This is the information page about the shipwreck Brazilian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 30.115 N,3 7.08 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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: BRAZILIAN
Length 116.7 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3496 ton
Cause: grounded on great burbo bank at hw about 150fms nw half w from c4 red buoy. broke in two as the tide fell.
Year of registration: 1881
Water depth above wreck: -1 meter
Known since: 1881, last detected: 1987
Details measurements/cartography: 11.4.1881 DISPERSED BY BLASTING BY MDHB BETWEEN 11.4.1881 & 14.7.1881. OWING TO THE SCOURING AWAY OF THE BANK, THE REMAINS OF THE WK BECAME EXPOSED AND A DANGER TO NAVIGATION IN 1892. BROKEN UP BY BLASTING BY MDHB BETWEEN 6.7.1892 AND 28.8.1892. DEPTH 3FT BELOW LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). SHOWN ON 1951 AS WK 0FMS 3FT. 28.2.74 28.2.74 DELETE. (AUTHORITY NOT KNOWN). NC 1951. 1.9.87 1.9.87 SHOWN AS WKG ON MDHC PLOT M1027/2. INS AS FOUL IN 533006N, 030700W. NE 1951.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IRON HULL
Position: 53 30.115 N,3 7.08 W