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 (51.075983333333, 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. Dorothy j (possibly)
29. Dotterel
30. Efford
31. Eidsiva (probably)
32. Electra
33. Eleonora
34. Emma
35. Emma (possibly)
36. Empire lough (probably)
37. Empress of fort william (probably)
38. En avant
39. Eustratios (probably)
40. Evolution
41. Excellence pleske
42. Express
43. Falcon (probably)
44. Fearless
45. Flachsee
46. Flandres
47. Francesco ciampa
48. G-42 (possibly)
49. G-asad
50. Gad 23
51. Gladys
52. Gloire a sainte therese
53. Grit (probably)
54. Grosser kurfurst
55. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
56. Halcyon
57. Harmatris
58. Henry moon
59. Heron
60. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
61. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
62. Hmhs anglia
63. Hms aragonite (part of)
64. Hms aragonite (part of)
65. Hms aries (possibly)
66. Hms blackwater
67. Hms brazen
68. Hms carlton
69. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
70. Hms city of dundee
71. Hms cleon
72. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
73. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
74. Hms glen boyne
75. Hms kingston galena
76. Hms lydian
77. Hms marcella
78. Hms myrmidon
79. Hms napia
80. Hms niger (possibly)
81. Hms northumberland (probably)
82. Hms othello ii
83. Hms peridot
84. Hms restoration (possibly)
85. Hms rodino
86. Hms stirling castle (probably)
87. Hms torbay ii (probably)
88. Hms tranquil
89. Hms war sepoy
90. Hms weigelia
91. Hmsm b2
92. Holland
93. Hundvaag
94. Hydaspes (possibly)
95. Ilaro
96. Iltis (possibly)
97. Ines
98. Ira (possibly)
99. Jacob luckenbach
100. James harrod
101. Jokai
102. Josephine willis
103. Kabinda
104. Kadru
105. Katharina kolkmann
106. Kielce
107. Kirsten skou
108. Koenigshaven
109. L'armandeche
110. La fleche
111. Lady stella
112. Latona
113. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
114. Le pelerin de la mer
115. Le tregor
116. Leicester
117. Leila najia
118. Leo
119. Lighter 83
120. Lizzonia
121. Loanda
122. Loic
123. Lord hamilton (possibly)
124. Luray victory
125. Lusitania
126. Mahratta
127. Mahratta ii
128. Maloja 1
129. Malta (probably)
130. Marie-ange loic
131. Mercator
132. Milbanke (probably)
133. Moise
134. Monarch
135. Moorside (probably)
136. Mrav
137. Murillo
138. Nancy moran
139. Naranco
140. Negrier
141. Newcastle
142. Nicolaw
143. Niki
144. Norman
145. North eastern victory
146. Northfleet
147. Notre dame des trois epis
148. Nunima
149. Ocean king (possibly)
150. Ophelie
151. Ousel (probably)
152. Petit antoine
153. Phoenix
154. Polgrange
155. Portslade (possibly)
156. Preussen
157. Pulborough
158. River levan
159. Rochester castle (possibly)
160. Roode zee (possibly)
161. Rooswijk
162. Rynanna
163. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
164. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
165. Sabac
166. Saint benoit labre
167. Saint ronan (possibly)
168. Saint ronan (possibly)
169. Salbya (possibly)
170. Sambut
171. Samida
172. Santagata
173. Santagata (?part of)
174. Sea serpent
175. Seine
176. Shenandoah
177. Sir russell
178. Spanish prince
179. St cecilia
180. St claire (possibly)
181. Strathclyde
182. Teeswood
183. Texaco caribbean (after section)
184. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
185. The queen
186. Tokufuku maru
187. Toward
188. Traquair (probably)
189. Trooper
190. Tusnastabb (possibly)
191. U 11 (possibly)
192. U 16 (possibly)
193. U 8
194. Ub 103 (possibly)
195. Ub 108 (possibly)
196. Ub 109
197. Ub 31 ?
198. Ub 38
199. Ub 55 (probably)
200. Ub 56 (possibly)
201. Ub 58 (possibly)
202. Ub 78
203. Ub-33 (probably)
204. Uc 46 (possibly)
205. Uc 63
206. Uc 77 (possibly)
207. Uc 78 or uc 79
208. Unity
209. Virgo sancta
210. Vittoria claudia
211. W a scholten
212. Wheatman (possibly)
213. 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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