Wreck: Brackenfield (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Brackenfield, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 54.03 N,0 26.976 W (50.0378, -0.5826)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: BRACKENFIELD

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 46 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H03737/44 10.11.44 NDW IN 495400N, 002648W. (ADMIRALTY). H0121/45 22.3.45 REPEAT OF ABOVE. (PORTSMOUTH LIST, 22.3.45). H5493/69 20.3.74 NOW WK 38MTRS IN 495400N, 002700W [EUR]. (FRENCH NM 74 08 07). 15.6.82 SHOWN AS WK 40MTRS IN 495404N, 002656W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6614D [1979 EDN]. 20.9.90 WK 41MTRS SHOWN IN 495405N, 002657W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6857 [1986 EDN]. WK OF PONTOON (?) 'BRACKENFIELD' IN 495405.1N, 002653.5W [EUR]. ACCURACY 20MTRS. EXAM'D BY E/S & MAGNETOMETER. LEAST DEPTH 41.6 IN GEN DEPTH 46MTRS. STANDS 4MTRS HIGH. (FRENCH WK RECORDS NO.14590251). 17.4.97 SHOWN AS OBSTN 41MTRS ON FRENCH 6857 [1996 EDN]. BR STD. 16.2.99 NOW IN 4954.085N, 0026.891W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). BR STD. 19.12.12 [WGD] POSN: 4954.030N, 0026.976W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 54.03 N,0 26.976 W

 

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