This is the information page about the shipwreck Braconash (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 54.023 N,0 56.5 W (54.8698333, -0.8991667)

 

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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.

 

1. Adine (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Anboto mendi (possibly)
4. Atlas (possibly)
5. Atwing (possibly)
6. Audax
7. Braconash (possibly)
8. Constellation
9. Corsham
10. Cutty 11
11. Dayspring (probably)
12. Earl percy
13. Fervent
14. Gjeso (probably)
15. Gothia
16. Hartley
17. Helene
18. Hms ruthin castle
19. Imperialist (possibly)
20. John miles
21. Jytte (possibly)
22. King james (possibly)
23. Lucida
24. Maggie mcleman ii
25. Neptunus (possibly)
26. Ottoland (possibly)
27. Pathfinder
28. Rosella (probably)
29. Runo
30. Rutil
31. Stora-korsnas-link i
32. Talisman (possibly)
33. Tatiana (possibly)
34. Teesdale (possibly)
35. Thermopylae
36. Voorwarts (possibly)
37. Wayside flower

 

Name: BRACONASH (POSSIBLY)

Length 35.2 meter, width: 6.5 meter, draught: 3.5, tonnage 192 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Ex-caspiana. built in 1901 by mackenzie & thompson, glasgow. owned at time of loss by the don fishing co, aberdeen. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 65hp, single shaft. machinery by ross & duncan, glasgow. passage from north shields for fishing and return. captured by german submarine and scuttled.

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 71 meter, Height above seabed: 9 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 1988

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 18 MILES SE OF THE TYNE. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST). H460/67 30.3.67 H460/67 30.3.67 WK LOCATED IN 545405N, 005639W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 210FT IN GEN DEPTH 246FT. SCOUR DEPTH 251FT. GOOD CONTACT FROM NE. LARGE WRECK. (HMS ENTERPRISE, ROS 14.6.66). INS AS WK 35FMS. BR STD. H3221/70 25.2.71 H3221/70 25.2.71 WRECK LOCATED USING SECTOR SCANNING SONAR. RESEMBLES A SUNKEN DRILLING RIG WITH TWO MAST-LIKE PROJECTIONS - ONE TALLER THAN OTHER. SONAR HT 32.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 68.5MTRS, GIVING LEAST DEPTH OF 36MTRS. (RV CLIONE, 3.8.70). AMEND TO WK 20FMS. BR STD. 17.5.73 17.5.73 AMEND TO WK 64MTRS. NC 152. H3221/70 10.2.77 H3221/70 10.2.77 AMEND TO WK 36MTRS. BR STD. H6330/87 11.11.88 H6330/87 11.11.88 EXAM'D 26.6.88 IN 545401N, 005624W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63.8 IN GEN DEPTH 71.1MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 72.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.0MTRS. LENGTH 20MTRS, WIDTH 14MTRS. LIES 009/189 DEG. APPEARS TO BE SOLID WITH POSSIBLE MASTLIKE PROJECTION. HEIGHT AND DESCRIPTION REPORTED BY RV CLIONE IS DOES NOT AGREE WITH THAT FOUND DURING CURRENT EXAMINATION. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 414A). AMEND TO WK 64MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: SOLID WITH ?MASTLIKE PROJECTION

Position: 54 54.023 N,0 56.5 W

 

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