This is the information page about the shipwreck Bravore, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 18.553 N,1 30.786 E (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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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. 150
2. Acer
3. Admiral gardner
4. Africa
5. Agen
6. Alabama (possibly)
7. Albion (probably)
8. Algeria
9. Amplegarth
10. Andaman
11. Angelus (possibly)
12. Archon
13. Ashley
14. Avon
15. Balakani
16. Bravore
17. Camisard
18. Carmen
19. Cathay (part of)
20. Cedrington court
21. Cerne
22. City of brisbane
23. Colbert (possibly)
24. Constanzia
25. Corhaven
26. Correct
27. D'artagnan
28. Dalryan
29. Diana
30. Dinard
31. Dolcoath (part)
32. Dolcoath (part)
33. Duiveland
34. Dunbar castle
35. E goodwin ltv
36. Efford
37. Eidsiva (probably)
38. Eleonora
39. Embla (possibly)
40. Emile deschamps
41. Emma
42. Emma (possibly)
43. Empire lough (probably)
44. Empress of fort william (probably)
45. Empress of midland (possibly)
46. En avant
47. Erins isle (possibly)
48. Falcon (probably)
49. Fearless
50. Filleigh
51. Flachsee
52. Flandres
53. Francesco ciampa
54. Franz fischer (possibly)
55. Fred everard
56. Frons olivae (probably)
57. Fulmar
58. G 85 (possibly)
59. G-42 (possibly)
60. Gad 23
61. Genimar
62. Grazia (possibly)
63. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
64. Halcyon
65. Harcalo
66. Hawksdale
67. Hawnby
68. Henry b plant
69. Hibernia
70. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
71. Hm mms 39 (part of)(probably)
72. Hmhs anglia
73. Hms alert ?
74. Hms aragonite (part of)
75. Hms aries (possibly)
76. Hms artic trapper
77. Hms brazen
78. Hms carilon
79. Hms carlton
80. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
81. Hms chestnut (probably)
82. Hms city of dundee
83. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
84. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
85. Hms fauvette
86. Hms flirt
87. Hms glen boyne
88. Hms gracie (probably)
89. Hms guardsman
90. Hms kingston galena
91. Hms lydian
92. Hms marcella
93. Hms mastiff (possibly)
94. Hms myrtle
95. Hms napia
96. Hms niger (possibly)
97. Hms northumberland (probably)
98. Hms othello ii
99. Hms peridot
100. Hms pyrope
101. Hms ray of hope
102. Hms restoration (possibly)
103. Hms rodino
104. Hms stirling castle (probably)
105. Hms tamarisk
106. Hms torbay ii (probably)
107. Hms tourmaline
108. Hms tranquil
109. Hms war sepoy
110. Hms weigelia
111. Hms wessex
112. Hmsm b2
113. Hundvaag
114. Ilaro
115. Ira (possibly)
116. Irene
117. Jacob luckenbach
118. James harrod
119. Kabinda
120. Kadru
121. Karmt
122. Katharina kolkmann
123. Kielce
124. Kirsten skou
125. Koenigshaven
126. L'armandeche
127. Lady stella
128. Latona
129. Laurl coin
130. Lbv (m)396
131. Le pelerin de la mer
132. Leicester
133. Leo
134. Lisbeth m
135. Loanda
136. Lord hamilton (possibly)
137. Luray victory
138. Lusitania
139. Mahratta
140. Mahratta ii
141. Maloja 1
142. Malta (probably)
143. Menapier
144. Merel (part of)(possibly)
145. Mersey
146. Mi amigo
147. Monarch
148. Murillo
149. Nancy moran
150. Newlands
151. Norman
152. Norman
153. North eastern victory
154. Ocean hound
155. Opal
156. Ousel (probably)
157. Paros isle
158. Polgrange
159. Ponzano
160. Port dalhousie (possibly)
161. Preussen
162. Pulborough
163. Quentovic
164. Rubislaw
165. Rydal force
166. Rynanna
167. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
168. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
169. Sabac
170. Saidieh
171. Saint michael veillez sur nous
172. Saint ronan (possibly)
173. Saint ronan (possibly)
174. Sambut
175. San calisto
176. Santagata
177. Santagata (?part of)
178. Selma (possibly)
179. Shenandoah
180. Slesvig
181. Spaarndem
182. Strathclyde
183. Surrey
184. Tbd 317
185. Teeswood
186. The queen
187. Tina primo
188. Tongue sand tower (remains)
189. Toornvliet (probably)
190. Toward
191. Traquair (probably)
192. Tummel (probably)
193. U 11 (possibly)
194. U 16 (possibly)
195. U 48
196. Ub 108 (possibly)
197. Ub 109
198. Ub 29 (possibly)
199. Ub 55 (probably)
200. Ub 78
201. Uc 21 (possibly)
202. Uc 26
203. Uc 46
204. Uc 46 (possibly)
205. Uc 77 (possibly)
206. Ursus (part)
207. Virginie
208. W a scholten
209. Westerley star
210. Wheatman (possibly)
211. Will and maggie (probably)
212. Woodtown (possibly)
213. Xanthence

 

Name: BRAVORE

Length 71.6 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1458 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1916 by kochums m/v. owned at time of loss by a/s vore, norway. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 156 hp, single shaft. passage the tyne for rouen. cargo coal. sank after striking a mine laid by a german submarine. 14 crew & 4 french naval ratings lost. (llww2, ww2sl & dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 13 meter, Height above seabed: 42.8 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20150903

Details measurements/cartography: H0405/40 27.4.40 WK IN 511834N, 013058E. (VA DOVER). - PFNM 1104/40. H0411/40 16.5.40 CHART AS DW IN 511827N, 013054E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). - FNM 1198/40. H0405/40 17.1.44 INS G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S, CLOSE ESE OF WK IN 511827N, 013100E.

