This is the information page about the shipwreck Ice prince, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 9.988 N,2 2.178 W (50.166467, -2.036300)

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: ICE PRINCE

Length 131.6 meter, width: 19.4 meter, draught: 7.4, tonnage 6467 ton
Load: timber

Cause: ex-sea enterprise ii '02, ex-sea enterprise '97, ex-forest trader '96, ex-kapitan primak '96. built in 1990 by malta shipbuilding co, marsa. owned at time of loss by volcano carriers co sa, pireaus. one 7 cylinder, 2 stroke oil engine of 6376bhp for 14.3 knots. passage for egypt. suffered cargo shift and loss of deck cargo in very heavy weather. took heavy list, was abandoned and later sank. no lives lost. (lr & ll).

Year of registration: 2008

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 85 cm

Known since: 2008, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: SEP 2008/000004837 5.1.08 SANK STERN FIRST IN 5009.98N, 0202.10W [WGD] AT 150045Z. DECK CARGO OF TIMBER (BELIEVED TO BE 4108 CU MTRS) NOW ADRIFT IN VICINITY. (PORTLAND CG, EMAIL DTD 15.1.08). NCA. 17.1.08 COVERED BY WZ 111 AND TH GUARD VESSEL WITH RACON CLOSE NE. FURTHER ACTION WHEN WEATHER IMPROVES. (RNW). WAIT FURTHER. NCA. SEP 2008/000007435 24.1.08 EXAM'D IN 5009.9876N, 0202.1776W [WGD]. CHAIN SWEPT CLEAR AT 34MTRS, NO FOULS OBTAINED. GUARD SHIP NOW LEFT AREA. (TH, EMAIL DTD 22.1.08). INS AS SW 34MTRS.

- NM 939/08. SEP 2008/000019276 26.2.08 EXAM'D 9.2.08 IN 5009.975N, 0202.167W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.7 IN GEN DEPTH 57-58MTRS. LIES ON PORT SIDE WITH SCOUR HOLE OR POSSIBLY AN IMPACT CRATER AT THE AFTER END. LIES ON VERY FLAT AREA OF THE SEABED. SIGNIFICANT OIL RISING FROM THE WRECK, VISIBLE ON THE SURFACE OVER A LARGE AREA. MOST OF THE TIMBER HAS WASHED ASHORE BUT A FEW LENGTHS WERE VISIBLE FLOATING IN THE VICINITY, POSSIBLY DISLODGED BY THE INCREASED TIDAL FLOW AT SPRINGS. (THV ALERT, REPORT DTD 9.2.08). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON PORT SIDE, BOWS E, ?SCOUR HOLD AT STERN

Position: 50 9.988 N,2 2.178 W

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