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Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 938427
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/938427
UKHO Identifier : 003820
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.06028,-5.34361
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.06031,-5.34469
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Method : DECCA navigator
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 55
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : HMS PRINCE PHILLIPE (PROBABLY)
Type : MV
Flag : BELGIAN
Length : 99.7
Beam : 14.9
Draught : 6.4
Tonnage : 2938
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 15/07/1941
Contact Description : None reported
Original Sensor : Physical Snag
Original Detection Year : 1982
Original Source : Fishing Vessel
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1939 IN BELGIUM BY SOC ANON JOHN COCKERIL, HOBOKEN. 24 CYLINDER, 2 STROKE OIL ENGINE OF 2189 BHP, SINGLE SHAFT. HIRED AS AIR TARGET ON 24.7.1940. LANDING SHIP IN 1941, ARMED WITH 2 X 12PDR & 6 X 20MM GUNS. SUNK IN COLLISON WITH 'EMPIRE WAVE' OFF THE W COAST OF SCOTLAND. (SIBI).
Surveying Details : **H5982/82 8.11.82 WK IN 550337N, 052037W. POSN BY DECCA. (KINGFISHER TRAWLING PLOTS, A-PLOT 7, 1982). NCA.
**1972. NOT LOCATED. (HMS FOX, 1972 SURVEY). NCA.
**HH100/351/13 24.11.97 PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE BONVILSTON BUT IS ALMOST CERTAINLY THE PRINCE PHILLIP. (P C MILLER, FAX DTD 16.11.97). AFTER REVIEW OF DATA, INS AS NDW. BR STD.
Chart Symbol : NDW
Date Last Amended : 24/11/1997
Date Position Last Amended : 22/03/1983
