This is the information page about the shipwreck Prinzregent luitpold, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 53.025 N,3 11.544 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: PRINZREGENT LUITPOLD
Length 171.9 meter, width: 29 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 24380 ton
Cause: scuttled.
Year of registration: 1919
Water depth above wreck: 22 meter
Known since: 1919, last detected: 2010
Details measurements/cartography: H8464/19 DWP (1919), LEAST DEPTH 1.75FMS, SHOWN IN 585303N, 031127W ON SURVEY [C7953]. BR STD. H6229/23 13.7.23 INS ON CHARTS.
- NM 1523/23. 19.6.29 COX AND DANKS REPORTED LEAST DEPTH 5FMS OVER WK. (CP13698/29). PROPOSED TO COMMENCE SALVAGE WORKS AFTER COMPLETION OF WORK ON BREMSE. (CP 21313/29). H5210/31 21.7.31 POSN NOW A FOUL ANCHORAGE. (CP15966/31). AMEND TO FOUL ANCHORAGE.
- NM 1339/31. H7158/32 21.11.32 WK NOW LIES CLOSE TO LYNESS PIER. (SCAPA FLOW HN2). - TNM 1874/32. H7158/32 14.7.33 WK REMOVED FROM LYNESS PIER. (INVERGORDON, HN5). TNM CANCELLED. 9.7.31 RAISED 9.7.31. (JUTLAND TO JUNKYARD, S.C. GEORGE). 16.10.79 SHOWN AS FOUL ANCHORAGE ON NC 35. 30.1.04 SHOWN AS LEGEND: 'FOUL GROUND' ON BA 35 [EDN 5 DTD 27.3.03]. HH100/351/21 30.1.04 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. AREA OF SCATTERED WRECKAGE OF SALVAGE EQUIPMENT INC HAWSERS, PULLEYS, MASTS, PIPES AND GENERAL WRECKAGE. LIES IN 28MTRS AND RISES NO HIGHER THAN 2MTRS FROM THE SEABED. (CPO JACKSON, NACSAC). NCA. 7.10.10 EXAM'D USING M/B. AREA OF SCOUR. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). RETAIN LEGEND 'FOUL GROUND'. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: AREA OF WRECKAGE, HT BY DIVER
Position: 58 53.025 N,3 11.544 W