This is the information page about the shipwreck Prima, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 37.691 N,1 45.607 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Aberhill
2. Afon towy and deerwood (possibly)
3. Ala
4. Alice taylor
5. Alster
6. Alston
7. Alto (possibly)
8. Artemisia
9. Astrologer
10. Avonwood
11. Axminster (probably)
12. Barkis
13. Barrhill
14. Begona no 5
15. Bob read (probably)
16. Boulderpool (after part)
17. Burtonia (possibly)
18. Bygdo (possibly)
19. Cardanel
20. Castle galleon
21. Cd 14 (probably)
22. City of kobe
23. Clansman (possibly)
24. Claudia (possibly)
25. Corchester
26. Corduff
27. Cormead
28. Crichtoun
29. Cross sand ltv
30. Daisy (possibly)
31. David b summers
32. Db 8 (possibly)
33. Dronning maud (possibly)
34. El dorado
35. Elnet
36. Ems
37. English trader
38. Ethel
39. Ethel radcliffe
40. Excellenz mehnert
41. Fidelio
42. Frumenton
43. Fulgens
44. G and e (possibly)
45. Galatea (possibly)
46. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
47. Gasfire
48. Geneva
49. George fisher
50. Georgia (for'd part)
51. Glen derry (probably)
52. Glynn
53. Groenlo
54. Gulf breaker
55. H h petersen
56. Helena
57. Hms agate
58. Hms cantatrice
59. Hms christopher (possibly)
60. Hms condor (probably)
61. Hms dhoon (probably)
62. Hms dungeness
63. Hms evesham (possibly)
64. Hms fontenoy
65. Hms force
66. Hms francolin
67. Hms glen prosen
68. Hms harvest gleaner
69. Hms irvana (part of)
70. Hms kaphreda
71. Hms m a west (probably)
72. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
73. Hms orthos (probably)
74. Hms pelton (probably)
75. Hms speeton (possibly)
76. Hms spider
77. Hms tettenhall
78. Hms tonbridge
79. Hms tugela
80. Hms washington (probably)
81. Hmsm d5
82. Ilse
83. Impulsion
84. Ionian (probably)
85. King egbert
86. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
87. Knitsley (possibly)
88. La perouse (possibly)
89. Langeli (possibly)
90. Leelite
91. Lingfield
92. Mardyke
93. Maria rosa
94. Marianne (probably)
95. Marsworth
96. Mascota (possibly)
97. Memento (possibly)
98. Mercurius
99. Meriones
100. Montferland
101. Mudo
102. Murdoch (probably)
103. Nadir
104. Navarra (possibly)
105. Nereus
106. Nominoe
107. Nordborg (possibly)
108. Norman queen
109. Novocastrian
110. Oil trader
111. Ole bull
112. Osprey
113. Otter
114. Oxshott (possibly)
115. Pacific (possibly)
116. Pluton
117. Polaris
118. Prima
119. Regain
120. Ren
121. Reward (possibly)
122. Rhineland
123. Robin iv
124. Robrix
125. Rochester city
126. Rogate
127. Roine
128. Roxanna
129. Rye
130. Sea rhine
131. Seagull
132. Seaham
133. Sheaf water
134. Silksworth hall (probably).
135. Sir william stephenson
136. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
137. Skodsburg (possibly)
138. Stad alkmaar
139. Stanmount
140. Sunniside (probably)
141. Taber park
142. Thomas m (possibly)
143. Tidal (possibly)
144. Tregantle (possibly)
145. Trevethoe
146. Tunisiana
147. U 13 (probably)
148. Uc 62 (possibly)
149. Ui-001
150. Vanguard
151. Vigo
152. Viola (possibly)
153. Waldinge
154. Walkure
155. War valley
156. Whintown (possibly)
157. White swan
158. White swan (possibly)
159. Willowpool
160. Xanthe
161. Yewvalley (possibly)
162. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: PRIMA

Length 50.3 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 619 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,wood: unprocessed and products

Cause: built in 1885 by j l meyer, papenburg. owned at time of loss by a/s d/s prima. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 41nhp, single shaft. passage risor for erith. sank following collision with swedish ss 'hild'. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 8 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20170708

Details measurements/cartography: H800/16 26.5.17 CHART WK 37FT WITH BUOY CLOSE S. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 62/16. H3211/17 26.5.17 DISPERSED. (TH, DTD 1917). AMEND TO WK 45FT. - FNM 161/16. H2976/27 11.5.27 SWEPT CLEAR AT 46FT IN 523741N, 014541E USING HSA. (HMS FITZROY, DTD 9.5.27). AMEND TO WK 46FT IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H3478/45 20.7.45 NOT FOUND. EXAMINATION SHOWS LEAST DEPTH 55FT IN POSN 050DEGS, 1.63M FROM ST NICHOLAS CH. AREA SWEEP USING SONAR. (FOIC YARMOUTH, DTD 20.7.45). AMEND TO FOUL.

