This is the information page about the shipwreck Brask, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 45 N,23 59 W (53, -24)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: BRASK
Length 107 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 4079 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built in 1911 by w doxford & sons. owned at time of loss by a/s brask (nilssen and sonner). triple expansion engine of 310nhp. passage ardossan for table bay. torpedoed by italian submarine 'torelli'. (ll ww2, dods, axis submarine successes).
Water depth above wreck: 3100 meter
Known since: 1941
Details measurements/cartography: H010001/40 H010001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 524500N, 235900W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 45 N,23 59 W