This is the information page about the shipwreck Prins frederik hendrik (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 20.195 N,5 34.132 W (52.604766666667, -5.5701166666667)

 

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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: PRINS FREDERIK HENDRIK (POSSIBLY)

Length 76.2 meter, width: 12.8 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1288 ton

Cause: bombed & sunk by german aircraft. passage cardiff for bathurst.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 92 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1979

Details measurements/cartography: H0109/45 H0109/45 WESTERN APPROACHES LIST W A G O 524 AUBD 319/123 SONAR CONTACT IN 522200N, 053400W APPROX. (C IN C WA). 24.11.72 24.11.72 INS AS USCPA 25FMS. NE 1410. 9.11.77 9.11.77 AMEND TO USCPA 46MTRS. NC 1787. H1950/76 12.11.80 H1950/76 12.11.80 WK EXAM'D 25.4.80 IN 522011N, 053405W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 79 IN GEN DEPTH 92MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR. DCS3 HT 12MTRS. LYING 010/190 DEGS. APPROX LENGTH 85MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 40/80). AMEND WK 79MTRS. BR STD. [WGD] POSN: 5220.195N, 0534.132W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 20.195 N,5 34.132 W

 

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