This is the information page about the shipwreck Brandon, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 6.03 N,9 10.04 W (50.4005, -9.0673333333333)

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: BRANDON

Length 125.6 meter, width: 17.1 meter, draught: 10.4, tonnage 6668 ton

Cause: torpedoed by submarine about 120m due w of lands end 9 lives lost.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 103 meter

Known since: 1939, last detected: 1940

Details measurements/cartography: H095/39 20.12.39 H095/39 POSN 500600N, 091000W. (W APP LIST, CINC LTR DTD 20.12.39). NCA. POSN 502800N, 082600W. (WKS OFFICER SINKING BK & RECORD CHART 1598). H1001/40 H1001/40 POSN 502800N, 082600W. (TRADE DIV LIST). POSN ACCEPTED AS 500600N, 091000W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NCA. SEP 2021/000223916 28.4.18 Not found IRISH GOVERNMENT SURVEY, HI 1801
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 6.03 N,9 10.04 W

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