This is the information page about the shipwreck Braganza, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 29.508 N,4 21.77 W (53.3825, -4.2246833333333)

 

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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. 212
2. Abbotsford
3. Albert (possibly)
4. Alexandra
5. Angloman (possibly)
6. Apapa
7. Asmund
8. Bengollyun
9. Benholm
10. Bijou
11. Braganza
12. Cambank
13. Captain mclintock
14. Cartegena
15. Castilian
16. Clwyd (probably)
17. Cognac
18. Cork
19. Dagmar
20. Dakota
21. Delfina
22. Derbent
23. Empress eugenie
24. Excel
25. Fairisle
26. Fawn (possibly)
27. Ferocious
28. Guillermo
29. Herbert
30. Hildena
31. Hindlea
32. Hms campina
33. Hms conway
34. Hms westphalia (possibly)
35. Hyacinth
36. Katy
37. Kinkorth
38. Kirkmichael
39. La plata (possibly)
40. Lightstone (probably)
41. Lilly (possibly)
42. Liverpool
43. Loweswater
44. Lynkar
45. Manx fairy
46. Marie moller
47. Mary
48. Mary coles (possibly)
49. Meath
50. Minerva
51. Miriam thomas
52. Missouri
53. Mtb 539
54. Opal (possibly)
55. Oria
56. Osseo
57. Pacific (possibly)
58. Pamela
59. Pegasus (possibly)
60. President harbitz
61. Rhyl
62. River humber
63. Saint olaf
64. Seagull
65. Sonia
66. Town of wexford (possibly)
67. Treveal
68. Vigsnes
69. Wern (possibly)

 

Name: BRAGANZA

Length 55.2 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 507 ton

Cause: vessel, sank following a collision with british ss 'jerome' having left liverpool the previous day.

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 183 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 20210810

Details measurements/cartography: REPORTED SUNK MID-WAY BETWEEN POINT LYNAS AND THE SKERRIES AND ABOUT 4M OFF SHORE. H3077/70 1.9.71 NOT FOUND DURING E/S AND SONAR SEARCH. (HMS WOODLARK, ROS DTD 16.5.71). H3838/86 31.3.88 WK LOCATED 23.3.87 IN 532930N, 042143W [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.2 IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 45MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.9MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS. LIES N/S. MAGNETIC ANOMALY INDICATES STEEL VESSEL. (HMS FOX, HI 357). BR STD. HH100/351/07 4.10.93 POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE 'BRAGANZA'. BELL RECOVERED. LIES INTACT AND UPRIGHT BUT WITH A NEAT PUNCTURE GASH JUST FOR'D OF AMIDSHIPS ON STBD SIDE WHERE COLLISION OCCURRED. ON S'LY HEADING WITH BOW APPARENTLY THE HIGHEST PART. A DEEP SCOUR RUNS TO E AND PARALLEL TO THE WK. (K HURLEY, 24.9.93). SEP2022/000028019 12.04.22 EXAM'D 10.08.2021; IN 5329.508N, 0421.770W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. LENGTH 54MTRS, WIDTH 8.8MTRS, HEIGHT 5.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 183/003 DEGS. UPRIGHT WRECK, PARTIALLY BROKEN. SCOUR MARKS ON BOTH SIDES OF WRECK. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1507 - H525-7336). AMEND DW 36MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Upright wreck, partially broken

Position: 53 29.508 N,4 21.77 W

 

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