- NM BLOCK. H03774/45 30.3.46 AMEND TO FOUL 55FT. (SURVEY [C1543]). H3930/61 17.4.63 NOT FOUND AFTER PROLONGED SONAR SEARCH. (HMS ENTERPRISE, OCT 1962). AMEND TO FOUL. LC 1543. H1927/69 10.1.69 EXAM'D 4.9.68 IN 523741N, 014541E. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60 IN GEN DEPTH 66-75FT. SCOUR DEPTH 77FT. SHOAL OF 51FT LOCATED 1.5C E OF WK. (HMS ECHO, HI 40/68). AMEND POSN. NE 1536. H4852/74 18.12.74 EXAM'D IN 523738N, 014544E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.0 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. NO SCOUR. ABOUT 25MTRS LONG AND LIES NNW/SSE, APPROX. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 11/74). AMEND TO WK 18MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 157/75. H4852/74 26.1.79 EXAM'D 18.8.78 IN 523740N, 014544E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17 IN GEN DEPTH 22-23MTRS. SCOUR 3.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LIES N/S ON EDGE OF A DEEP TRENCH. THE SEABED SHOALS RAPIDLY TO E OF WK. HMS ECHO, HI 64B/78). AMEND TO WK 17MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 353/79. H1960/79 31.3.81 EXAM'D BY CLOSE SOUNDING ONLY 13.10.80. AS REPORTED BY ECHO IN 1978, EXCEPT LEAST DEPTH NOW 16.9 IN GEN DEPTH 20.3MTRS. SCOUR 23.3MTRS. (HMS EGERIA, HI 62B/80). H2908/83 18.12.84 EXAM'D 10.10.84 IN 523740N, 014543E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.6, FOUL AT 18.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.1 [THOUGHT TO BE FROM 'SAND PLUME' IN STRONG TIDAL STREAM] IN GEN DEPTH 22 MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 23.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.2MTRS. LIES N/S, GOOD SONAR CONTACT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 188). AMEND TO SW 18.6MTRS. BR STD. H4021/86 5.8.87 EXAM'D 29.5.87 IN 523740N, 014544E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.0 IN GEN DEPTH 24-25MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.9MTRS, LENGTH 55MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. LYING N/S PARTIALLY BURIED. MAGNETOMETER INDICATED IRON CONTENT OF 550 TONNES. RECOMMEND RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 370). NCA. HH090/487/01 26.6.90 EXAM'D 21.4.90 IN 523739.9N, 014542.6E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [7 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.9, FOUL AT 18.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.9 IN GEN DEPTH 23.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. NO SONAR SHADOW OBTAINED. LARGE WK, LYING N/S AND PARTIALLY BURIED IN SEABED. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION OBTAINED. (NP 1016, HI 487). AMEND TO SW 17.9MTRS. BR STD. HH090/569/01 9.7.93 LOCATED 3.5.93 IN 523739.4N, 014542.5E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. NOT EXAM'D BUT E/S DEPTH 9.1MTRS RECORDED DURING A TURN WHEN EXAMINING DIFFUSER CLOSE S. NO SONAR HEIGHT OBTAINED. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY OBSERVED. RECOMMEND RETAIN AS CHARTED. (NP 1016, HI 569). NCA. HH090/846/01 13.5.99 EXAM'D 2.4.99 IN 5237.683N, 0145.608E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 16.1, FOUL 16.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18MTRS. SCOUR 3MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 2MTRS. LIES 000/180DEGS. SCOUR 40MTRS TOWARDS 135DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SWEEP PROBABLY FOULED ON SUBMERGED FISHING GEAR. AREA OF BROKEN WRECKAGE. PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 846). AMEND TO SW 16.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/110/01 16.8.05 EXAM'D 27.4.05 IN 5237.688N, 0145.610E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.1, FOUL 18.4MTRS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 17.93 IN GEN DEPTH 22.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 54MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HT 4.0MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. SITS ON TOP OF THE W EDGE OF A 5MTR DEEP HOLE SOME 130MTRS BY 100MTRS. UPRIGHT AND INTACT. (NP 1016, HI 1110). AMEND SW 17.9MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2017/000186964 25.4.18 DATA RE-EXAMINED BY BDC; SHOALER DEPTH FOUND IN W/C 17.77MTRS IN POSITION 5237.691N, 0145.607E [WGD]. GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. LENGTH 54.72MTRS, WIDTH 19.1MTRS, HEIGHT 6.1MTRS, ORIENTATION 008/188DEGS. NO SCOUR. SUPERSTRUCTURE AND NORTHERN HALF OF WK ARE HEAVILY DECAYED, CONSTITUTING A DEBRIS FIELD. [EGS, HI 1545]. AMEND DW TO 17.7MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 37.691 N,1 45.607 E

 

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