This is the information page about the shipwreck Brandenburg, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 58.535 N,1 17.504 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Afghanistan (probably)
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Amandine
6. Amplegarth
7. Andaman
8. Angelus (possibly)
9. Argo
10. Ashley
11. Atlantic (possibly)
12. Avoca
13. Belford
14. Blanc nez
15. Bobby
16. Brandenburg
17. Cabo espartel
18. Cachalot
19. Charente
20. Christianssund
21. City of dresden (possibly)
22. Colbert
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. D'artagnan
26. De fontaine
27. Dinard
28. Dotterel
29. Efford
30. Eidsiva (probably)
31. Electra
32. Eleonora
33. Emma
34. Emma (possibly)
35. Empire lough (probably)
36. Empress of fort william (probably)
37. En avant
38. Eustratios (probably)
39. Evolution
40. Excellence pleske
41. Express
42. Falcon (probably)
43. Fearless
44. Flachsee
45. Flandres
46. Francesco ciampa
47. G-42 (possibly)
48. G-asad
49. Gad 23
50. Gladys
51. Gloire a sainte therese
52. Grit (probably)
53. Grosser kurfurst
54. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
55. Halcyon
56. Harmatris
57. Henry moon
58. Heron
59. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
60. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
61. Hmhs anglia
62. Hms aragonite (part of)
63. Hms aries (possibly)
64. Hms blackwater
65. Hms brazen
66. Hms carlton
67. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
68. Hms city of dundee
69. Hms cleon
70. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
71. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
72. Hms glen boyne
73. Hms kingston galena
74. Hms lydian
75. Hms marcella
76. Hms myrmidon
77. Hms napia
78. Hms niger (possibly)
79. Hms northumberland (probably)
80. Hms othello ii
81. Hms peridot
82. Hms restoration (possibly)
83. Hms rodino
84. Hms stirling castle (probably)
85. Hms torbay ii (probably)
86. Hms tranquil
87. Hms war sepoy
88. Hms weigelia
89. Hmsm b2
90. Holland
91. Hundvaag
92. Hydaspes (possibly)
93. Ilaro
94. Iltis (possibly)
95. Ines
96. Ira (possibly)
97. Jacob luckenbach
98. James harrod
99. Jokai
100. Josephine willis
101. Kabinda
102. Kadru
103. Katharina kolkmann
104. Kielce
105. Kirsten skou
106. Koenigshaven
107. L'armandeche
108. La fleche
109. Lady stella
110. Latona
111. Le pelerin de la mer
112. Le tregor
113. Leicester
114. Leila najia
115. Leo
116. Lizzonia
117. Loanda
118. Loic
119. Lord hamilton (possibly)
120. Luray victory
121. Lusitania
122. Mahratta
123. Mahratta ii
124. Maloja 1
125. Malta (probably)
126. Marie-ange loic
127. Mercator
128. Milbanke (probably)
129. Moise
130. Monarch
131. Moorside (probably)
132. Mrav
133. Murillo
134. Nancy moran
135. Naranco
136. Negrier
137. Newcastle
138. Nicolaw
139. Niki
140. Norman
141. North eastern victory
142. Northfleet
143. Notre dame des trois epis
144. Nunima
145. Ophelie
146. Ousel (probably)
147. Petit antoine
148. Phoenix
149. Polgrange
150. Portslade (possibly)
151. Preussen
152. Pulborough
153. River levan
154. Rochester castle (possibly)
155. Roode zee (possibly)
156. Rynanna
157. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
158. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
159. Sabac
160. Saint benoit labre
161. Saint ronan (possibly)
162. Saint ronan (possibly)
163. Salbya (possibly)
164. Sambut
165. Samida
166. Santagata
167. Santagata (?part of)
168. Sea serpent
169. Seine
170. Shenandoah
171. Sir russell
172. St cecilia
173. Strathclyde
174. Teeswood
175. Texaco caribbean (after section)
176. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
177. The queen
178. Tokufuku maru
179. Toward
180. Traquair (probably)
181. Trooper
182. Tusnastabb (possibly)
183. U 11 (possibly)
184. U 16 (possibly)
185. U 8
186. Ub 103 (possibly)
187. Ub 108 (possibly)
188. Ub 109
189. Ub 31 ?
190. Ub 38
191. Ub 55 (probably)
192. Ub 56 (possibly)
193. Ub 58 (possibly)
194. Ub 78
195. Ub-33 (probably)
196. Uc 46 (possibly)
197. Uc 63
198. Uc 77 (possibly)
199. Uc 78 or uc 79
200. Unity
201. Virgo sancta
202. Vittoria claudia
203. W a scholten
204. Wheatman (possibly)
205. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: BRANDENBURG

Length 110.3 meter, width: 14.9 meter, draught: 6.4, tonnage 2695 ton

Cause: Built in 191 by oren-koppel & lubecker, lubeck. owned at time of loss by hapag-lloyd. struck fwd section of wreck of s tanker 'texaco caribbean', which had sunk previous day and sank.

