This is the information page about the shipwreck Princess royal, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 19.425 N,5 20.051 W (50.323750, -5.334183)

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.

Name: PRINCESS ROYAL

Length 88.8 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1986 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1912 by caledon shipbuilding & engineering co ltd, dundee. owned at time of loss by m langlands & sons. triple expansion engine of 217 nhp, single shaft. passage swansea for le havre. torpedoed by u-101. 19 men lost. (der kreig zur see, dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 166 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: 31.5.18 31.5.18 SUNK 3M WNW OF ST AGNES. (BOT, DOCKET M26642). 28.5.18 28.5.18 SUNK IN 501920N, 051840W. (NAVAL SUB BASE, PENZANCE, DOCKET M26284). H6391/19 H6391/19 CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] ON BA 777. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED)

- NM 674/20. H2537/28 28.8.28 H2537/28 & H4337/28 28.8.28 AMEND TO DW PA 1918. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) - BA 777. H5872/52 19.11.53 H5872/52 19.11.53 NOW CHARTED AS DWPA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1149. H2959/73 5.4.73 H2959/73 5.4.73 LOCATED IN 501924N, 051954W USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH ABOUT 115 IN GEN DEPTH 150FT. (E GILES, 3.4.73). INS AS USC 25MTRS (14FMS) BR STD. H2959/73 16.5.73 H2959/73 16.5.73 IDENTIFIED AS PRINCESS ROYAL FROM CARGO OF STEEL BILLETS. LIES 170/350DEGS. LEAST DEPTH APPROX 22 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS [REDUCES]. WK OPENED UP WITH ALL SUPERSTRUCTURE AND MOST OF MIDSHIP HULL PLATING MISSING. BOWS UPRIGHT STANDING ABOUT 8FT HIGH AND INTACT. ANCHORS IN HAWSEPIPE. HEAVILY SILTED AFT OF BOWS. STEEL CARGO IN HOLD AREA FORWARD OF THE BOILERS WHICH ARE NEAR THE STERN AND STAND ABOUT 12FT HIGH. (E GILES, 2.5.73). AMEND USC 20MTRS (11FMS). BR STD. HH100/351/04 18.3.91 HH100/351/04 18.3.91 DIVED ON IN 501919N, 051957W [OGB] USING DECCA. GEN DEPTH 37MTRS AT LW. MAX HEIGHT OF WK 4MTRS. (R A MAPPLEBECK, 6.1.91). NCA. HH100/351/14 13.11.98 HH100/351/14 13.11.98 DIVED IN 501925N, 052000W [OGB] USING GPS. LOCATED WITH MAGNETOMETER. SHOWS WELL ON E/S. HIGHEST POINT IS THE BOILERS. (G J LOCKETT, 11.11.98). AMEND POSN. BR STD. 22.11.11 22.11.11 LOCATED 28.10.09 IN 5019.425N, 0520.051W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH IN GEN DEPTH 34.85MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 81.4MTRS, WIDTH 25.5MTRS, HT 4.97MTRS. LIES 166/346 DEGS WITH BOWS SSE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 29.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, BOWS SSE

Position: 50 19.425 N,5 20.051 W

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