Wreck: Braedale (probably) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Braedale (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 33.377 N,1 45.409 W (50.556283, -1.756817)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: BRAEDALE (PROBABLY)
Length 43.3 meter, width: 7.6 meter, tonnage 406 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid
Cause: sank in heavy weather around 1924. survivors came ashore on i of wight. (d saywell).
Year of registration: 1990
Water depth above wreck: 31 meter, Height above seabed: 175 cm
Known since: 1990, last detected: 2012
Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/02 6.4.90 HH100/351/02 6.4.90 WK LOCATED IN 503324N, 014519W [OGB] USING DECCA. COASTER OF ABOUT 800 GRT. LYING ON STBD SIDE & ORIENTATED 130/310DEGS WITH BOW NW. PORT SIDE & KEEL SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. ENGINE AFT CONFIGURATION & NO MID-SHIPS ACCOMMODATION. LIES ALMOST COMPLETELY WITHIN ITS OWN SCOUR, PROJECTING PROBABLY ONLY 2MTRS ABOVE SURROUNDING SEABED. POSSIBLY BRAEDALE. (D SAYWELL, 21.3.90). CHART AS WK 28MTRS.
- NM 2615/93. HH100/351/05 23.1.92 HH100/351/05 23.1.92 SMALL WK LOCATED IN 503323.5N, 014520.5W [OGB] USING E/S AND MAGNETOMETER. (D G WOODHAMS). 2.2.07 2.2.07 THIS IS PROBABLY BRAEDALE. NOT PROVED BUT COMPARISION WITH PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS SIMILAR FEATURES. THIS IS A SMALL COASTER, MACHINERY AFT, WHICH FITS THE BRAEDALE. (D C WENDES, SOUTH COAST SHIPWRECKS). NCA. H10 24.10.12 24.10.12 EXAM'D 29.1.12 IN 5033.377N, 0145.409W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.17 IN GEN DEPTH 31.5MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 30.05MTRS. SCOUR 0.2MTR DEEP EXTENDS SOME 100MTRS X 70MTRS ALONG 135/315 DEGS. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH10MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. LIES 175/355 DEGS. POSSIBLY IN 3 PIECES. (EMU, HI 1366). AMEND WK 30MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ON STBD SIDE, INTACT, BOW NW, MINOR SCOUR 110 X 70MTRS
Position: 50 33.377 N,1 45.409 W
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