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 (51.075983333333, 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. Brendonia
14. Cabo espartel
15. Carmen
16. Cathay (part of)
17. Cedrington court
18. Charente
19. Christianssund
20. City of dresden (possibly)
21. Colbert
22. Constanzia
23. Corhaven
24. Correct
25. D'artagnan
26. De fontaine
27. Diana
28. Dinard
29. Dolcoath (part)
30. Dolcoath (part)
31. Dorothy j (possibly)
32. Dunbar castle
33. E goodwin ltv
34. Efford
35. Eidsiva (probably)
36. Eleonora
37. Emile deschamps
38. Emma
39. Emma (possibly)
40. Empire lough (probably)
41. Empress of fort william (probably)
42. En avant
43. Falcon (probably)
44. Fearless
45. Flachsee
46. Flandres
47. Francesco ciampa
48. Frons olivae (probably)
49. G 85 (possibly)
50. G-42 (possibly)
51. G-asad
52. Gad 23
53. Genimar
54. Gloire a sainte therese
55. Grit (probably)
56. Grosser kurfurst
57. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
58. Halcyon
59. Harcalo
60. Henry moon
61. Heron
62. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
63. Hmhs anglia
64. Hms alert ?
65. Hms aragonite (part of)
66. Hms aragonite (part of)
67. Hms aries (possibly)
68. Hms artic trapper
69. Hms blackwater
70. Hms brazen
71. Hms carilon
72. Hms carlton
73. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
74. Hms city of dundee
75. Hms cleon
76. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
77. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
78. Hms fauvette
79. Hms glen boyne
80. Hms kingston galena
81. Hms lord grey
82. Hms lydian
83. Hms marcella
84. Hms napia
85. Hms niger (possibly)
86. Hms northumberland (probably)
87. Hms othello ii
88. Hms peridot
89. Hms restoration (possibly)
90. Hms rodino
91. Hms stirling castle (probably)
92. Hms torbay ii (probably)
93. Hms tourmaline
94. Hms tranquil
95. Hms war sepoy
96. Hms weigelia
97. Hmsm b2
98. Hundvaag
99. Ilaro
100. Ira (possibly)
101. Jacob luckenbach
102. James harrod
103. Josephine willis
104. Kabinda
105. Kadru
106. Karmt
107. Katharina kolkmann
108. Kielce
109. Kirsten skou
110. Koenigshaven
111. L'armandeche
112. La fleche
113. Lady stella
114. Latona
115. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
116. Le pelerin de la mer
117. Le tregor
118. Leicester
119. Leila najia
120. Leo
121. Lighter 83
122. Lizzonia
123. Loanda
124. Lolworth
125. Lord hamilton (possibly)
126. Luray victory
127. Lusitania
128. Mahratta
129. Mahratta ii
130. Maloja 1
131. Malta (probably)
132. Merel (part of)(possibly)
133. Mersey
134. Monarch
135. Monica (possibly)
136. Mrav
137. Munificent
138. Murillo
139. Nancy moran
140. Naranco
141. Negrier
142. Newcastle
143. Niki
144. Norman
145. North eastern victory
146. Notre dame des trois epis
147. Nunima
148. Ocean king (possibly)
149. Opal
150. Ousel (probably)
151. Paros isle
152. Phoenix
153. Polgrange
154. Portslade (possibly)
155. Preussen
156. Pulborough
157. Regin (possibly)
158. Rio parana
159. River levan
160. Rooswijk
161. Rydal force
162. Rynanna
163. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
164. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
165. Sabac
166. Saint ronan (possibly)
167. Saint ronan (possibly)
168. Sambut
169. Santagata
170. Santagata (?part of)
171. Sea serpent
172. Seine
173. Selma (possibly)
174. Shenandoah
175. Sir russell
176. Spanish prince
177. St cecilia
178. St claire (possibly)
179. Strathclyde
180. Surrey
181. Teeswood
182. Texaco caribbean (after section)
183. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
184. The queen
185. Toromoree
186. Toward
187. Traquair (probably)
188. U 11 (possibly)
189. U 16 (possibly)
190. U 48
191. U 8
192. Ub 103 (possibly)
193. Ub 108 (possibly)
194. Ub 109
195. Ub 12 (possibly)
196. Ub 31 ?
197. Ub 38
198. Ub 55 (probably)
199. Ub 56 (possibly)
200. Ub 58 (possibly)
201. Ub 78
202. Ub-33 (probably)
203. Uc 46
204. Uc 46 (possibly)
205. Uc 63
206. Uc 77 (possibly)
207. Uc 78 or uc 79
208. Unity
209. W a scholten
210. Warfleth
211. Westerley star
212. Wheatman (possibly)
213. 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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