Prince-Madog

The 'Prince Madog' has foudn the wreck of the British merchant SS 'Mesaba' which had sent a warning radio message to the RMS 'Titanic' on April 15, 1912 while crossing the Atlantic. The message was received by the 'Titanic', but did not reach the main control center of the vessel. Later that night, the 'Titanic' hit the iceberg and sank. The 'Mesaba' was torpedoed by a German submarine while in convoy in 1918. 20 people, including the ship's captain, died. Its exact location was unknown for more than a century, but scientists have now found the wreck by using multibeam sonar. Michael Roberts, a maritime geoscientist at Bangor University in Wales, led the sonar surveys at the university's School of Ocean Sciences.

The P&O Maritime research vessel Prince Madog has been on a 37 day charter assignment with Osiris Projects, carrying out a survey at the proposed North St. George's Channel Marine Conservation Zone in the Irish Sea, on behalf of the U.K. Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). This contract saw the Prince Madog engaging in its first hydrographic survey to utilize a recently installed RESON 7125 multi-beam echo-sounder system. http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2271:pao-maritime-research-vessel-carries-out-survey-for-irish-sea-conservation-zone&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=195