This is the information page about the shipwreck Brentwood, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 30.522 N,0 32.514 W (54.454266666667, -0.39783333333333)

 

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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. African transport (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Aigburth
4. Amsteldam
5. Amulet
6. Anboto mendi (possibly)
7. Ard aidhm
8. Ardgantoch
9. Athelstane
10. Athos
11. Audax
12. Balfron (probably)
13. Ballater
14. Ballogie
15. Battersea
16. Beaumanoir (probably)
17. Berwick (possibly)
18. Black prince (possibly)
19. Botha (possibly)
20. Brentwood
21. Bur
22. Cap palos (part of)
23. Castleford (probably)
24. Commercial
25. Constantia
26. Corsican prince
27. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
28. Creteblock
29. Crimdon (possibly)
30. Defiant
31. Disperser
32. Eaglescliffe (probably)
33. Earl percy
34. Eli
35. Ellida (probably)
36. Erich lea
37. Ferruccio
38. Florence (possibly)
39. Florentia
40. Fred everard
41. Garthwaite
42. Gem (bow section)
43. Gem (stern section)
44. Gimle
45. Glamorganbrook
46. Glengarry (probably)
47. Glow (part of) (possibly)
48. Glow (part of) (possibly)
49. Gwalia (possibly)
50. Harrow (probably)
51. Helene
52. Hercules
53. Highgate
54. Hms banyers
55. Hms desire (possibly)
56. Hms dromio
57. Hms garmo (probably)
58. Hms locheil
59. Hms lord ridley
60. Hms swallow
61. Hornsund (probably)
62. Houghton
63. Hurstwood
64. Jane
65. Lady ann
66. Lady helen
67. Lampada (probably)
68. Lanthorn
69. Leersum (probably)
70. Lerwick (probably)
71. Linaria (probably)
72. London
73. Lowtyne (possibly)
74. Lucy
75. M c holm
76. Madame renee
77. Manx queen
78. Marchioness of londonderry
79. Marie stuart
80. Martina
81. Melanie (probably)
82. Membland (possibly)
83. Merrie islington
84. Modemi (possibly)
85. Moorlands
86. Moorwood (possibly)
87. Namorado field jacket
88. Norenda (possibly)
89. Norhilda
90. Novillo
91. Oakwell
92. Onslow
93. Pandora
94. Paul
95. Phare (probably)
96. Philander (probably)
97. Polanna
98. Polruan
99. Princess olga (possibly)
100. Quaggy (probably)
101. Rikard nordraak
102. Rutil
103. Saint ninian
104. Sapphire (probably)
105. Sarah thinnesen
106. Schaldis (possibly)
107. Scotia
108. Sir francis
109. Sixty-six
110. Skane
111. Sna ii
112. Southborough
113. Springhill
114. Sumus (probably)
115. Suntrap (probably)
116. Taurus (probably)
117. Trelyon
118. Ub 30
119. Ub 41
120. Ub 75
121. Uc 70
122. Vaaren (possibly)
123. Victo (bow section)
124. Victo (stern section)
125. Victoria (probably)
126. Wallsend
127. Westowrie
128. Woodstock (bow section)
129. Woodstock (stern section)

 

Name: BRENTWOOD

Length 68.6 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1192 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1904 by s p austin & son, sunderland, with one boiler, triple expansion engine of 180hp, single shaft. machinery by g clarke ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by cory colliers ltd. passage london for north shields. in ballast. struck a mine laid by uc-43 & sunk 4m ene from whitby. 2 of 16 crew lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 39 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 20161212

Details measurements/cartography: H4069/72 3.12.75 WK LOCATED IN 543030N, 003214W USING DECCA. STANDS 25FT ABOVE SEABED. (RISDON BEAZLEY, HN DTD 13.11.75). INS AS WK 36MTRS.

- NM BLOCK. H5103/83 16.9.83 WK IN 543038N, 003218W. (KINGFISHER NO.W61, WHITBY AREA, BAYMAN'S HOLE, APRIL 1983 EDN). H5103/83 9.9.86 FASTENERS IN 543029N, 003209W AND 543108N, 003225W. POSN FROM DECCA. (KINGFISHER OBSTN BOOKLET, WHITBY AREA). H1311/88 11.10.88 WK IN 543032N, 003230W. (M FREEMAN, 30.9.88). H6331/87 26.1.89 EXAM'D 21.5.88 IN 543032N, 003223W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 39.5, FOUL 40.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 40.5 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.0MTRS. LENGTH 80MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS. LIES 045/225DEGS. IN TWO SECTIONS. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B). AMEND TO WK SW 39MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/09 7.6.95 SAT ON EVEN KEEL. APPROX 100 TONS. MIDSHIPS BRIDGE TO STERN INTACT. FWD OF BRIDGE TO BOW COLLAPSED AND MANGLED ON SEABED. TWO HOLDS AFT. ACCOMMODATION IN STERN AND MIDSHIPS. COMPASS BINNACLE WITH REMAINS OF COMPASS AND STEEL STEERING PEDESTAL IN SAME AREA FALLEN FWD OF BRIDGE INTO EMPTY CARGO HOLD. LARGE SHIP'S WHEEL ON BRIDGE. NO GUN ON STERN OR AUX STEERING MECHANISM. SINGLE BOILER, STEAM TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). 30.8.01 EUT POSN: 5430.544N, 0032.486W. NE 134. 31.3.09 IDENTIFIED AS BRENTWOOD, BASED ON MACHINERY DETAILS, LENGTH & ARTIFACTS RECOVERED INCLUDING CORY CROCKERY. BELL INSCRIBED "SS BRENTWOOD 1904 LONDON" WAS RECOVERED IN 2007. (CARL RACEY, E-MAIL DTD 27.3.09) IDENTITY AMENDED. NCA. SEP 2017/000002822 4.5.17 EXAM'D 12.12.16 IN 5430.522N, 0032.514W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.84MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS, LENGTH 71.6MTRS, WIDTH 12.8MTRS, HEIGHT 6.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 039/219 DEGS. MEDIUM SIZED WRECK IS PARTLY BROKEN UP, FRONT THIRD OF THE VESSEL HAVING ALMOST ENTIRELY COLLAPSED TO THE SEABED. THE REMAINING PARTS OF THE VESSEL SITS UPRIGHT AND INTACT TO DECK LEVEL. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 30.522 N,0 32.514 W

 

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