This is the information page about the shipwreck Princess victoria, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 37.93 N,3 39.343 W (53.615283333333, -3.42905)

 

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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. ? susie mo ii
2. Alarm
3. Albanian
4. Albion (probably)
5. Amlwch rose
6. Ardlough
7. Bella
8. Ben cruachan
9. Blanche (possibly)
10. Braeglen
11. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
12. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
13. Cairnross
14. Calcium (probably)
15. Chacabuco (possibly)
16. Chagres
17. City of brussels
18. Counsellor iii
19. Dublin
20. El oso
21. Fb 110 (possibly)
22. Fb 112 (possibly)
23. Fb 116 (possibly)
24. Fb 118 (possibly)
25. Fb 265 (possibly)
26. Fb 267 (possibly)
27. Fb 275 (possibly)
28. Fb 278 (possibly)
29. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
30. Fb 295 (possibly)
31. Fb 296 (possibly)
32. Fb 297 (possibly)
33. Fb 300 (possibly)
34. Fb 43 (possibly)
35. Fb 47 (possibly)
36. Fb 56 (possibly)
37. Fb 72 (possibly)
38. Fb 83 (possibly)
39. Fb 86 (possibly)
40. Fb 98 (probably)
41. Four brothers (possibly)
42. Gorsethorn
43. Herbie
44. Horizon (possibly)
45. Hornby (possibly)
46. Kilcoan (probably)
47. Leeds (probably)
48. Lelia
49. Letty
50. Linda blanche
51. Lugar
52. Mermaid (probably)
53. Montreal
54. Munster
55. Nicola faith
56. Nydia (probably)
57. Ocean monarch
58. Penrhos (probably)
59. Penstone
60. Princess victoria
61. Rea 1
62. Rea 10
63. Rea 5
64. Rea 7 (possibly)
65. Rea 8 (possibly)
66. Rea 9 (possibly)
67. Residu
68. Resurgam
69. Stanleigh
70. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
71. Strathrye
72. Tongue beacon (possibly)
73. Torch
74. Tower base
75. Tt 6 (possibly)
76. U 1024 (possibly)
77. Vine (possibly)
78. Ystroom (probably)

 

Name: PRINCESS VICTORIA

Length 74.7 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1108 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: built in 1894 by w b thompson & co ltd, dundee. owned at time of loss by m langlands & sons, liverpool. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 201nhp, single shaft. passage aberdeen for liverpool. torpedoed and sunk by u-20. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1915

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1915, last detected: 1995

Details measurements/cartography: H3317/15 H3317/15 SUNK IN 534100N, 034900W APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). H3838/86 9.11.87 H3838/86 9.11.87 WK LOCATED IN 533755N, 033916W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.1 IN GEN DEPTH 34.5MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, SIGNAL DTD 5.11.87).

- NM 3532/87. H3838/86 23.5.88 H3838/86 23.5.88 EXAM'D 27.10.87 IN 533755N, 033916W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.8 IN GEN DEPTH 34.5MTRS. LARGE SCOUR TO THE E. HYDROSEARCH VERT HT 10.4MTRS, SHADOW HT 7.5MTRS. LENGTH 79.5MTRS, BEAM 14.4MTRS. LYING 000/180DEG, UPRIGHT AND FAIRLY INTACT. BOWS S AND HIGHEST POINT APPEARS TO BE A MAST AT N END OF WK. CHART AS WK 24.1MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 357). NFA. HH100/351/04 11.2.91 HH100/351/04 11.2.91 THIS WK THOUGHT PROBABLY TO BE THE STANLEIGH. (K HURLEY, 11.1.91). HH100/351/01 18.4.91 HH100/351/01 18.4.91 IDENTIFIED AS THE PRINCESS VICTORIA. LIES N/S IN GEN DEPTH 33-36MTRS. BOW LISTS TO STARB'D, MIDSHIPS IS UPRIGHT AND STERN LISTS TO PORT. BOW DECKING AND PLATES HAVE COLLAPSED AS HAS THE WHEELHOUSE AREA. ENGINE ROOM AND SUPERSTRUCTURE ARE IN REASONABLE CONDITION. STERN AREA IS BROKEN WITH ONLY STERN POST STANDING HIGH. (S A RODGER, 14.3.91). HH100/351/05 7.8.92 HH100/351/05 7.8.92 LIES WITH BOWS S AND IS FAIRLY INTACT THOUGH MIDSHIPS AREA IS SLIGHTLY BROKEN. WHAT APPEARED TO BE A MAST AT N END IS A LARGE OLD TRAWL WHICH HAS SPIRALLED INTO A COLUMN AND IS UPRIGHT. (K HURLEY, 6.7.92). 24.1.94 24.1.94 CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS THE PRINCESS VICTORIA - BELL REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. (K HURLEY, TELECON). 23.10.95 23.10.95 APPEARS TO BE IN TWO SECTIONS. IN 533754.1N, 033921.5W [WGD] AND 533753.9N, 033920.6W [WGD]. DIVED 21.10.95 IN POOR VISIBILITY. BOW APPEARS TO BE STILL INTACT, TRAWL NET STILL IN PLACE. (R LEYLAND, TELECON).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, COLLAPSING, SCOUR CLOSE E

Position: 53 37.93 N,3 39.343 W

 

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