This is the information page about the shipwreck Braunton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 38.927 N,0 10.594 E (50.6523667, -0.6161833)

 

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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. 010
2. Afon dulais
3. Alan dean
4. Alaska
5. Alaunia
6. Algiers
7. Alison (possibly)
8. Angry fish
9. Aracataca
10. Ariel
11. Armenier
12. Arno (possibly)
13. Ashford
14. Atlas (probably)
15. Axwell
16. Barn hill
17. Basil-2
18. Bernicia
19. Bettann (bow section)
20. Blanefield
21. Branksome chine (possibly)
22. Braunton
23. Broadhurst (probably)
24. Cairndhu
25. Caleb sprague
26. Cambrian princess (probably)
27. Candia
28. Carbineer
29. Carrie dingle
30. Caterham
31. Celtic
32. Charles m
33. City of brisbane
34. City of mexico
35. Clan macmillan
36. Clara
37. Cuba
38. D144 (possibly).
39. Del rio
40. Devon coast
41. Donegal (possibly)
42. Duke of buccleuch
43. Eduard (possibly)
44. Elford
45. Emerald (possibly)
46. F d lambert (possibly)
47. F/v joanna c
48. Fife coast (possibly)
49. Flag theofano
50. Fort yale
51. Fpt iv
52. Frode
53. Fulham vii (probably)
54. Gartland
55. Gascony
56. George sutton
57. Gerarda
58. Gerlen (possibly)
59. Germa geisha
60. Glenarm head (possibly)
61. Glenarm head (possibly)
62. Glenartney (possibly)
63. Glendinning (possibly)
64. Glenlee
65. Harold
66. Heathpool
67. Heathpool
68. Hedwig lunstedt
69. Highland corrie
70. Hms apley (possibly)
71. Hms ariadne
72. Hms avanturine
73. Hms balfour
74. Hms borneo
75. Hms evadne (possibly)
76. Hms gambri (possibly)
77. Hms hazardous
78. Hms implacable
79. Hms lancer ii
80. Hms minion
81. Hms moldavia
82. Hms northcoates
83. Hms ocean sunlight
84. Hms pine
85. Hms prince leopold
86. Hms resolution (possibly)
87. Hms sapper
88. Hms taipo
89. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
90. Hmsm a1
91. Holme force (possibly)
92. Huntsmoor
93. Ikeda (possibly)
94. Indiana
95. Inger (possibly)
96. Ingo
97. Jaffa
98. James groves
99. Joseph roberts (possibly)
100. Lalen mendi
101. Lass o'doune (probably)
102. Leven (possibly)
103. Lightfoot (possibly)
104. Lola (possibly)
105. London trader (possibly)
106. Lowmount
107. Lulonga (possibly)
108. Ma monette
109. Maaslust
110. Marga
111. Marie marguerite (possibly)
112. Mill gate (probably)
113. Miown
114. Mira
115. Mohlenpris (possibly)
116. Molesey (possibly)
117. Montecrana (possibly)
118. Mount stuart
119. Mv adur valley?
120. Newent
121. Noordster
122. Northlands (possibly)
123. Ny-eeasteyr
124. Nyon
125. Oceana
126. Pagenturm
127. Patrice didier (probably)
128. Pentyrch
129. Petit forban
130. Polandia (possibly)
131. Porthkerry
132. Quail
133. Ramsgarth
134. Ramsholm (possibly)
135. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
136. Rytoner
137. Saint andre (probably)
138. Saint ronaig
139. Seaford
140. Seven seas (possibly)
141. Shirala
142. Sines (possibly)
143. Spearfish
144. St rogatien (possibly)
145. Stanhope
146. Stanwold
147. Stavros (possibly)
148. T r thompson
149. Teelin head
150. U 1195
151. U 212 (probably)
152. U 275 (probably)
153. U 40 (possibly)
154. U 671
155. U 86 (formerly)
156. U 86 (possibly)
157. Ub 130
158. Ub 81
159. Ub 86 (possibly)
160. Vasco
161. Venus
162. Vesuvio (possibly)
163. Vigda
164. War helmet
165. Zaanstroom

 

Name: BRAUNTON

Length 115.8 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 4575 ton
Load: armament

Cause: Built in 1911 by richardson, duck & co, stockton-on-tees. owned at the time of loss by tantem steam navigation co ltd. three boilers, triple expansione engine of 30nhp, single shaft. passage boulogne for newport. torpedoed by ub-29. (sibi, ww1sl).

