This is the information page about the shipwreck Brabant, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 3.534 N,0 5.817 W (54.0589, -0.09695)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: BRABANT

Length 73.5 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 1492 ton
Load: wood: unprocessed and products

Cause: Built in 1907 by fredrikstad nv, fredridstad. owned at time of loss by a/s ganger rolf. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 150 nhp, single shaft. passage christiana for london. stuck mine laid by uc-43. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter, Height above seabed: 96 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20200915

Details measurements/cartography: H375/17 16.1.17 MASTS FUNNEL AND UPPER WORKS VISIBLE ABOVE WATER 189DEGS 3.47M FROM FLAMBOROUGH LIGHT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). CHART AS ST. - FNM 45/17. H3849/18 26.8.18 NOTHING FOUND. (VAEC 1918). 10.4.24 NOW CHARTED AS DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H5079/29 6.8.29 LOCATED 111DEGS 3.4M FROM BRIDLINGTON QUAY LIGHT. SWEPT OVER, A LEAST DEPTH OF 21FT WAS FOUND. (HMS FITZROY, 1.8.29).

- NM 1283/29. H2529/65 15.10.65 EXAM'D 540332N, 000540W USING HSA. LEAST E/S 25FT DEPTH IN GEN DEPTH 31FT. SCOUR 41FT. (HMS ENTERPRISE, 7.7.65). NCA. H1970/63 16.10.73 NOW 3FMS IN 540332N, 000544W. (HMS EGERIA HN 1/73).

- NM 389/74. H2529/65 8.1.74 LOCATED IN 540332N, 000544W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LARGE WK LYING IN SCOUR. (HMS EGERIA). NCA. H4069/72 22.2.80 EXAM'D IN 540331N, 000541W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.23MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 47/79). NCA. H4069/72 5.3.80 EXAM'D 3 18.6.79 IN 540330.8N, 000542.0W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 5.3 IN GEN DEPTH 5.7MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.4MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 47/79). INS AS WK 4.3MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2011/000131153 2.8.11 LOCATED IN 5403.535N, 0005.817W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.58MTRS. (NETSURVEY, HN DTD 12.7.11 FOR HI 1358). AMEND WK 4.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 12.10.11 LENGTH 58MTRS, WIDTH 19MTRS, HT 5MTRS. LIES 096/276 DEGS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1358). ONLY STERN SECTION AND TWO BOILERS LYING ATHWARTSHIPS SHOW. NCA. SEP 2021/000166150 8.8.20 EXAM?D 15.9.20 IN 5403.534N, 0005.817W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 4.87MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 8MTRS. LENGTH 43.1MTRS, WIDTH 8.6MTRS, HT 5.2MTRS. ORIENTATION 096/276 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 4.8MTRS, WIDTH 15.4MTRS, 1.7MTRS DEEP, TOWARD 215 DEGS. DEBRIS FIELD LENGTH 2.8MTRS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1587). BROKEN INTO 2 SECTIONS WITH ONLY BOW AND 2 BOILERS VISIBLE. SECOND SECTION LOCATED 90MTRS SE OF MAIN WRECK. AMEND DW 4.8MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN INTO 2 SECTIONS., WITH ONLY BOW AND 2 BOILERS VISIBLE

Position: 54 3.534 N,0 5.817 W

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