This is the information page about the shipwreck Prestige, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 18.601 N,5 14.095 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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. Acadian
2. Alster (possibly)
3. Andola
4. Andromeda
5. Angele (possibly)
6. Anna sophie
7. Antoinette (probably)
8. Antwerpen
9. Arthurtown
10. Austria (possibly)
11. Bard (possibly)
12. Bay of panama
13. Ben asdale
14. Ben rein
15. Besse (probably)
16. Bessemer city (probably)
17. Brava
18. Bretonne (probably)
19. Camelot challenger (possibly)
20. Cape finisterre (probably)
21. Carasa (possibly)
22. Carl
23. Carmarthen
24. Caroni river
25. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
26. Cieszyn
27. Clan apline
28. Conqueror
29. Cristina
30. Dageid
31. Dispatch (possibly)
32. Dux (possibly)
33. Epsilon
34. Eric calvert (possibly)
35. Fanny lambert
36. Forde
37. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
38. Gap
39. Genevieve (possibly)
40. Germaine
41. Glendale
42. Gleno
43. Godolphin
44. Grip (part of)
45. Gunvor
46. Hampshire
47. Hanover
48. Happy returns (possibly)
49. Hellopes
50. Hemsley 1
51. Hmml 380
52. Hms anson
53. Hms comet
54. Hms primrose
55. Hms rinovia
56. Hms royalo
57. Hms torrent
58. Hms warspite
59. Hms warspite (part of)
60. Hms warwick
61. Hmy sappho (possibly)
62. Hmy viva 2
63. Hnlms brielle
64. Hugin
65. Humbergate (probably)
66. Hunsgrove
67. Island maid
68. Jersey queen (possibly)
69. John
70. John taylor
71. Juanita
72. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
73. Juno
74. Karen marie
75. Kintuck
76. Krosfond
77. Kynance (probably)
78. La suippe
79. Lady dalhousie
80. Lake edon
81. Lake owens
82. Leander
83. Leon martin (part of)
84. Lia'g
85. Loe bar wk
86. Lord snowden (probably)
87. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
88. Lydie
89. Madeline
90. Maria asumpta
91. Mefjord (possibly)
92. Mina cantiquin
93. Mitera marigo
94. Mohegan
95. N g petersen
96. Nile
97. Norma (possibly)
98. Normand
99. Ocklinge
100. Omer denise
101. Onega
102. Orfordness
103. Peer gynt (possibly)
104. Petersham
105. Phoenix 203
106. Pindos
107. Plantaganet
108. Ponthieu
109. Ponus
110. Port chalmers
111. Portugal
112. Prestige
113. Primo ?
114. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
115. Princess royal
116. Quarnero
117. Queen (possibly)
118. Reidar (possibly)
119. Rock island bridge
120. Rossmore (possibly)
121. Runswick
122. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
123. Saphir
124. Schiedam
125. Secil japan (bow section)
126. Secil japan (stern section)
127. Shanes castle
128. Shoreham (probably)
129. Siracusa
130. Spital
131. Spyridion vagliano
132. St anthony (possibly)
133. St chamond
134. St george (possibly)
135. St joseph
136. St stanislas
137. Stanwood
138. Sten (possibly)
139. Tagona
140. Twilight water
141. U 1021 (possibly)
142. U 400 (possibly)
143. Ub 106 (possibly)
144. Ub 112 (possibly)
145. Ub 128 (possibly)
146. Ub 86 (possibly)
147. Ub 97 (possibly)
148. Veritas
149. Vesuvius
150. Volnay
151. War baron (probably)
152. Warnow (possibly)
153. Yewcroft
154. Zone (probably)

 

Name: PRESTIGE

Length 39 meter, width: 7.9 meter, tonnage 284 ton

Cause: sank while under tow of fv micalen during westerly gale while on passage hayle to newhaven for refit. (ll).

Year of registration: 1960

Water depth above wreck: 1 meter

Known since: 1960, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H1290/71 23.2.71 H1290/71 23.2.71 LOST ABOUT 3.7M NW OF ST IVES HEAD. (LL). - FNM 14/71. SANK 'FAR OUT OFF THE MAN AND HIS MAN'. (CORNISH SHIPWRECKS, N COAST). H2959/73 2.1.74 H2959/73 2.1.74 BELIEVED FOUND CLOSE TO SHORE IN 501834N, 051402W, ABOUT 0.5M S ST AGNES HD. BOW STRUCTURE, ENGINE BED AND STEEL/WOOD WRECKAGE. LEAST DEPTH ABOUT 10FT. LIES BELOW CLIFFS. (E GILES, 24.10.73). POSN FOR FILING ONLY. 21.11.11 21.11.11 NOT WITHIN NAVIGABLE AREA. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN HULL

Position: 50 18.601 N,5 14.095 W

 

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