This is the information page about the shipwreck Bradfyne, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 32 N,8 58 W (55.370083333333, -8.6902833333333)
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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: BRADFYNE
Length 121.9 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 4740 ton
Load: grain
Cause: built in 1928 by w gray & co. owned at time of loss by leeds shipping co. triple expansion engine of 339nhp. passage montreal for belfast. torpedoed by u-100. 39 men lost, 4 recovered. (llww2 & dods & sea breezes).
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 90 meter
Known since: 1940
Details measurements/cartography: H095/39 5.2.41 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 553200N, 085800W APPROX. (C IN C WESTERN APPROACHES). NCA. SUNK IN PA 550400N, 121800W. (LL WW2). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 55 32 N,8 58 W