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 83 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20150716

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 4.5 MILES S BY W FROM BEACHY HEAD. (WW1SL). H4959/73 29.10.74 WK LOCATED IN 503854N, 001045E [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23MTRS. (HMS BEAGLE, SIG DTD 21.10.74). NCA YET - AWAIT FULL SURVEY DETAILS. NAVEAM 355/74(A) ISSUED. H4959/73 6.5.75 EXAM'D 17.9.74 IN 503854N, 001045E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23 IN GEN DEPTH 29.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEA BED FLAT. LENGTH FROM DCS3 TRACE 150FT. WISPY E/S RETURNS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). CHART AS WK 23.0MTRS [12FMS 3FT].

- NM 1531/75. H4959/73 27.5.76 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.2, FOUL AT 16.3MTRS IN 503854N, 001045E [OGB]. (SOISS, SIG DTD 23.5.76). NAVEAM 203/76 ISSUED. AMEND TO SW 16.2MTRS [8FMS 5FT].

- NM 1080/76. H4121/76 3.8.76 EXAM'D 23.5.76. HMS BEAGLE'S POSN CONFIRMED USING DECCA. TWO SHIP DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 16.2, FOUL AT 16.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.2 IN GEN DEPTH 29.6MTRS. WK IS BETWEEN 380 AND 450FT LONG. LIES 080/260DEGS. (HMS ECHO, HI 41/76). NFA. 1.9.77 WK IDENTIFIED AS THE 'BRAUNTON'. LIES UPRIGHT WITH SHELLS SCATTERED AROUND ON SEABED. (F HINDS, R.BEAZLEY LTD, TELECON). H1289/77 24.10.77 WK IN 503845N, 001050E IDENTIFIED AS THE 'BRAUNTON' [4575 TONS]. CARGO OF SHELLS & CASTINGS. WK LIES E/W. BOW [WEST] IS 42FT HIGH. STERN SECTION IS APPROX 36FT HIGH. MIDSHIPS DAMAGED. 4 HOLDS CENTRAL BRIDGE. NO SCOUR. WK IS UPRIGHT. CARGO IS VISIBLE. (R J TODD). H1965/76 4.12.80 EXAM'D 24.4.80 IN 503854N, 001044E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 128.3MTRS, BEAM 25.5MTRS, HT 12.7MTRS. LYING 083/263DEGS. NOT QUITE UPRIGHT WITH HIGH POINTS AT BOW & STERN & LEAST DEPTH OVER STERN AT E END OF WK. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). NCA. H1310/83/4 7.9.83 DIVED ON 7.8.83. WK LIES ALONG TIDE WITH BOW W. BOW & STERN ARE INTACT AND LIE ON PORT SIDE WITH ABOUT 60DEG LIST. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF BOMBS IN HOLDS AND SCATTERED AROUND. (T W BENNETTO, 2.9.83). 6.6.89 MANIFEST INDICATES CARGO WAS EMPTY STEEL PROJECTILES. (T HANLAN). HH100/351/16 24.7.00 LOCATED IN 5038.937N, 0010.638E [WGD] USING DGPS. LENGTH 117MTRS. LIES 073/253 DEGS FROM PLOT. (M SNELLING, EMAIL DTD 11.7.00). AMEND POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000083466 8.2.16 EXAM'D 16.07.15 IN 5038.927N, 0010.594E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.11MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29.11MTRS. NO SCOUR, LENGTH 125MTRS, HT 10MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LARGELY INTACT WK, PARTIALLY BURIED, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 19.11MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOW & STERN INTACT & LIE ON PORT SIDE

Position: 50 38.927 N,0 10.594 E

 

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