Maritime record MWX2389 - Prinses Juliana (Engine)

PRINSES JULIANA was raised Jun 45 together with ABEL TASMAN and dumped in Studland Bay alongside HMS SONA. 24-JUN-1940 Stranded in 50 39 56N, 01 55 29W. 23-SEP-1940 Position 50 39 57N, 01 55 43W. 02-OCT-1946 Both wrecks raised and dumped in Studland Bay alongside HMS SONA in 50 38 37N, 01 55 38W. See HMS SONA [013502372] for later surveying details
Built 1927 (3)
Position 50 40.54 N 1 56.09 W taken from (5)
Engine still remains on Hook Sands on side of Swash channel
gross tonnage

<1> United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, 1992, Hydrographic Office wreck index (Index). SWX4837.

<2> 1989, Lloyds war losses: the Second World War 3 September-14 August 1945, p83 (Index). SWX4997.

<3> Larn, R, and Larn, B, 1995, Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 1 : Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset Section 6, Dorset (AJ) Vol 1 (Monograph). SWX4541.

<4> Le Pard, G, 1995-2003, Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database, Shipwreck 143 (Digital archive). SWX8707.

<5> Wendes, D, 2006, South Coast Shipwrecks off East Dorset & Wight 1870 - 1979 (Monograph). SDO10496.

Record last edited

Jan 11 2008 12:03PM