Cambrian Princess (Probably) Wreck

Surveying Details

H6667/57 28.4.61 FAIR ASDIC CONTACT IN 502930N 005100W. NOT EXAMINED. (HMS DALRYMPLE). H4121/76 20.1.77 NOT FOUND DURING SONAR SEARCH. EXISTENCE DOUBTFUL. (HMS FOX, HI 52/76). H1270/78 31.10.79 WK OF 4-MASTED BARQUE LOCATED IN 502912N, 005125W [OGB] USING DECCA. GEN DEPTH 85-90FT. IRON HULL LYING E/W, STEEL MASTS LAYING FLAT AND REMAINS OF STANDING RIGGING. HEIGHT ABOUT 18FT ABOVE SEABED, ON EDGE OF A BANK. SEABED OF COARSE SAND, SMALL STONES. NO PROPELLER. 2 TO 5 TON ANCHOR. OVER 250FT LONG. (MR BARNARD, SOUTHERN WATER AUTHORITY, TELECON 6.7.79). CHART AS WK 20MTRS. H1310/87 17.8.87 NO WRECK EXISTS IN THIS POSN. SWA WERE GIVEN INCORRECT DECCA COORDS BY THEIR INFORMANT IN ORDER TO RESTRICT DIVING ON THIS WRECK. (T FRANCIS, 11.8.87). NCA. H1310/88 29.6.88 EXTENSIVE SEARCHES IN CHARTED POSN OF THIS WK HAVE BEEN FRUITLESS, HOWEVER A WK OF LARGE IRON SV, WITH NO ENGINE AND LYING ON PORT SIDE, HAS BEEN LOCATED IN 503446N, 005218W. (T J FRANCIS, 10.6.88). CHART AS WK PA 20MTRS. - NM 2177/88. HH100/351/08 13.12.93 WK OF STEEL SV 'CAMBRIAN PRINCESS', LOCATED IN 503448N, 005248W [OGB] USING DECCA. LIES FAIRLY BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED IN WHITE SAND. HIGHEST POINT STANDS APPROX 16FT IN GEN DEPTH 120FT. (M WOODWARD, 3.12.93). NCA YET. HH232/570/04 17.1.96 LOCATED IN 503448.7N, 005226.6W [WGD] HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. WRECK DISPERSED AND HOLDS POORLY ON SONAR 193M. EXTENDS TO AREA APPROX 20MTRS IN DIAMETER. ONE HARD CONTACT IN CENTRE OF AREA, 3MTRS IN LENGTH AND 0.5MTR OFF SEA BED. ROV RUN ON WK IDENTIFIED NO COHERENT STRUCTURE, JUST DISPERSED ROCKS. POSSIBLY REMAINS OF BALLAST. (HMS BERKELEY, HN REC'D 19.12.95). AMENDED TO USC 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/005/01 26.11.03 LOCATED IN LISTED POSN. CONTACT IS TWO SMALL, ISOLATED ROCKS OF HEIGHT <1MTR. (NP 1016, HI 1005). AMEND TO FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2016/000165703 4.5.17 EXAM'D 14.11.16 IN 5034.969N, 0052.331W [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 24.19MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. LENGTH 81MTRS, WIDTH 23MTRS, HT 4.81MTRS. ORIENTATION 010/190 DEGS. HULL PLATES ALONG WESTERN SIDE HAVE COLLAPSED ONTO SEABED. LARGE NUMBER OF DISPERSED ROCKS POSSIBLE REMAINS OF BALLAST. (MMT UK, HI 1499). AMEND TO DW 24MTRS IN REVISED POSN.