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 (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Boulderpool (after part)
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Cardanel
19. Castle galleon
20. Cd 14 (probably)
21. City of kobe
22. Clansman (possibly)
23. Claudia (possibly)
24. Corchester
25. Corduff
26. Cormead
27. Crichtoun
28. Cross sand ltv
29. David b summers
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. El dorado
32. Ems
33. English trader
34. Ethel
35. Ethel radcliffe
36. Excellenz mehnert
37. Fidelio
38. Frumenton
39. Fulgens
40. Galatea (possibly)
41. Gallois and oxshott (possibly)
42. Gasfire
43. Geneva
44. George fisher
45. Georgia (for'd part)
46. Glen derry (probably)
47. Glynn
48. Groenlo
49. Gulf breaker
50. H h petersen
51. Helena
52. Hms agate
53. Hms christopher (possibly)
54. Hms condor (probably)
55. Hms dhoon (probably)
56. Hms dungeness
57. Hms evesham (possibly)
58. Hms fontenoy
59. Hms force
60. Hms francolin
61. Hms glen prosen
62. Hms irvana (part of)
63. Hms kaphreda
64. Hms m a west (probably)
65. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
66. Hms orthos (probably)
67. Hms pelton (probably)
68. Hms speeton (possibly)
69. Hms spider
70. Hms tettenhall
71. Hms tonbridge
72. Hms tugela
73. Hms washington (probably)
74. Hmsm d5
75. Ilse
76. Impulsion
77. Ionian (probably)
78. King egbert
79. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
80. Knitsley (possibly)
81. La perouse (possibly)
82. Langeli (possibly)
83. Leelite
84. Lingfield
85. Mardyke
86. Maria rosa
87. Marianne (probably)
88. Marsworth
89. Mascota (possibly)
90. Memento (possibly)
91. Mercurius
92. Montferland
93. Mudo
94. Murdoch (probably)
95. Nadir
96. Navarra (possibly)
97. Nereus
98. Nominoe
99. Nordborg (possibly)
100. Norman queen
101. Novocastrian
102. Oil trader
103. Ole bull
104. Osprey
105. Otter
106. Oxshott (possibly)
107. Pacific (possibly)
108. Pluton
109. Polaris
110. Prima
111. Regain
112. Ren
113. Reward (possibly)
114. Rhineland
115. Robin iv
116. Robrix
117. Rochester city
118. Rogate
119. Roine
120. Roxanna
121. Rye
122. Sea rhine
123. Seagull
124. Seaham
125. Sheaf water
126. Silksworth hall (probably).
127. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
128. Skodsburg (possibly)
129. Stad alkmaar
130. Stanmount
131. Sunniside (probably)
132. Taber park
133. Thomas m (possibly)
134. Tidal (possibly)
135. Tregantle (possibly)
136. Trevethoe
137. U 13 (probably)
138. Ui-001
139. Vanguard
140. Viola (possibly)
141. Waldinge
142. Walkure
143. War valley
144. Whintown (possibly)
145. White swan
146. White swan (possibly)
147. Willowpool
148. Xanthe
149. Yewvalley (possibly)
150. 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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