This is the information page about the shipwreck Kronprinz wilhelm, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 53.624 N,3 9.915 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Argyll
6. Atlantic (possibly)
7. Avra (possibly)
8. B 109 (part)
9. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
10. Ben barvas
11. Benachie
12. Bettina danica
13. Bountiful
14. Bremse
15. Brummer
16. Budrie
17. Busy bee (part of)
18. Carolina thornden
19. Carron
20. Challenger
21. Clio
22. Clio ii
23. Collingdoc
24. Copeland
25. Corinthia (stern section)
26. Croma
27. Dalewood (possibly)
28. Danmark (after part)
29. Dresden
30. Duna
31. Dyle
32. Ebanezer
33. Edinboune
34. Elton
35. Emerald wings
36. Empire parsons (possiby)
37. Empire seaman
38. Empire seaman
39. Energy
40. Ephram
41. Excelsior
42. F2
43. Freesia
44. G101
45. G103
46. G104
47. Gartmore
48. Gobernador bories
49. Gondolier
50. Grosser kurfurst
51. Gunnaren
52. Hindenburg
53. Hmd chance
54. Hmd imbat
55. Hmd lustring
56. Hmd lustring
57. Hmd lustring
58. Hms dewey eve
59. Hms endeavour
60. Hms hampshire
61. Hms loch garry
62. Hms narborough
63. Hms opal
64. Hms pheasant
65. Hms roedean
66. Hms rose valley
67. Hms royal oak
68. Hms strathgarry
69. Hms vanguard
70. Ilsenstein
71. Inconnu
72. Invader
73. Inverlane (bow section)
74. Irene
75. James barrie
76. Johanna thorden
77. Juanita
78. Juniata (fore part)
79. Jv 526
80. Jv 751
81. Kaiser
82. Kaiserin
83. Karlsruhe
84. Kathe niederkirchner
85. Koln
86. Konig
87. Kronprinz wilhelm
88. Lapland
89. Lizzie bain (possibly)
90. Loch maddy (stern section)
91. Lorne
92. Lycia
93. Mara
94. Markgraf
95. Martis
96. Martis
97. Minieh
98. Naja (part of)
99. Napier star
100. Neptune
101. Norholmen
102. Numidian
103. Numidian
104. Ocean racer
105. Pennsylvania
106. Pinnace 288
107. Pinnace 744
108. Pontos
109. Prinzregent luitpold
110. Prudentia
111. Radiation
112. Reginald
113. Reinfield
114. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
115. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
116. Rosewood
117. Ross puma
118. Rotherfield
119. S 36 (bow section)
120. Seydlitz
121. Siherite
122. Skua flaes beacon
123. Solan
124. Strathelliot
125. Sunbeam
126. Sunlight
127. Tabarka (possibly)
128. Tbf fn899
129. Teeswood
130. Thames
131. Thunfisch
132. Ub 116
133. V 78 (part of)
134. V83
135. Yc 21

 

Name: KRONPRINZ WILHELM

Length 176.8 meter, width: 29.6 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 25390 ton

Cause: scuttled.

Year of registration: 1919

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 112 cm

Known since: 1919, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H8464/19 DWP, LEAST DEPTH 6FMS, SHOWN IN 585330N, 030950W ON SURVEY [C7953]. INSERT AS DWP 6FMS, (1919). BR STD. H6229/23 17.9.23 INSERTED ON BA 3729.

- NM BLOCK 1523/23. H1696/36 8.4.36 SOLD TO METAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (C.P.7799/36). H3402/59 29.6.59 INS WK 6FMS. NC 1942. H1270/76 15.6.76 SALVAGE OPS COMMENCED IN 585331N, 030950W APPROX. (ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL NM 3/76) - TNM 1218/76 ISSUED. H1270/76 12.5.77 SALVAGE WORK REPD TO HAVE COMMENCED AS SOME PLATES MISSING. HULL IN GOOD CONDITION, STILL SOLID AND SHOWING NO SIGNS OF COLLAPSING. (LT M. A. SEAMAN, LTR DTD 5.5.77). H1696/36 20.8.79 TO BE SALVAGED BY UNDERSEA ASSOCIATES LTD. (LL, 15.8.79) H4682/75 20.10.81 WK SOLD TO CLARK DIVING SERVICES. (N/CP 53529/75). 2.12.77 AMENDED TO DWP 10.7MTRS. NC 35. H1310/82/4 4.2.82 LIES IN APPROX GEN DEPTH 34MTRS. BLASTED OPEN IN SEVERAL PLACES, OTHERWISE NO SIGNS OF DETERIORATION. (B. WINFIELD, 25.1.82). H1281/82/77 5.4.82 NO LONGER RESEMBLES A SHIP. A TWISTED HEAP OF STEEL PLATE. (A REECE, 30.3.82) 11.12.81 SHOWN AS WK 10.7MTRS, DANGER LINE EXTENDED TO COVER WK CLOSE SW. NC 2249. HH268/440/05 17.4.02 REST'D AREA RADIUS 250MTRS CENTRED ON 5853.622N, 0309.904W [WGD] DESIGNATED UNDER ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGIAL AREA ACT 1979. (HISTORIC SCOTLAND, LTD DTD 22.3.02 AND EMAIL DTD 16.4.02).

- NM 2261/02. SEP 2008/000078193 7.10.08 SHOW AS WK 11.4MTRS ON SCIMITAR SURVEY 2001. NO OTHER DETAILS KNOWN. NCA. 7.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5853.6239N, 0309.9150W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 12.25MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). AMEND WK 12.2MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, INVERTED

Position: 58 53.624 N,3 9.915 W

 

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