This is the information page about the shipwreck Branksea (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 1.456 N,1 59.92 W (57.024267, -1.998667)

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: BRANKSEA (POSSIBLY)

Length 34.2 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 2.8, tonnage 214 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1890 by edwards & symes, millwall, london. purchased in 1940 by the admiralty to be scuttled at scapa flow as a blockship. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 275nhp, single shaft. passage for scapa flow under tow of prizeman. sank suddenly. sea smooth, no explosion or warning. (noic aberdeen & sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H0251/40 10.2.40 SANK 090 DEG, 3 MILES OFF GIRDLENESS. (NOIC ABERDEEN). NCA. H0251/40 2.8.40 LIES IN 570000N, 020200W IN 30FMS. NO DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (C IN C ROSYTH). FOR FILING ONLY NCA. HH091/155/01 1.3.10 SEP 2010/000097684 EXAM'D 2.9.09 IN 5701.456N, 0159.920W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.77 IN GEN DEPTH 60.77MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 57MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 7.0MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1155). UPRIGHT. PROBABLY BROKEN TOWARDS NW END WITH CENTRE COLLAPSED. INS AS WK 53MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, BROKEN AT NW END, CENTRE COLLAPSED

Position: 57 1.456 N,1 59.92 W

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