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 (58.893733, -3.165250)

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: 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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