This is the information page about the shipwreck Bretagne, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 29.481 N,3 22.694 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Angelena bm 271
3. Ann marie (possibly)
4. Antonio (probably)
5. Avalon g ii
6. Bleamoor (probably)
7. Blue marlin
8. Boma
9. Bretagne
10. Bretton hall
11. Broadmayne (part of)
12. Brunhilda
13. Buesten
14. Bull steamer (possibly)
15. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
16. City of swansea (probably)
17. Colorado (possibly)
18. Dudley rose
19. Elsa
20. Elsa (possibly)
21. Emma
22. Emsstrom
23. Farn
24. Galicia
25. Garm (possibly)
26. Gefion
27. General leman (possibly)
28. Girl barbara
29. Glocliffe
30. Glory
31. Greatham
32. Greleen
33. Gro
34. Hms benton castle
35. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
36. Hms picton castle
37. Hms savage
38. Hmsm d1
39. Irma germaine (possibly)
40. Jade star gypsy
41. Jordan a
42. Karen marie (probably)
43. Kendal castle
44. La blanca (possibly)
45. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
46. Les mercenaires
47. Lofoten (probably)
48. Lord stewart
49. Marana (bow section)
50. Marie des isles
51. Marjolene
52. Medina
53. Mudstomper (probably)
54. Neches (probably)
55. Newholm
56. Northville (possibly)
57. Peronne
58. Quest
59. Radaas (probably)
60. Rayder
61. Renilde
62. Rota
63. Sarah jayne
64. Sevilla
65. Shirley betty
66. Ster de zee (possibly)
67. Talvaldis (possibly)
68. Two sisters
69. Uc 49 (probably)
70. W h dwyer
71. Waikawa (possibly)
72. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: BRETAGNE

Length 70.7 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1439 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1903 by nylands voerksted, christiana. owned at time of loss by a/s d/s ganeger rolf. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 106 nhp, single shaft. passage barry for rouen. collided with ss renee marthe in thick fog and sank. one man lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 15 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: H8109/38 19.12.35 WK IN 502928N, 032233W, 5.68M, 085DEGS FROM ST MARYS CHURCH, BABBACOMBE. SWEPT CLEAR AT 49FT. LIES IN 14FMS. SEVERAL SMALLER PIECES WITHIN 200YDS RADIUS. (HMS GLEANER, 8.12.38). CHART AS WK 8FMS. BR STD. H2502/51 24.4.51 WK IN 502929N, 032233W. SWEPT CLEAR AT 52FT, FOUL AT 55FT. WRECK ABOVE SEABED 27FT. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2502/51 24.1.52 AMENDED TO 8FMS 4FT. NE 1613. H5413/60 19.1.65 LIES ON EVEN KEEL HULL VIRTUALLY INTACT. LARGE GASH IN STARBOARD SIDE AMIDSHIPS. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE GIVES NAME AS 'BRITAGNE' OR 'BRETAGNE'. (BSAC, 17.11.64). NCA. 4.11.69 DIVED ON BY MEMBERS OF BRISTOL AEROPLANE CO., BSAC. TOP OF WRECK LIES IN ABOUT 85FT, SEABED IS APPROX 100FT. LIES UPRIGHT, VERY CORRODED. LARGE HOLES IN DECK. A STERN GUN. (POWER AND WATERSPORT MAGAZINE, NOV 1969). NCA. H3950/70 21.5.72 AMEND TO SW 15MTRS. NC 3315. H2923/83 14.6.84 EXAM'D 9.6.84. SWEPT CLEAR AT 6.6MTRS, FOUL AT 6.8MTRS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, TELEX 11.6.84). S CARD BUOY, Q(6)+LFL 15S, ESTABLISHED 70MTRS S OF WK. (TH TELEX, 13.6.84). WZ 566 & NAV I 336/84 ISSUED. H2923/83 15.6.84 SWEEP WIRE MAY HAVE FOULED SUB-SURFACE BUOYS PLACED ON WK BY SEA MILL SALVAGE OF POOLE. WILL INVESTIGATE FURTHER. (GARDLINE TELEX). NCA, TH INFORMED. H2923/83 19.6.84 DIVING SURVEY 16.6.84. VESSEL OF 3-ISLAND TYPE. NO MASTS OR PROPELLER. HULL & SUPERSTRUCTURE SOLID. LEAST DEPTH 12.1 IN GEN DEPTH 24.3MTRS. TWO SUB-SEA BUOYS AT DEPTH 6MTRS. CHAIN SWEEP WILL BE CARRIED OUT WHEN SALVAGE WORK COMPLETE. BUOY WILL REMAIN ON STN. (TH HARWICH, TELEX 18.6.84). NCA YET. H2923/83 2.8.84 SALVAGE BUOYS REMOVED. WK SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.55, FOUL AT 17.6MTRS. S CARD BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH TELEXES 26.7.84 & TH NM 60/84). NCA YET, AWAIT SURVEY RESULTS. H2923/83 19.11.84 EXAM'D 30.7.84 IN 502927N, 032237W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 16.8, FOUL AT 17.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.1 IN GEN DEPTH 24.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9MTRS, LENGTH 74MTRS, BEAM 9.5MTRS. LYING 023/203DEGS. APPARENTLY IN GOOD STATE OF PRESERVATION. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 16.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 3214/84. HH351/100/19 2.6.03 WK MARKED, FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR, BY BLUE 45 GALLON PLASTIC DRUM ENCLOSED IN GREEN HEAVY DUTY NET MARKED 'BRETAGNE', ATTACHED TO BOW BY CHAIN AND ROPE. WK MARKED AS OWNER'S WISH TO CELEBRATE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHIP'S LAUNCH. A DIVE TRAIL HAS BEEN MARKED AROUND THE WK, DIAGRAM SUPPLIED. ANCHORS GONE, POSSIBLY SALVAGED. PART OF WHEEL HOUSE COLLAPSED DURING WINTER OF 2002. SPARE PROPELLER IN PLACE ON AFT DECK. GUN WAS REMOVED IN 1972. EVIDENCE OF COLLISION DAMAGE ON STARBOARD SIDE BY AFT HATCH. RIGGING STORE LOCKER HANGING OVER STARBOARD SIDE. (PETER DAVIES, BRISTOL AEROSPACE SAC, E-MAIL DTD 2.6.03) NCA. SEP 2015/000019320 7.7.15 EXAM'D 10.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.59MTRS IN 5029.481N, 0322.694W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 24MTRS. LENGTH 74.5MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS, HEIGHT 7.7MTRS. ORIENTATION 015/195 DEGS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO DW 16.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT

Position: 50 29.481 N,3 22.694 W

 

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