This is the information page about the shipwreck Brava, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.516 N,5 7.545 W (50.505016666667, -5.2049666666667)

 

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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. Acadian
2. Alcyon (possibly)
3. Angele (possibly)
4. Anna sophie
5. Antoinette (probably)
6. Arthurtown
7. Bard (possibly)
8. Bogstad
9. Brava
10. Brisk (probably)
11. Camelot challenger (possibly)
12. Carasa (possibly)
13. Carl
14. Castor 1
15. Cristina
16. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
17. Dumfries
18. Elna e
19. Ezra weston (bow section)
20. Ezra weston (stern section)
21. Genevieve (possibly)
22. Germaine
23. Gleno
24. Gregynog
25. Hanover
26. Hemsley 1
27. Hmcs regina
28. Hms warwick
29. Hugin
30. Humbergate (probably)
31. Hunsgrove
32. Island maid
33. John taylor
34. Kai (possibly)
35. Lake edon
36. Lake owens
37. Lia'g
38. Lisa maria
39. Lombard (possibly)
40. Madeline
41. Madryn
42. Marcelle
43. Marguerite pry
44. Maria asumpta
45. Mefjord (possibly)
46. Milly (possibly)
47. Nile
48. Norma (possibly)
49. Onega
50. Orfordness
51. Pearn pride (possibly)
52. Peer gynt (possibly)
53. Petersham
54. Portugal
55. Prestige
56. Princess royal
57. Quarnero
58. Risoy (probably)
59. Rossmore (possibly)
60. Runswick
61. Saphir
62. Shanes castle
63. Shoreham (probably)
64. Siracusa
65. Skopelos sky (after part)
66. Sphene (probably)
67. St george (possibly)
68. St joseph
69. St stanislas
70. Svint
71. Tagona
72. Towneley
73. U 1021 (possibly)
74. U 325 (possibly)
75. U 400 (possibly)
76. Ub 65
77. Vesuvius
78. War baron (probably)
79. Warnow (possibly)

 

Name: BRAVA

Length 96.3 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 3184 ton

Cause: torpedoed and sunk by german submarine ub 125 while on passage bordeaux to cardiff. (ww1sl; lloyds war losses; der kreig zur see; dod). ub 125 also sank american ss lake owens [16731] at same place same time.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 129 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H2537/28 27.8.28 H2537/28 27.8.28 SANK 3.5M NW OF TREVOSE HEAD. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). NCA. H7613/52 5.12.52 H7613/52 5.12.52 SONAR CONTACT IN 503400N, 050830W, APPROX. (AUBD 301/108). CHART AS NDWPA. NC 1156. 14.11.72 14.11.72 AMEND USCPA 15MTRS. NE 1178. 25.1.73 25.1.73 AMEND USCPA 28MTRS. NE 1156. H1247/69 4.5.78 H1247/69 4.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 25MTRS IN 503435N, 050650W. NC 1178. H1247/69 17.5.79 H1247/69 17.5.79 POSSIBLE WK LOCATED IN 503416N, 050630W, APPROX USING DECCA. NOT FURTHER EXAM'D. (R DAVIES, 14.5.79). NCA YET. HH100/351/4 18.3.91 HH100/351/4 18.3.91 NO WK FOUND HERE WHEN DIVED OR WHEN SURROUNDING AREA WAS SEARCHED USING E/S. (R A MAPPLEBECK, 6.1.91). NCA YET. 24.11.11 24.11.11 LOCATED 26.3.10 IN 5034.516N, 0507.545W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.14 IN GEN DEPTH 47.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 12.6MTRS, WIDTH 12.5MTRS, HT 1.91MTRS. LIES 129/309 DEGS. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). PROBABLE DEBRIS. AMEND WK 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: ?WRECKAGE

Position: 50 34.516 N,5 7.545 W

 

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