This is the information page about the shipwreck Princess ena, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 3.023 N,2 20.84 W (49.082333333333, -2.3431666666667)

 

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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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Name: PRINCESS ENA

Length 76.2 meter, tonnage 1198 ton

Cause: 3.8.35 caught fire 3.8.35 while on passage, without passengers, from jersey to st malo when 9m off la corbiere. was anchored by crew and then abandoned. she sank the next day. (wrecked on the channel islands). vessel was built in dundee in 1906 and was owned at time of loss by london and south western railway company. (diver magazine june'00)

Year of registration: 1935

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1935, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H5748/35 12.9.35 SUNK 225DEGS, 9M FROM LA CORBIERE LT. (FRENCH NM 34/1899). POSN NOT ACCEPTED. H5229/35 14.3.60 SUNK S 38DEGS W [MAG], 9M FROM CORBIERE LT, AND N 3DEGS E [MAG] FROM NW BUOY. (HARBOUR MASTER, JERSEY, 6.8.35). INS AS NDW PA IN 490230N, 022030W. BR STD. H5229/35 12.1.68 REPORTED LOSS OF TOWED LOG NEAR TO THIS POSN. POSSIBILITY OF IT HAVING SNAGGED ON WK. (YACHT SAMOTHEA). 17.1.72 CHART AS USC PA 18MTRS IN 490236N, 022030W [EUR]. NC 3656. H3635/71 25.2.72 WK BOUGHT BY MR TITTERINGTON IN 1968, BUT NOT YET FOUND. (T.A. TITTERINGTON, LTR DTD 22.2.72). 28.7.88 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED, VERY CLOSE TO ABOVE POSN, USING MAGNETOMETER. DETAILS TO FOLLOW. (T A TITTERINGTON, TELECON). HH100/351/01 23.7.84 LOCATED 23.7.84 USING MAGNETOMETER IN 490305N, 022045W [EUR]. LIES APPROX E/W, BOW E. BOW SECTION TO FOR'D HOLD IS INTACT AND LIES ON ITS PORT SIDE. AFT OF THIS THE WK IS UPRIGHT. BOTH SIDES HAVE FALLEN OUT AND SHE IS BURIED UP TO HALF-WAY UP FURNACE DOOR LEVEL ON BOILERS. THE WK HAS BEEN STRIPPED BY FRENCH DIVERS. (T A TITTERINGTON, 24.10.90). CHART AS USC 25MTRS. HH256/350/01 2.11.90 AMEND TO USC 25MTRS IN 490305N, 022045W.

- NM 3298/90. 25.6.93 SHOWN AS USC 20MTRS ON FRENCH 7161 [1993 EDN]. RETAIN AS USC 25MTRS. NCA. 21.11.94 USC 20MTRS SHOWN ON FRENCH 7311 [1994 EDN]. NCA. 17.5.06 [WGD] POSN: 4903.023N, 0220.840W. NOW SHOWN BA 3656 [5TH EDN, MAY'04, LARGEST SCALE], PLOTS IN TITLE PANEL. SEP 2008/000048875 22.10.08 SHOWN AS WK USCPA 20MTRS ON FRENCH 7076 [2008 EDN, 1:345,000]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW E. FWD SECTION ON PORT SIDE, AFT SECTION UPRIGHT

Position: 49 3.023 N,2 20.84 W

 

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