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 48 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: 15.1.71 15.1.71 SANK IN 505833N, 011742E. DEPTH 28FT. IDENTIFIED BY DUTCH DIVERS. (MOD SIGNAL 13.1.71 AND ?HMS LOWESTOFT SIGNAL, 13.1.71). NAVEAMS & WZ MESSAGES ISSUED AS APPROPRIATE. H2088/71 19.1.71 H2088/71 19.1.71 WRECK BUOYS PLACED: G CAN, GPFL(2)G.10S RAFL IN 505815N, 011800E & G SPH, INTQKFLG, RAFL IN 505804N, 011700E. (TH NM 17/71). CHART AS WK 4FMS 4FT WITH BUOYS.

- NM 154/71. H2088/71 11.2.71 H2088/71 11.2.71 REPORTED BY FOLKESTONE SALVAGE CO LYING ON STARBOARD SIDE WITH 100FT GASH ON PORTSIDE. CONFIDENT IT COULD BE RAISED IN THE SUMMER OF 1971. (LL CUTTING). NCA. H2088/71 22.4.71 H2088/71 22.4.71 FIXED BY HMS KEDLESTON/HMS BEAGLE USING DECCA. SWEPT BY TH TO 28FT IN 505830N, 011737E. APPROX 650FT LONG BY SONAR. LYING 165/345DEGS. PROBABLE LEAST DEPTH 28FT. (HMS KEDLESTON, 19.1.71). H2088/71 22.4.71 H2088/71 22.4.71 DISPERSAL OPERATIONS, LIKELY TO TAKE 1 YEAR, COMMENCED. (TH NM 34/71). NCA. H( 18.6.71 H(MO) 710/71 18.6.71 POSITION AT 8 MAY: MASTS REMOVED AND ENTIRE HIGH SIDE IN WAY OF NO.1 HOLD TAKEN AWAY TO CENTRE LINE AND LAID FLAT ON SEABED. CARGO REMOVED. DOUBLE BOTTOMS CUT AWAY. LOW SECTION DROPPED TO SEABED. LEAST DEPTH TO APPROXIMATELY 50FT. (MEETING OF COASTAL STATES 1971 PROGRESS REPORTS). NCA. H4667/70 1.10.71 H4667/70 1.10.71 POSN 505830N, 011736E BY HSA. SLIGHTLY EAST OF CHARTED POSN. (RISDON BEAZLEY HN 9.9.71). NCA. H4667/70 1.6.72 H4667/70 1.6.72 WK NOW MARKED BY G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, RAFL IN 505834N, 011755E, & G SPH LT BUOY, INTQKFLG, RAFL IN 505827N, 011718E. (TH NM 46/72). - PNM 1027/72 & NM 1093/72. H4667/70 23.10.72 H4667/70 23.10.72 CLEARED TO 70FT, & ALL WK BUOYS WITHDRAWN 13.6.72. (TH NM 68/72). - NAVEAM 466/72, NM BLOCK P2057/72 & NM BLOCK 2197/72. 30.3.73 30.3.73 NOW CHARTED AS SW 21.3MTRS IN 505830N, 011736E. (RISDON BEAZLEY & TH). NC 1892. H4199/78 4.10.78 H4199/78 4.10.78 LOCATED 17.10.77 IN 505832N, 011737E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24MTRS OVER MAIN WK WITH 23.9MTRS OVER SEPARATE WRECKAGE 60MTRS SW. GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. DCS3 HT 2MTRS, LENGTH 130MTRS. LYING 035/215DEGS. 2 OTHER FOUL AREAS LIE AS FOLLOWS RELATIVE TO CENTRE OF WK [A] 138DEGS, 105MTRS DEPTH 29.8 IN 31MTRS, [B] 160DEGS 80MTRS DEPTH 28.6 IN 29.5MTRS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2330/84 3.3.86 H2330/84 3.3.86 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240B). NCA. HH091/159/01 30.8.07 HH091/159/01 30.8.07 LOCATED 12.7.06 IN 5058.535N, 0117.504E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.12 IN GEN DEPTH 28.6MTRS. LENGTH 114.2MTRS, WIDTH 25.9MTRS, HT 6.5MTRS. LIES 048/228 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (OSAE, HI 1159). AMEND WK 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN. - NAVAREA 1 ISSUED. SEP 2007/000086055 23.11.07 AMEND BY NM.

- NM 5945/07.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ON ITS SIDE, SEE TEXT FOR DETAILS OF OTHER WRECKAGE

Position: 50 58.535 N,1 17.504 E

 

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