This is the information page about the shipwreck Bradda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 32.781 N,3 7.18 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: BRADDA
Length 32.6 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 239 ton
Load: coal
Cause: capsized & sank. 5 lives lost.
Year of registration: 1936
Water depth above wreck: -3 meter
Known since: 1936, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: H406/36 13.1.36 POSN 533246N, 030706W OR 261DEG 7C FROM FORMBY PT. (MDHB NM). INS AS ST WITH G CAN BUOY CLOSE W.
- NM 121/36. H406/36 27.7.36 DELETE.
- NM 1477/36. 24.4.73 NM ISSUED AT TIME OF SINKING AND AN UNLIT BUOY PLACED. SUBSEQUENTLY DIRECTED BY MARINE COMMITTEE THAT THE WRECK BE DESTROYED. CORRESPONDENCE WITH 'ISLE OF MAN TIMES' AS TO LIFESAVING COMMUNICATIONS ETC. ALSO WITH BOT CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO IMPROVEMENT IN RANGE OF LT VESSELS. DEPTH 1FT ABOVE LBD. POSN 533248N, 030708. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). 24.3.75 NOT SHOWN K3500/KF NO 10. 1.9.87 SHOWN AS WKG ON MDHC PLOT M1027/2. INS AS FOUL IN 533246N, 030706W. NE 1951.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 32.781 N,3 7.18 W