This is the information page about the shipwreck Prince ivanhoe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 32.656 N,4 11.869 W (51.292766666667, -4.0713)

 

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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.

 

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32. Yesso

 

Name: PRINCE IVANHOE

Length 61.1 meter, width: 14.5 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 986 ton
Load: personnel

Cause: ex-shanklin. built in 1951 by william denny & bros ltd, dumbarton. owned at time of loss by the firth of clyde steam packet co. wooden construction. oil engines, twin shaft. passage minehead for day cruise to s wales and return. struck a submerged rock off port eynon and suffered a 60ft tear in her hull damaging four of her seven compartments. beached at port eynon and passengers disembarked by boat. was submerged at hw and declared ctl. dismantled where she lay over a period of three years.

Year of registration: 1981

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1981, last detected: 20170825

Details measurements/cartography: H4119/71 10.8.81 BEACHED IN PORT EYNON BAY. (MRSC SWANSEA, TLX DTD 4.8.81). MASTS AND FUNNEL SHOW AT HW. (SUNDAY TIMES, 9.8.81). NEGOTIATIONS IN HAND ABOUT POSSIBLE SALVAGE. (LL 7.8.81). NCA YET. H4119/71 9.10.81 STILL LYING IN POSN 513239N, 041145W. MAST & BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS CARRIED AWAY. FUNNEL STILL STANDING, BUT NOT LIKELY TO LAST LONG. MAIN WRECKAGE COVERS COMPLETELY AT HW. NO SALVAGE LIKELY IN NEAR FUTURE. (MRSC SWANSEA, TELECON 9.10.81). INS AS ST.

- NM 2577/81. H4119/71 9.11.81 LARGE PARTS OF SUPERSTRUCTURE LOST & HULK NOW A HAZARD. RESPONSIBILITY FOR REMOVAL BEING SOUGHT IN VIEW OF POSSIBLE HAZARD TO HOLIDAYMAKERS NEXT YEAR. (W MAIL, 5.11.81). H4119/71 30.4.82 POSN GIVEN AS 513239N, 041143W. DISPERSAL OPS TO CUT WK DOWN TO 3MTRS ARE PLANNED FOR COMING SUMMER. (TH TELEX, 28.4.82).

- NM 1135(P)/82. H4119/71 14.4.83 DISPERSAL OPS SUSPENDED. WK ALMOST COMPLETELY COVERED WITH SAND. ONLY ONE, POSSIBLY TWO, STEEL PLATES STILL PROUD ABOUT 2 OR 3FT ABOVE SURROUNDING SEABED LEVEL, THE DEPTH OF WHICH IS MARKEDLY LESS THAN LAST YEAR. WK MAY BE MORE EXPOSED AGAIN LATER IN YEAR WHEN DISPERSAL MAY BE RECOMMENCED. (E GILES, TELECON 13.4.83). CANCEL NM 1135(P)/82. AMEND TO DW.

- NM 1154/83. 21.7.83 TENDERS FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE WRECK AGAIN BEING SOUGHT BY TH. (A. CROTHALL, TELECON 21.7.83). H4119/71 8.11.83 DEMOLITION IN PROGRESS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. (SWANSEA CG, TELEX). H4119/71 10.9.84 ESTIMATED REMAINING 60 TONS OF WRECKAGE THAT STILL LIES ABOVE SEABED IS TO BE REMOVED BY MARINE & INDUSTRIAL TRANSMISSIONS LTD WITHIN NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS. (LL 30.8.84). NCA YET. H4119/71 16.6.86 RED UNLIT CAN BUOYS LAID CLOSE SSW AND CLOSE E OF WK IN 513338N, 041137W AND 513233N, 041148W. (TH HARWICH, TELEX 3.6.86). INS R CAN BUOY CLOSE SSW & CLOSE E.

- NM 1853/86. H3840/86 20.2.89 COULD NOT BE LOCATED - INSUFFICIENT TIME TO ESTABLISH CONTROL TO CONDUCT THOROUGH SEARCH. NO SIGN OF WK AT LW. LOCALS SUGGEST THAT WRECKAGE DOES REMAIN. POSN IS WELL MARKED. RETAIN AS CHARTED. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 359). H3941/88 28.7.89 EXAM'D 17.6.89 IN 513238.6N, 041148W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 0.9 IN GEN DEPTH 1.5MTRS. SCOUR 1.2MTRS DEEP. DIVER'S REPORT WRECKAGE CONSISTS OF SHEET PLATING, GIRDERS AND REMAINS OF FUNNEL SCATTERED OVER AN AREA 50 X 20MTRS. NO SONAR HT OBTAINED. (HMS FAWN, HI 463E). RETAIN AS DW IN AMENDED POSN. BR STD. HH214/420/03 7.10.94 EXAM'D BY THV MERMAID IN 513238N, 041147W [OGB] USING GPS. SWEPT CLEAR BY CHAIN SWEEP 0.02, FOUL 0.68MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 0.35 IN GEN DEPTH 2.95MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 3.5MTRS. (THV MERMAID). NCA. SEP 2008/000025625 18.3.08 EXAM'D 20.2.08 IN 5132.63N, 0411.79W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 2.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 2.8MTRS. DCS3 SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF DEBRIS WHICH DID NOT PRODUCE MUCH SHADOW. DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE MUCH OF THE WK ABOVE THE SEABED AT THIS TIME. THE BUOYS CONTINUE ADEQUATELY TO MARK THE SITE. (THV MAIR, ROS DTD 21.2.08). FORWARDED SOUNDING SHEET SHOWS SHOALER DEPTHS V CLOSE TO CHARTED POSN. RETAIN AS DW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2008/000086202 28.10.08 BUOYS DELETED FROM 19.11.08. (THNM 38/08).

- NM 6428/08. SEP 2017/000199013 12.1.18 EXAM'D 25.08.17; IN 5132.656N, 0411.869W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 0.83MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 2MTRS, LENGTH 58.2MTRS, WIDTH 19.7MTRS, HEIGHT 1.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 170/350 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 7.3MTRS, 0.6MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 315 DEGS. WRECK IS SUBMERGED AND FAIRLY BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 1502). AMEND DW 0.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF WRECKAGE OF PLATE, GIRDERS & REMAINS OF FUNNEL

Position: 51 32.656 N,4 11.869 W

 

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