This is the information page about the shipwreck Bretton hall, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 23.085 N,3 29.939 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: BRETTON HALL
Length 97.5 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 7.8, tonnage 2421 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: iron vessel, built in 1881 by c. connell & co., glasgow, with 2 cylinder compound engine of 300hp, 2 boilers, single shaft. ran aground in dense fog whilst on passage antwerp for bombay. (devon shipwrecks & sibi).
Year of registration: 1885
Water depth above wreck: 1 meter
Known since: 1885, last detected: 1983
Details measurements/cartography: 5.9.83 WENT ASHORE AT MUDSTONE BEACH, NEAR SHARKHAM PT. (DEVON SHIPWRECKS). H5249/76 5.9.83 SUNK IN 502303N, 032952W [OGB]. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 8). NCA. POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 23.085 N,3 29.939 W