This is the information page about the shipwreck Prunelle, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 5.758 N,1 26.312 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)

 

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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. Adams beck (probably)
2. Albano
3. Annie walker (probably)
4. Azira
5. Balzac
6. Bangarth
7. Blairhall
8. Blue dawn
9. British officer (after part)
10. Bullger
11. Cairnglen
12. Carmarthen coast
13. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
14. Carmarthen coast (possibly)
15. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
16. Clare (possibly)
17. Coquet mouth
18. Denham (probably)
19. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
20. Don (possibly)
21. Dora
22. Driebergen
23. Dutchman
24. Eagle iii
25. Elziena (possibly)
26. Espire
27. Eston
28. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
29. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
30. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
31. Eventide
32. Fenella
33. Ferryhill
34. Fingal
35. Firelight (possibly)
36. General havelock
37. Gottfried (possibly)
38. Gran
39. Grit
40. Gudbrand (possibly)
41. H c flood (possibly)
42. H c flood (probably)
43. Hanne
44. Hebble (probably)
45. Hekla (possibly)
46. Helvetia (possibly)
47. Hercules
48. Heros (possibly)
49. Hmms 180
50. Hms ben ardna (probably)
51. Hms elise
52. Hms elise (possibly)
53. Hms ethel taylor
54. Hms herring
55. Hms james ludford
56. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
57. Hms snaefell (probably)
58. Hms southsea
59. Hms star of devoran
60. Hms summer rose
61. Hms william hallet (possibly)
62. Hms witherington
63. Hmsm unity (probably)
64. Hogarth
65. Hornchurch (probably)
66. Humber
67. Ilios (possibly)
68. Ilious
69. Intent
70. Invergyle
71. Inverlane (part of)
72. Inverlane (stern section)
73. Jenny m (possibly)
74. Jolly girls
75. Jolly girls (possibly)
76. Jonkoping i (possibly)
77. Kalua
78. Kamma
79. Lafonia
80. Linden (probably)
81. Llwyngwair (possibly)
82. Loch-na-gar (probably)
83. Lonclara (ex-pla hopper no 20)
84. Longbird
85. Lyng
86. Maindy bridge (possibly)
87. Marcheller (possibly)
88. Marne (part of)(possibly)
89. Mars
90. Mayoress pelican
91. Nike (possibly)
92. Nyula
93. Olimpia/?olympia (possibly)
94. Orion (probably)
95. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
96. Polleon (possibly)
97. Poltava (possibly)
98. Povena
99. Presto (possibly)
100. Presto (possibly)
101. Princess maud (possibly)
102. Protector (possibly)
103. Providence
104. Provider a
105. Prunelle
106. Queen wilhelmina
107. Quillota
108. Ragnhild (possibly)
109. Ragni (probably)
110. Ravensbourne (possibly)
111. Recorder (possibly)
112. Regian
113. Renen
114. Rfa creosol
115. Richard de larrinaga
116. Rio colorado
117. Rising sun
118. Rosa (possibly)
119. Rotha
120. Saga (possibly)
121. Sargasso (possibly)
122. Scott miller
123. Snowdrop (possibly)
124. Spey (possibly)
125. Spray
126. Stag 5 (probably)
127. Staithes (possibly)
128. Strinheim
129. Sunniva (possibly)
130. Svava
131. Swiftly
132. Teal (probably)
133. Thames (probably)
134. The stewarts court (probably)
135. The tetrarch (probably)
136. Ub 115 (possibly)
137. Uc 32 (probably)
138. Upcerne
139. Vianna (possibly)
140. Vianna (probably)
141. Wearsider
142. Zeeland (possibly)

 

Name: PRUNELLE

Length 47.5 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 578 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: built in 1874 in malmo. owned at time of loss by the shipping controller (h w & c m ezard). compound engines of 65 rhp for 8 knots. the captain and 11 crew were killed. (dods). torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub 34. (der kreig zur see). passage tilbury to dundee, cargo 500 tons jute. torpedo struck the engine room on the port side. the captain and 12 of the crew were killed at once. the vessel sank almost immediately, the remaining four crew were rescued. (r young).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 117 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: FOR PREVIOUS SURVEYING DETAILS SEE [4315]. HH100/351/01 27.10.89 WK OF S TRAWLER, KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'ELISE', DIVED 6.10.89 IN 550542N, 012620.5W. LIES WITH BOW E ON SEABED OF ROCK AND COARSE SHALE IN 95FT. WELL BROKEN UP. LARGEST MASS REMAINING IS THE BOILER, 15FT HIGH MAX. SMALL 6PDR HOTCHKISS GUN REMOVED BY LOCAL DIVERS RECENTLY. (D COX/L BUTTON, 9.10.89). INS AS USC 20MTRS. BR STD. HH090/796/01 7.1.99 EXAM'D 17.7.98 IN 550545.0N, 012617.5W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 19.9, FOUL 20.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.3 IN GEN DEPTH 24.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS. LENGTH 57MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 130/310 DEGS. IN TWO PIECES WITH DEBRIS BETWEEN. LOCAL DIVERS CONFIRM THIS TO BE THE 'ELISE'. (GARDLINE, HI 796). AMEND TO SW 19.5MTRS. BR STD.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS HH100/351/14 15.1.99 LOCATED IN 5505.777N, 0126.276W [WGD] HAS BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS 'PRUNELLE'. THE BELL AND THE ENGINE MAKER'S PLATE HAVE BEEN RECOVERED. LIES IN 28-30MTRS IN TWO HALVES, WITH THE BOWS 50MTRS TO THE SOUTH OF THE MAIN WRECK. (C WILSON, LTR DTD 11.12.98). NCA. HH100/351/15 16.9.99 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. LENGTH 35-40MTRS, WIDTH 4-5MTRS. HT 3MTRS. BOWS LYING ON THEIR SIDE POINTING SOUTH. MIDDLE SECTION FLAT. STERN ON ITS SIDE. PROPELLER AND RUDDER IN PLACE. BOILERS 3-4MTRS HIGH. (R JACKSON, FAX DTD 16.9.99). NCA. HH100/351/15 16.9.99 LIES IN TWO PARTS WITH PIECES OF PLATES AND MACHINERY IN BETWEEN. DECK GUN AND BOXES OF LIVE 12LB SHELLS REMOVED RECENTLY. (R YOUNG, LTR DTD 13.9.99). NCA. SEP 2019/000043627 24.3.19 EXAM’D 24.3.19 IN 5505.758N, 0126.312W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.41MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. LENGTH 62.4MTRS, WIDTH 7.9MTRS, HT 4.3MTRS, ORIENATATION 117/297DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 6MTRS, WIDTH 28.2MTRS, 0.3MTRS DEEP TOWARD 123DEGS. BROKEN INTO SEVERAL PIECES, WITH 3 DEBRIS FIELDS. LARGE AMOUNT OF SCOURING. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND DW 20.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN INTO SEVERAL PIECES, WITH 3 DEBRIS FIELDS

Position: 55 5.758 N,1 26.312 W

 

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