This is the information page about the shipwreck Prudentia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 50.838 N,3 7.955 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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. 090
2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Argyll
6. Avra (possibly)
7. B 109 (part)
8. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
9. Ben barvas
10. Benachie
11. Bettina danica
12. Bountiful
13. Bremse
14. Brummer
15. Budrie
16. Busy bee (part of)
17. Carolina thornden
18. Carron
19. Challenger
20. Clio
21. Clio ii
22. Collingdoc
23. Copeland
24. Corinthia (stern section)
25. Croma
26. Dalewood (possibly)
27. Danmark (after part)
28. Dresden
29. Duna
30. Dyle
31. Ebanezer
32. Edinboune
33. Elton
34. Emerald wings
35. Empire parsons (possiby)
36. Empire seaman
37. Empire seaman
38. Energy
39. Ephram
40. Excelsior
41. F2
42. G101
43. G103
44. G104
45. Gartmore
46. Gobernador bories
47. Gondolier
48. Grosser kurfurst
49. Gunnaren
50. Hessen
51. Hindenburg
52. Hmd chance
53. Hmd imbat
54. Hmd lustring
55. Hmd lustring
56. Hmd lustring
57. Hms albacore (bow section)
58. Hms dewey eve
59. Hms endeavour
60. Hms hampshire
61. Hms loch garry
62. Hms narborough
63. Hms opal
64. Hms roedean
65. Hms rose valley
66. Hms royal oak
67. Hms strathgarry
68. Hms vanguard
69. Ilsenstein
70. Inconnu
71. Invader
72. Inverlane (bow section)
73. Irene
74. James barrie
75. Johanna thorden
76. Juanita
77. Juniata (fore part)
78. Jv 526
79. Jv 751
80. Kaiser
81. Kaiserin
82. Karlsruhe
83. Kathe niederkirchner
84. Koln
85. Konig
86. Kronprinz wilhelm
87. Lapland
88. Lizzie bain (possibly)
89. Loch maddy (stern section)
90. Lorne
91. Lycia
92. Mara
93. Markgraf
94. Martis
95. Martis
96. Minieh
97. Naja (part of)
98. Napier star
99. Neptune
100. Norholmen
101. Numidian
102. Numidian
103. Ocean racer
104. Pennsylvania
105. Pinnace 288
106. Pinnace 744
107. Pontos
108. Prinzregent luitpold
109. Prudentia
110. Radiation
111. Reginald
112. Reinfield
113. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
114. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
115. Rosewood
116. Ross puma
117. Rotherfield
118. S 36 (bow section)
119. Seydlitz
120. Siherite
121. Skua flaes beacon
122. Solan
123. Stellatus
124. Strathelliot
125. Sunbeam
126. Sunlight
127. Tabarka (possibly)
128. Tbf fn899
129. Teeswood
130. Tern 1
131. Thames
132. Thunfisch
133. Ub 116
134. V 78 (part of)
135. V83
136. Yc 21

 

Name: PRUDENTIA

Length 95.1 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 2781 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases,oil

Cause: built in 1889 by palmers' co, ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by j m lennard & sons lennards carrying co ltd. employed as an admiralty oiler. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 269nhp, single shaft. passage scapa for fuelling. sank following collision with ss hermoine (5000 grt). (sibi).

Year of registration: 1926

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1926, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H3875/26 18.6.26 SHOWN ON CHARTS AS WK 8FMS IN 072DEGS, 7.3C (S 89 E MAG) FROM FARA CHURCH. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H2017/72 19.8.74 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK, 6FMS 4FT, IN 585054N, 030752W. (HUNTING SURVEYS [K6864/17]).

- NM BLOCK 1550/74. H1287/75 15.10.75 WW1 TANKER. STILL HAS STEEL PROP. IT IS ALSO GIVING OFF AN OIL SLICK WHICH LEADS TO EASY LOCATION. (CPO DUNFORD, RAF LINCOLN DTD 15.9.75). 5.3.76 REPORTED LYING ON PORT SIDE ON HEADING 190DEGS WITH LEAST DEPTH 7FMS 1FT [LAT] BY CLOSE E/S. STILL LEAKING LIGHT OIL. (D HOOPER, DIVER REPORT, TELECON). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 2FT IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 28.5.76 LOCATED 2.2.76 BY DCS3. WAS FOUND TO BE LYING ON PORT SIDE. LENGTH APPROX 315FT. DCS3 HT 46FT. HEADING 190DEGS [T] APPROX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 43FT [LAT]. MID POSN OF WK 585051.8N, 030751.6W. (D J HOOPER, ARICS). H2017/72 11.3.77 G SPH BUOY, INT.QFL,G, RAREFL LAID 1C E OF WK. (ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL NM 1/77).

- NM BLOCK 1052/77. 8.12.77 NOW CHARTED AS WK 13.1MTRS, WITH FOUL AREA, RADIUS 1C. NC 35. 8.4.81 NOW MARKED BY E CARD PILLAR BUOY, Q(3)10S 1C E OF WK. NE 2568. 19.12.03 LOCATED IN LISTED POSN. (C HARPER, FATHOMS LTD, LTR DTD 5.12.03). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ON PORT SIDE

Position: 58 50.838 N,3 7.955 W

 

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