This is the information page about the shipwreck Bremse, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 58 55.058 N,3 7.425 W (58.844716666667, -3.1926833333333)

 

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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.

 

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2. Ac6
3. Almeria
4. Aorangi
5. Argyll
6. Atlantic (possibly)
7. Avra (possibly)
8. B 109 (part)
9. Bayern (turrets & wreckage)
10. Ben barvas
11. Benachie
12. Bettina danica
13. Bountiful
14. Bremse
15. Brummer
16. Budrie
17. Busy bee (part of)
18. Carolina thornden
19. Carron
20. Challenger
21. Clio
22. Clio ii
23. Collingdoc
24. Copeland
25. Corinthia (stern section)
26. Croma
27. Danmark (after part)
28. Dresden
29. Duna
30. Dyle
31. Ebanezer
32. Edinboune
33. Elton
34. Emerald wings
35. Empire parsons (possiby)
36. Empire seaman
37. Empire seaman
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40. Excelsior
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52. Hmd chance
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56. Hmd lustring
57. Hms albacore (bow section)
58. Hms dewey eve
59. Hms endeavour
60. Hms hampshire
61. Hms loch garry
62. Hms narborough
63. Hms opal
64. Hms roedean
65. Hms rose valley
66. Hms royal oak
67. Hms strathgarry
68. Hms vanguard
69. Ilsenstein
70. Invader
71. Inverlane (bow section)
72. Irene
73. James barrie
74. Johanna thorden
75. Juanita
76. Juniata (fore part)
77. Jv 526
78. Jv 751
79. Kaiser
80. Kaiserin
81. Karlsruhe
82. Kathe niederkirchner
83. Koln
84. Konig
85. Kronprinz wilhelm
86. Lapland
87. Lizzie bain (possibly)
88. Loch maddy (stern section)
89. Lorne
90. Lycia
91. Mara
92. Markgraf
93. Martis
94. Martis
95. Minieh
96. Naja (part of)
97. Napier star
98. Norholmen
99. Numidian
100. Numidian
101. Ocean racer
102. Pennsylvania
103. Pinnace 288
104. Pinnace 744
105. Pontos
106. Prinzregent luitpold
107. Prudentia
108. Radiation
109. Reginald
110. Reinfield
111. Ronda (part of)(possibly)
112. Ros bui (?part of)(possibly)
113. Rosewood
114. Ross puma
115. Rotherfield
116. S 36 (bow section)
117. Seydlitz
118. Siherite
119. Skua flaes beacon
120. Solan
121. Strathelliot
122. Sunbeam
123. Sunlight
124. Tabarka (possibly)
125. Tbf fn899
126. Teeswood
127. Thames
128. Thunfisch
129. Ub 116
130. V 78 (part of)
131. V83
132. Yc 21

 

Name: BREMSE

Length 140.3 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.9, tonnage 4400 ton

Cause: minelaying light cruiser, built 1916 by a.g. vulcan, stettin, with steam turbines of 46,000hp & twin shafts. scuttled in scapa flow. boarded by a british naval party who attempted to beach vessel at troy ness. vessel capsized. after much salvage work, the wreck was refloated and towed to lyness in november 1929, but a gunturret and superstructure left on seabed. (sibi)

Year of registration: 1982

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1982, last detected: 2007

Details measurements/cartography: H1310/82/33 1.11.82 FOUL IN 585518N, 030630W [OGB]. AREA APPARENTLY USED AS DUMPING GROUND BY SALVORS. A COMPLETE GUN-TURRET & BARBETTE LYING ON ITS SIDE. NEARBY A SMALL METAL COMPARTMENT & A MAST, A WINCH AND OTHER PIECES OF SCRAP METAL, LIE ON SLOPING SEABED IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS. (B WINFIELD, 25.10.82). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. SEP 2007/000037443 15.5.07 GUN-TURRET HAS BEEN LIFTED AND IS EXHIBITED AT LYNESS MUSEUM. SUPERSTRUCTURE AND MAST REMAIN IN 5855.058N, 0307.425W [WGD]. MOORING CHAINS EXTEND DOWN THE BEACH TO THE WRECKAGE, WHICH LIES ON A STEEP SLOPE, STANDING 2MTRS HIGH AT A MAXIMUM GEN DEPTH 14MTRS. (K HEATH, TELECON 19.4.07) AMEND TO FOUL IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 7.10.10 NOT LOCATED BY M/B. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: HEIGHT FROM DIVER REPORT

Position: 58 55.058 N,3 7.425 W

 

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