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 20 N,13 10 W (50.416666666667, -13.166666666667)

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.

Name: BRETAGNE

Length 137.2 meter, width: 18 meter, draught: 12.5, tonnage 10108 ton

Cause: ex-flandrial (royal holland line). built in 1922 by barclay curle. owned at time of loss by compagnie generale transatlantique. turbine engines of 1292 shp for 14.5 knots. was sunk by gunfire & torpedo from u-45. two passengers and five crew lost. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 2500 meter

Known since: 1939, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: SINKING POSN 503000N, 131000E. (N.I.D). NO ACTION. H01001/40 H01001/40 GIVES SINKING POSN AS 502000N, 124500W. (D.S.N.E). 3.7.87 3.7.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 502000N, 124500W. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 20 N,13 10 W

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