This is the information page about the shipwreck Braer, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 53.37 N,1 21.513 W (60.10575, -1.0897166666667)

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.

Name: BRAER

Length 241.7 meter, width: 39.9 meter, draught: 14, tonnage 44989 ton
Load: oil

Cause: ex-helespont pride '85, ex-brae trader. built in 1975 by oshima shipbulding co ltd, nagasaki. owned at time of loss by hancock shipping ltd. 9 cylinder oil engine of 20,300bhp, single shaft. passage mongsan, norway for quebec. stowed 16 foot steel pipes became loose in heavy weather but master decided not to resecure until weater moderated. following failure of the boiler which heated heavy fuel oil for the engine, the fuel engine was switched to diesel fuel. the diesel was, however, contaminated with water after water ingress through tank vents caused by the unsecured pipes. lost power, abandoned by crew and was eventually blown ashore where she broke up within days, losing most of her cargo. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1993

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1993, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: HH270/440/04 27.1.93 HARD AGROUND IN 595330N, 012130W ON JAGGED ROCKS AT BASE OF 80FT HIGH CLIFF AT GARTHS NESS. BROKEN INTO AT LEAST 4 PARTS. STERN SECTION, WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE AND FUNNEL, HAS ROLLED TOWARDS THE CLIFFS WITH A 30DEG LIST. (LLOYDS VOL.291). INS AS ST PA. BR STD. HH270/440/04 16.2.93 WK IN 595324N, 012124W. ONLY BOW SECTION NOW SHOWS. AN AREA, RADIUS 500MTRS, CENTRED ON WK HAS BEEN DECLARED A PROHIBITED AREA BY DEPT OF TRANSPORT. (SHETLAND IS COUNCIL NM 3/93; TELECON J DIXON/J PUGH, DTD 16.2.93). INS AS DWP WITH BOW SECTION STF AND PROHIBITED AREA, 500MTRS RADIUS CENTRED ON WK.

- NM 791/93. HH270/440/04 18.3.93 WK NOW ONLY SHOWS ABOUT 2MTRS ABOVE SURFACE. ALL CARGO HAS BEEN WASHED OUT. (LLOYDS VOL.291). NCA. HH270/440/08 19.12.00 BOW SECTION OF WK SANK WITHOUT TRACE LAST SUMMER. VISIBLE WK CAN BE DELETED. (J DICKINSON, SHETLANDS ISLAND COUNCIL, EMAIL DTD 17.11.00). AMEND TO DWP. LENGTH 240MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS. LYING 160/340DEGS.

- NM 124/01. HH270/440/08 5.2.01 VESSEL NO LONGER CONSIDERED A POTENTIAL DANGER TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PROHIBITED AREA REVOKED. (STATUTORY INSTUMENT 2372/94 DTD 9.9.94 [NOT REC'D IN UKHO]). DELETE PROHIBITED AREA.

- NM 888/01.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 59 53.37 N,1 21.513 W

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