This is the information page about the shipwreck Brestois, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.45 N,1 31.051 W (50.242166666667, -1.28825)

 

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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. Ajax
3. Albatros
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Asborg
6. Ashanti (possibly)
7. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
8. Azemmour
9. Baron garioch
10. Betsy anna
11. Borgny
12. Borgsten (probably)
13. Braat ii
14. Braedale (probably)
15. Brestois
16. Britannia (probably)
17. Campen
18. Carbon
19. Castle crag
20. Ceres (possibly)
21. Clan macvey
22. Clarinda
23. Cleddy (probably)
24. Coquetdale (probably)
25. Cuba
26. Daylesford
27. Dulce t
28. Dumfries
29. Dungrange
30. Empire crusader
31. Ernest lagouve
32. Espagne
33. Everleigh
34. Excelsior (possibly)
35. Fallodon
36. Fenna (probably)
37. Gorizont
38. Hartley (possibly)
39. Hms acheron (bow section)
40. Hms acheron (stern section)
41. Hms albion ii
42. Hms assurance
43. Hms crestflower
44. Hms eleanor (probably)
45. Hms john mitchell
46. Hms listrac (probably)
47. Hms michael clements
48. Hms new dawn
49. Hms pomone
50. Hms sargasso
51. Hms tiger
52. Hms warwick deeping
53. Hmsm swordfish
54. Hmsm upstart
55. Iduna
56. Indutionmare
57. Irex
58. Isleworth
59. Jgena (possibly)
60. Joannis millas
61. Juno
62. Kong guttorm (probably)
63. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
64. Lct 809
65. Londonier
66. Luxor
67. Margaret smith
68. Mechanician
69. Mendi
70. Messina
71. Millmer
72. Minerva (possibly)
73. Molina
74. Myrtlegrove (probably)
75. Neath (possibly)
76. Neree (possibly)
77. Nichola (probably)
78. Nw68
79. Nw96
80. Oriflamme
81. Pool fisher
82. Ps ryde
83. Redesmere
84. Reindeer
85. Rosehill (probably)
86. Sally jane
87. Serrana (bow section)
88. Serrana (stern part)
89. Simla
90. Smyrna
91. Spyros (possibly)
92. Start
93. Teamwork
94. Terlings
95. Tweed
96. U 122 (possibly)
97. U 123
98. U 152
99. U 480
100. Ub 122 (possibly)
101. Ub 37 (probably)
102. Vari solo sailor
103. Varvassi
104. Venezuela
105. Volkerak
106. War knight
107. Westville
108. Witte zee
109. Woodham
110. Y48

 

Name: BRESTOIS

Length 45.7 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 348 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1897 of iron. owned at time of loss by cheviolette freres. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 44 nhp, single shaft. passage cherbourg for cardiff. foundered following collision with ss penmount of falmouth. (sibi).

Year of registration: 2002

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 75 cm

Known since: 2002, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/962/01 17.12.02 EXAM'D 13.7.02 IN 5027.448N, 0131.079W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 33.5, FOUL 33.9MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 32.8 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 59MTRS, WIDTH 16MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTIALLY INTACT WK. (GARDLINE, HI 962). INS AS SW 33MTRS. BR STD. 28.4.05 THIS IS THE BRESTIOS. IDENTIFIED BY THE TELEGRAPH AND FRENCH AMMUNITION. PARTIALY BURIED IN SANDWAVE AREA ON HARD CHALK SEABED. (D C WENDES, PERSONAL VISIT). NCA. SEP 2020/000123102 13.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5027.451N, 0131.051W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.76TRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 6.5MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS. ORIENTATION 075/255 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND NDW 33MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY BURIED

Position: 50 27.45 N,1 31.051 W

 

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