane
37. Faunus
38. Femke
39. Fermo
40. Flourish
41. Fowberry tower (part)
42. Fowberry tower (part)
43. Francis
44. Freidig (possibly)
45. Fryken
46. Georgie
47. Georgios
48. Gerhardt (possibly)
49. Girl kitty (possibly)
50. Giuseppe
51. Gladeto
52. Gluckauf (possibly)
53. Gothic
54. Grangemouth
55. Harlech
56. Heimland
57. Hms benvolio
58. Hms botanic
59. Hms calverton
60. Hms corfield
61. Hms cortina
62. Hms dervish
63. Hms egret
64. Hms kos xvi (probably)
65. Hms lormont
66. Hms mistletoe
67. Hms othello
68. Hms princess victoria
69. Hms remillo
70. Hms st cyrus
71. Hms strathborve (part)
72. Hms susarion
73. Hms warland (possibly)
74. Homer
75. Ightham (possibly)
76. Ionic (probably)
77. Jane (possibly)
78. Janet helen (possibly)
79. Jersey (probably)
80. John and thomas
81. John mowlem
82. Kalo (probably)
83. Katina bulgari
84. Kimberley (possibly)
85. Konstantinos hadjipateras
86. Kyma
87. Ladas (possibly)
88. Lancaster (possibly)
89. Lightship no 83
90. Lincolnshire time and tide bell
91. Lindy sue
92. Lord haig (possibly)
93. Lord haig (possibly)
94. Lord selborne
95. Lottie (possibly)
96. Lucerne
97. Lutha
98. Lyra (bow section)
99. Maggie
100. Magnolia
101. Mangalore (part of)(possibly)
102. Marian francis
103. Marie dawn
104. Marshall (probably)
105. Matanuska (probably)
106. Merchiston
107. Modig
108. Modiva (possibly)
109. Monimia (possibly)
110. Nautilus
111. Nimrod
112. Odessa
113. Onesta
114. Ophir ii (possibly)
115. Orsa
116. Otis tetrax
117. Paraciers
118. Polzella (possibly)
119. Portia
120. Ravonia (part)
121. Ravonia (part) (possibly)
122. Rayford
123. Reculver
124. Retriever
125. Revello
126. Revi
127. Revigo (possibly)
128. Rhuys
129. Rievaulx abbey
130. Rivaulx
131. River don (part of)(probably)
132. River witham
133. Rivergate
134. Rosebud (possibly)
135. Royston
136. Sagacity
137. Salacon
138. Salmondby
139. Saltoun
140. Sandra glen
141. Sarah visholm 2 (probably)
142. Schieland (possibly)
143. Sea pearl
144. Sota eduardo
145. Stylianos chandris
146. Thessaly
147. Triton
148. Umbe
149. Upminster (possibly)
150. Vechstroom
151. Venture (possibly)
152. Whitemantle (possibly)
153. William hanson
154. Windsor (part of)
155. Windsor (part of)
156. Winga
157. Xavier
158. Xavier
159. Zeemermin

 

Name: HMS PRINCESS VICTORIA

Length 94.4 meter, width: 14.7 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 2197 ton

Cause: built in 1939 by w denny & bros as railway ferry for the london, midland & scottish railway. hired 9.1939 as minelayer. oil engines of 875nhp. 1 x 4 inch gun, 244 mines. mined, later dispersed. 36 men lost, 85 recovered. (srn & dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H0476/40 25.4.40 PFNM 1314/40 ISSUED. H0476/40 1.6.40 INS BUOY, FL(2) G 10S, TO MARK WK. - TFNM 1380/40. H0476/40 1.8.40 SUNK 215 DEG, 5.3 CABLES FROM HUMBER LTV. LIES 020/200 DEG. FUNNEL AND ONE MAST SHOWS AT HW. (HMS BEAVER, 21.5.40). INS AS DW IN 533314N, 002126E.

- NM 1891/40. H0476/40 25.9.40 DW IN 533319N, 002106E. LT BUOY CLOSE N. (ADMIRALTY). AMEND POSN.

- NM 2251/40.H0476/40 25.9.40 AMEND POSN OF BUOY TO CLOSE N OF WK. - TFNM 2252/40. H0273/41 27.1.41 NOW ST IN 533314N, 002105E. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 179/41. H0476/40 17.12.41 NO LONGER SHOWS. AMEND TO DW. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 2991/41. H0476/40 14.4.44 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK NOW 28FT IN 533314N, 002105E. (ADMIRALTY). AMEND TO WK 4FMS 4FT.

- NM 818/44. H0476/40 5.10.48 EXAM'D IN 533314N, 002105E AFTER DISPERSAL. SWEPT CLEAR AT 36, FOUL AT 37FT. SCOUR 5FT DEEP IN GEN DEPTH 39FT. ANOTHER OBSTN WAS CLEARED AT 38, FOULED AT 39FT IN POSN 075 DEG, 250FT FROM ABOVE POSN. (TH; 2 SMLS 29.7.48). AMEND TO WK 6FMS.

- NM 2175/48. 1.2.74 AMEND TO SW 10.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 109. HH090/593/01 4.1.93 EXAM'D 13.7.93 IN 533315.4N, 002103.2E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.2 IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 13.7MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.04MTR, LENGTH 180MTRS, BREADTH 75MTRS. BROKEN WK LYING 170/350 DEG WITHIN SCOUR. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). BR STD. 3.9.13 EXAM'D 19.5.13 IN 5933.275N, 0020.948E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.78 IN GEN DEPTH 13.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 39.0MTRS, WIDTH 14.5MTRS, HT 1.02MTRS. REMNANTS OF A LARGE WK. (NETSURVEY, HI 1401). DEBRIS LYING IN SCOUR AREA. AMEND WK 12.7MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN WK LYING IN SCOUR

Position: 53 33.275 N,0 20.948 E

 

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