- NM 97/44. H021369/45 AMEND TO WK 2FMS 3FT WITH G CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S. (HMS SCOTT).

- NM BLOCK 4109/45. H0405/40 20.11.49 WK DISPERSED. CLEAR AT 39FT [MLWS]. (C-IN-C THE NORE, DTD 17.11.49). H0405/40 15.6.50 DRIFT SWEPT IN 511832N, 013051E USING HSA. CLEAR AT 36FT. COULD NOT BE DETECTED USING SONAR. ONLY A SMALL SCOUR. LIES IN GEN DEPTH 36-40FT. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, DTD 9.5.50).

- NM 1086/50. H0405/40 30.3.60 EXAM'D IN 511830N, 013052E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 39FT, FOUL AT 40FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50 IN GEN DEPTH 47FT. LIES IN SCOUR DEPTH 54FT. (ECES, SWEEP REPORT DTD 23.2.60). AMEND TO SW 6FMS 3FT. NC 1828 & 1895. H0405/40 23.8.62 LEAST E/S DEPTH 42FT. SCOUR DEPTH 49FT. (HMS EGERIA, DTD MAY 1962). H3890/68 19.3.68 NOT FOUND DURING THOROUGH SEARCH. SANDWAVES IN THIS AREA. (HMS EGERIA, 1967). AMEND TO F. BR STD. H2234/71 2.2.71 EXAM'D IN 511832.5N, 013050.5E USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.7 IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. LIES COMPLETELY WITHIN OWN 14.8MTRS DEEP SCOUR. (HMS EGERIA, HI 5/70). H2100/74 30.1.74 EXAM'D IN 511831N, 013051E [OGB] USING HI-FIX. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.8 IN GEN DEPTH 12.4MTRS. WRECKAGE LIES WITH SCOUR 14.8MTRS DEEP. (HMS EGERIA, 1973). NCA. H4453/72 13.3.80 LOCATED DURING DCS3 AREA SEARCH. NOT EXAM'D. (HMS ECHO, HI 62/79). H1938/78 20.3.81 EXAM'D 28.10.80 IN 511831N, 013053E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.3 IN GEN DEPTH 12MTRS. NO DCS3 SHADOW. SCOUR 14MTRS DEEP. SCATTERED WRECKAGE COVERING AREA 100 X 55MTRS, HARDLY PROTRUDING ABOVE SEABED. NOT WORTH SWEEPING. (HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 61B/80). NCA. H2331/85 12.11.86 EXAM'D 7.7.86 IN 511830N, 013053E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. WRECKAGE SCATTERED OVER A CONSIDERABLE AREA, NOTHING PROUD OF SEABED. RETAIN CHARTED SYMBOL IN AMENDED POSN. (NP 1016, HI 298). BR STD. HH090/511/01 16.10.91 EXAM'D 2.7.91 IN 511830.2N, 013051.4E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.7 IN GEN DEPTH 12.2MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14.2MTRS. SCATTERED WRECKAGE GIVING NO SONAR SHADOW AND ONLY JUST PROUD OF SEABED. (NP 1016, HI 511). BR STD. HH090/647/01 19.1.95 EXAM'D 28.10.94 IN 511831.1N, 013053.6E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.9 IN GEN DEPTH 12.2MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 14.2MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. LENGTH 85MTRS, WIDTH 32MTRS. LIES 064/244DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HI 647). HH090/738/01 11.9.97 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 738). NCA. HH242/400/12 12.9.00 EXAM'D IN 5118.568N, 0130.790E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 10.7, FOUL 11MTRS. GEN DEPTH 12.5MTRS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HN FOR HI 892).

- NM 4052/00. HH090/892/01 10.8.00 EXAM'D 10.8.00 IN 5118.568N, 0130.790E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 10.7, FOUL 11MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.5 IN GEN DEPTH 12.5MTRS. SCOUR 0.7MTR EXTENDS FOR 20MTRS. LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LIES ALMOST ENTIRELY WITHIN A LARGE SCOUR. ONLY SHOALEST POINT SWEPT DUE TO FISHING GEAR. (NP 1016, HI 892). NFA. HH091/028/01 24.6.03 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 1028). NCA. HH091/294/10 23.3.10 EXAM'D 3.8.09 IN 5118.554N, 0130.787E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.70 IN GEN DEPTH 13.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 84MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS, HT 1.6MTRS. WRECKAGE SCATTERED OVER A LARGE AREA. AMEND POSN. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1294). ALMOST CIRCULAR DEPRESSION WITH ?DEBRIS WITHIN, FURTHER ?DEBRIS CLOSE NE & E. NCA. SEP 2010/000174707 21.10.10 LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.2MTRS. (TH SURVEY DTD AUG 2010). NCA. SEP 2011/000169714 12.10.11 LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.4MTRS. (TH SURVEY DTD JULY 2011). NCA. SEP 2015/000083470 7.1.16 EXAM'D 3.9.15 IN 5118.553N, 0130.786E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 13.5MTRS. LENGTH 80.5MTRS, WIDTH 44.9MTRS, HEIGHT 3.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 42.8DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 121.28MTRS, SCOUR DEPTH 1.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 136DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EGS, HI 1484). AMEND TO DW 11.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: CIRCULAR AREA WITH ?DEBRIS IN, ?DEBRIS CLOSE NE & E

Position: 51 18.553 N,1 30.786 E

 

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