Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Hms prince leopold, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 34.616 N,0 55.943 W (50.5383, -0.64335)

 

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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.

 

1. Afon dulais
2. Algiers
3. Angry fish
4. Armenier
5. Arno (possibly)
6. Asger ryg
7. Axwell
8. Basil-2
9. Bettann (bow section)
10. Cambrian princess (probably)
11. Carbineer
12. Cuba
13. Donegal (possibly)
14. Elford
15. Flag theofano
16. Fort yale
17. Fpt iv
18. Gartland
19. Gascony
20. Gerarda
21. Germa geisha
22. Hedwig lunstedt
23. Highland corrie
24. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
25. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
26. Hmcs alberni
27. Hms apley (possibly)
28. Hms evadne (possibly)
29. Hms hazardous
30. Hms prince leopold
31. Hms sapper
32. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
33. Hmsm a1
34. Lightfoot (possibly)
35. Lola (possibly)
36. Lowmount
37. Montecrana (possibly)
38. Polandia (possibly)
39. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
40. Saint enogat
41. Sines (possibly)
42. Spearfish
43. Teelin head
44. U 1195
45. Ub 81
46. Vigda

 

Naam: HMS PRINCE LEOPOLD

Lengte 105.8 meter, breedte: 14 meter, diepgang: 7, tonnage 2950 ton

Oorzaak: 22.9.44 built in 1930 by soc anon j h n cockerill, hoboken. hired from 22.9.44 as an air target landing ship. three boilers, six geared s turbines, twin shaft. passage isle of wight for normandy beach head. torpedoed and sunk by u 621. (sibi).

Jaar registratie: 1944

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 31 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 77 cm

Bekend sinds: 1944, laatst gedetecteerd: 20161114

Details metingen/cartografie: 29.7.44 SONAR CONTACT IN 503441N, 005543W, OR 171DEGS, 5.42M FROM NAB TOWER. (AUBD 304/4). NCA YET. H03024/44 6.4.45 FOLLOWING DISPERSAL, LEAST DEPTH OVER WRECK IS 36FT.(C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 23.3.45).

- NM 970/45. H03024/44 5.3.46 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 48FT IN 503442N, 005545W. (CSO, HMS VERNON). DISPERSAL CONCLUDED. (C-IN-C PORTSMOUTH, 13.2.46).

- NM 579/46. H6667/57 28.4.61 ASDIC CONTACTS, POSSIBLY BOTTOM, IN VICINITY. NOT EXAM'D. (SURVEY [K2007/3]). H1284/75 19.8.75 DIVED ON IN POOR VISIBILITY. STEEL HULL, WITH STEAM ENGINES LYING IN SOME 70FT OF WATER. SOME EVIDENCE OF UNDERWATER SALVAGE. (R J TODD, SPITHEAD SALVAGE CO, 20.5.75). NCA. H4383/72 26.10.76 LOCATED IN 503434N, 005550W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.5 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 16MTRS [LAT]. (KELVIN HUGHES, SURVEY [K7573/1] AUG'76). CHART AS SW 16.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2211/76. H4121/76 19.1.77 EXAM'D 4.8.76 IN 503435N, 005552W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.5 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. AREA OF IRREGULAR SEABED WITH STEEP PINNACLES. DCS3 HT 6.2MTRS, LENGTH 150MTRS. ORIENTATED ENE/WSW. SONAR TRACE SHOWS COMPLETE HULL WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE AFT. LIES WITH BOW E. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). AMEND POSN BUT RETAIN KELVIN HUGHES 1976 CLEARANCE DEPTH UNTIL SWEPT BY WIRE. BR STD. H1720/65 6.11.78 UNABLE TO LOCATE IN POSNS GIVEN BY KELVIN HUGHES & HMS FOX. WRECK-TYPE ECHO OBTAINED VERY CLOSE TO THOSE POSNS, BUT WAS A NATURAL BOTTOM FEATURE. (M WALSH, 20.8.78). NCA YET - NEEDS FURTHER EXAMINATION. H4121/76 24.1.79 LOCATED 27.2.79 IN 503432N, 005607W [OGB] USING DECCA. CONFIRMED AS WK USING DCS3 & E/S. LIES 080/260DEGS. LENGTH 130MTRS. LEAST DEPTH NOT SATISFACTORILY OBTAINED. (HMS BEAGLE, H525, 27.2.79). NCA. H1310/81/30 2.7.79 WK, ABOUT 300FT LONG, LIES WITH 10-15DEG LIST PORT WITH BOW BLOWN OFF OR COLLAPSED. STANDS 35-40FT HIGH. GUN MOUNTING AFT OF SUPERSTRUCTURE WITH EMPTY AMMUNITION CASES LYING NEARBY. (MR BARNARD, SOUTHERN WATER AUTHORITY). NCA.H1310/81/30 16.11.81 DIVED ON 11.8.81. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED, BELL RECOVERED. HIGHEST POINT IS BOFORS GUN WHICH IS 10MTRS ABOVE GEN DEPTH OF 30MTRS. THREE CASES OF AMMUNITION LIE NEAR GUN. STERN INTACT, LYING WITH 30DEG LIST TO STBD. DEPTH CHARGES STILL IN RACKS. BOW INTACT, LYING WITH 65DEG LIST TO STBD. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE STANDS ABOVE HULL. (T W BENNETTO, 10.11.81). NCA. HH091/005/01 26.11.03 EXAM'D 2.8.03 IN 5034.602N, 0055.924W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 22.9, FOUL 23.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.9 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 090 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, IN THE PROCESS OF BURIAL. (NP 1016, HI 1005). AMEND SW 22.5MTRS. BR STD. 25.2.05 BELL DECLARED TO RECEIVER OF WRECK UNDER WRECK AMNESTY. PRESENTED TO THE DE PLATE MUSEUM IN OSTENDE BY MR BENNETTO AND RECEIVER OF WRECK IN NOV'04. (DIVER MAGAZINE FEB'05 AND RECEIVER OF WRECK ANNUAL REPORT 2004) SEP 2016/000165703 4.5.17 EXAM'D 14.11.16 IN 5034.616N, 0055.943W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 24.76MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. LENGTH 111MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 6.74MTRS. ORIENTATION 077/257 DEGS. IDENTIFIABLE AMONGST DEBRIS ARE HOLD OPENINGS AND BOOMS WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED AS DEPTH CHARGE RACKS ON BOTH SIDES OF MIDSHIPS AREA. (MMT UK, HI 1499). AMEND TO DW 24.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Positie: 50 34.616 N,0 55.943 W

 

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