This is the information page about the shipwreck Welsh prince, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 23.496 N,0 58.662 E (53.3729833, 1.0462167)

 

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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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6. Blackburn
7. Burgos
8. Carrier
9. Catford
10. Chatwood (possibly)
11. Chelsea (possibly)
12. Chevychase
13. Cormarsh
14. Czestochowa
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23. Hms arley
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25. Hms cape spartel (probably)
26. Hms cobra
27. Hms fleet tender c (ex-mamari iii)
28. Hms kylemore
29. Hms linsdell
30. Hms pintail
31. Hms queenworth
32. Hms solomon
33. Hms speedy (probably)
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35. Hmsm umpire
36. La combattante (stern section)
37. Larchwood (possibly)
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39. London
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56. Siri maria
57. Sitona
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59. Trajan
60. Trignac (possibly)
61. Victoria
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63. Virginian
64. Welsh prince
65. William balls (probably)
66. Zor

 

Name: WELSH PRINCE

Length 127.4 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 5148 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,personnel

Cause: Built in 1940 by blythsw'd sb co ltd, glasgow. owned at time of loss by prince line ltd (furness withy). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 400hp, single shaft. machinery by d rowan & co ltd, glasgow. passage london for new york. general cargo including 90 tons government stores. mined.

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 148 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H04203/41 8.12.41 WELSH PRINCE MINED 110DEGS, 5C FROM '59 BUOY'. VESSEL STILL AFLOAT. (HMS MALLARD, 7.12.41). FOREPART AGROUND IN 532340N, 005855E. ALL CREW RESCUED BY HMS MALLARD. (C IN C NORE, 7.12.41). DW APPROX 109DEGS, 6C FROM '59 BUOY'. (C IN C NORE, 8.12.41). GIVES POSN APPROX 532325N, 005850E. 68QZH ISSUED. H04203/41 11.12.41 WK FIXED IN TWO PORTIONS. BOW HALF SHOWING BRIDGE & PART OF FOREMAST IN 532323N, 005850E. STERN PART, MAIN MAST SHOWING IN 532317N, 005852E. (FO HUMBER, 10.12.41). FOREPART LIES 348.5DEGS, 204YDS FROM AFTER PART, GIVES MEAN POSN 532320N, 005851E. H04203/41 19.12.41 G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S LAID 248DEGS, 1C FROM WK. (TH, 12, 15 & 18.12.41; FO GREAT YARMOUTH, 13.12.41). 80QZH ISSUED. H04203/41 19.2.42 LIES BROKEN IN TWO. BOW IN 532323N, 005850E; STERN IN 532317N, 005852E. (CAPT M/S HUMBER, 11.12.41). INS AS DW IN 532323N, 005850E WITH G CAN, GPFL(2) G 10S, CLOSE.

- NM 401/42. H04203/41 12.8.48 AMEND POSN TO 532354N, 005854E. (HMS GRAEMSAY, 17.7.48).

- NM 1699/48. H04203/41 19.12.49 EXAM'D OCT 1948 IN 532336N, 005842E USING DECCA FOLLOWING DISPERSAL. VARIOUS OBSTNS WERE LOCATED BUT UNEVEN SEABED MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THESE WERE THE WK. AREA AROUND ABOVE POSN WAS SWEPT USING OROPESA, CLEAR AT 36 IN GEN DEPTH 36FT. NO SONAR CONTACTS OBTAINED OUTSIDE AREA SWEPT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, NOV 1949). BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH, 30.11.49). AMEND TO WK 6FMS, DELETE BUOY.

- NM 2604/49. H332 1.2.63 SONAR CONTACT OBTAINED CLOSE SE OF CHARTED POSN. (HMS SCOTT, OCT 1962). 23.6.75 AMEND TO WK 10.3MTRS [LAT]. NC 107. HH090/593/01 13.1.94 EXAM'D 22.7.93 IN 532317.6N, 005847.8E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 12.0 IN GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.5MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS, BREADTH 20MTRS. PARTLY BURIED WK LYING 165/345 DEG. PROXIMITY OF SANDWAVES PREVENTED DRIFT SWEEPING. (OCEONICS (UK) LTD., HI 593). AMEND WK 12MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/19 6.1.03 DIVED IN 5323.470N, 0058.690E [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 2MTRS HIGH BY E/S AND DEPTH GAUGE. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. SCATTERED WRECKAGE BETWEEN TWO SANDWAVES. (K SMITH). NCA. SEP 2019/000300377 16.12.19 EXAM'D 18.7.19 IN 5323.496N 0058.662N [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.78 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15 MTRS, HT 2.7 MTRS, LENGTH 297 MTRS, WIDTH 40 MTRS. IN TWO SECTIONS 200 MTRS APART. ONE SECTION 63 MTRS LONG, UPRIGHT, VISIBLE STRUCTURES AND PARTIALLY BURIED. OTHER SECTION 37 MTRS, BURIED WITH SCATTERED DEBRIS. (CLINTON MARINE, HI 1596). AMEND DW 11.7 MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SCATTERED WRECKAGE BETWEEN TWO SANDWAVES

Position: 53 23.496 N,0 58.662 E

 

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