This is the information page about the shipwreck Preussen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 8.069 N,1 22.025 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. 150
2. Admiral gardner
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Amplegarth
6. Andaman
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Ashley
9. Atlantic (possibly)
10. Avoca
11. Brandenburg
12. Bravore
13. Cabo espartel
14. Carmen
15. Cathay (part of)
16. Cedrington court
17. Charente
18. Christianssund
19. City of dresden (possibly)
20. Colbert
21. Constanzia
22. Corhaven
23. Correct
24. D'artagnan
25. De fontaine
26. Diana
27. Dinard
28. Dolcoath (part)
29. Dolcoath (part)
30. Dunbar castle
31. E goodwin ltv
32. Efford
33. Eidsiva (probably)
34. Eleonora
35. Emile deschamps
36. Emma
37. Emma (possibly)
38. Empire lough (probably)
39. Empress of fort william (probably)
40. En avant
41. Falcon (probably)
42. Fearless
43. Flachsee
44. Flandres
45. Francesco ciampa
46. Frons olivae (probably)
47. G 85 (possibly)
48. G-42 (possibly)
49. G-asad
50. Gad 23
51. Genimar
52. Gloire a sainte therese
53. Grit (probably)
54. Grosser kurfurst
55. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
56. Halcyon
57. Harcalo
58. Henry moon
59. Heron
60. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
61. Hmhs anglia
62. Hms alert ?
63. Hms aragonite (part of)
64. Hms aries (possibly)
65. Hms artic trapper
66. Hms blackwater
67. Hms brazen
68. Hms carilon
69. Hms carlton
70. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
71. Hms city of dundee
72. Hms cleon
73. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
74. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
75. Hms fauvette
76. Hms glen boyne
77. Hms kingston galena
78. Hms lord grey
79. Hms lydian
80. Hms marcella
81. Hms napia
82. Hms niger (possibly)
83. Hms northumberland (probably)
84. Hms othello ii
85. Hms peridot
86. Hms restoration (possibly)
87. Hms rodino
88. Hms stirling castle (probably)
89. Hms torbay ii (probably)
90. Hms tourmaline
91. Hms tranquil
92. Hms war sepoy
93. Hms weigelia
94. Hmsm b2
95. Hundvaag
96. Ilaro
97. Ira (possibly)
98. Jacob luckenbach
99. James harrod
100. Josephine willis
101. Kabinda
102. Kadru
103. Karmt
104. Katharina kolkmann
105. Kielce
106. Kirsten skou
107. Koenigshaven
108. L'armandeche
109. La fleche
110. Lady stella
111. Latona
112. Le pelerin de la mer
113. Le tregor
114. Leicester
115. Leila najia
116. Leo
117. Lizzonia
118. Loanda
119. Lord hamilton (possibly)
120. Luray victory
121. Lusitania
122. Mahratta
123. Mahratta ii
124. Maloja 1
125. Malta (probably)
126. Merel (part of)(possibly)
127. Mersey
128. Monarch
129. Mrav
130. Munificent
131. Murillo
132. Nancy moran
133. Naranco
134. Negrier
135. Newcastle
136. Niki
137. Norman
138. North eastern victory
139. Notre dame des trois epis
140. Nunima
141. Opal
142. Ousel (probably)
143. Paros isle
144. Phoenix
145. Polgrange
146. Portslade (possibly)
147. Preussen
148. Pulborough
149. Rio parana
150. River levan
151. Rydal force
152. Rynanna
153. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
154. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
155. Sabac
156. Saint ronan (possibly)
157. Saint ronan (possibly)
158. Sambut
159. Santagata
160. Santagata (?part of)
161. Sea serpent
162. Seine
163. Selma (possibly)
164. Shenandoah
165. Sir russell
166. St cecilia
167. Strathclyde
168. Surrey
169. Teeswood
170. Texaco caribbean (after section)
171. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
172. The queen
173. Toward
174. Traquair (probably)
175. U 11 (possibly)
176. U 16 (possibly)
177. U 48
178. U 8
179. Ub 103 (possibly)
180. Ub 108 (possibly)
181. Ub 109
182. Ub 31 ?
183. Ub 38
184. Ub 55 (probably)
185. Ub 56 (possibly)
186. Ub 58 (possibly)
187. Ub 78
188. Ub-33 (probably)
189. Uc 46
190. Uc 46 (possibly)
191. Uc 63
192. Uc 77 (possibly)
193. Uc 78 or uc 79
194. Unity
195. W a scholten
196. Westerley star
197. Wheatman (possibly)
198. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: PREUSSEN

Length 124.4 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 5081 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,cement

Cause: At time of loss was the largest sailing vessel in the world. collided with cross-channel ss 'brighton' and sprang a leak. put back to newhaven, anchored off dungeness but cables parted and vessel was driven out to sea. tugs took her in tow but cables snapped and she went ashore, breaking in two. vessel, built 1902, was on passage hamburg to valparaiso, owned at time of loss by laeisz & co. (dods).

Year of registration: 1932

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter

Known since: 1932, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: H5468/32 12.8.32 SANK IN POSN 3.5-4C TO SW OF S FORELAND LTHO. (TH, 9.8.32). NCA YET. H5468/32 7.10.32 ST IN 510801N, 012210E. FIXED BY BEARING AND DISTANCE. (TH EX 3144/32). BR STD. H5824/60 1.3.61 CONFIRMED AT LW ONLY A FEW SPARS STILL SHOWING. (HMS SCOTT, 1960). 28.9.66 LTR FROM MR R A BELL REFERRING TO SALVAGE. (N/CP57738/66). SEE ALSO WK [13653] 'NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES' IN 510801N, 012210E. H4453/72 19.4.79 EXAM'D 11.4.78 VISUALLY BY SMB IN 510802N, 012211E [OGB] USING HIFIX AND TRISPONDER. OBSERVED TO DRY AT 1200A, 11.4.78, WHICH GIVES DRYING HT 3.9MTRS [LAT] IN GEN DEPTH 0.7MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 53/77). BR STD. 11.6.90 ONLY RIBS OF HULL NOW SHOW AT LW. (ROYAL ENGINEERS, DOVER, TELECON 11.6.90). NCA. HH090/606/01 31.1.94 EXAM'D VISUALLY 21.10.93 IN LISTED POSN. TWO MASTS, ABOUT 10MTRS APART, VISIBLE AND DRYING ABOUT 3MTRS. RECOMMEND RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1006, HI 606). NCA. HH090/647/01 1.8.96 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. TWO MASTS SIGHTED AT LW. (NP 1016, HI 647). NCA. 23.4.99 WRECKAGE LIES BROADSIDE TO CLIFFS. LARGE AMOUNT OF STEEL PLATE. SOME RIBS SHOW AT LWS. (DIVER MAGAZINE APRIL 1999). 24.1.11 LOCATED 2010 IN 5108.069N, 0122.025E [WGD]. NOW DRIES 2.32MTRS. COMLETELY BROKEN UP WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE WRECKAGE LYING IN A SCOUR, ALTHOUGH A MAST IS UPRIGHT NEXT TO THE SCOUR. DEBRIS FIELD COVERS 65MTRS BY 20MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1341). AMEND ST DRIES 2.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP, DEBRIS LYING IN SCOUR, MAST STILL STANDING

Position: 51 8.069 N,1 22.025 E

 

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