This is the information page about the shipwreck Brighton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 3.072 N,2 10.585 E (51.2505333, 1.9181167)

 

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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. Brighton
2. British liberty (possibly)
3. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
4. Clan macalister
5. Clan macneil (possibly)
6. Douaisien (possibly)
7. Dyck ltv
8. Elizabeth and unknown
9. Estafette
10. Fennella
11. Floride (probably)
12. Foudroyant
13. Foudroyant (possibly)
14. Ganko
15. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
16. Hms brighton queen
17. Hms grenade
18. Hms keith
19. Hms king orry
20. Hms redcar
21. Hms skipjack
22. Hms st abbs
23. Hms thuringia (possibly)
24. Hms westella
25. Hoegh aigrette
26. Horst
27. Jaguar
28. Jean pierre et phillipe
29. Jonrix
30. Kestrel
31. L'urtiga (possibly)
32. Le copain d'abord
33. Lorina
34. Lorina (possibly)
35. Lst 364 (probably)
36. M 3630 (possibly)
37. Madimba (probably)
38. Marthe
39. Melrose
40. Mona's queen
41. Neerlandais
42. Netty (possibly)
43. Noroit
44. Okeania
45. Paris (possibly)
46. Pavon
47. Port nicholson (probably)
48. Portrieux
49. Prinses astrid
50. R.93 (possibly)
51. Saint antoine de padoue
52. Saint camille
53. St fagan
54. St pierre (aft section)
55. St pierre (fore portion)
56. Sterre der zee
57. Toquet
58. Trifels
59. Tringa
60. U 37
61. Uc 63
62. V 201 (possibly)
63. Western farmer (bow section)

 

Name: BRIGHTON

Length 90.8 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 5359 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Mined while approaching anchorage. (r verpoorte). was on passage immingham to dunkirk. (ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H0447/40 16.5.40 ST LIES 009DEGS, 2.15M FROM GRAVELINES BN, MARKED BY G CONL LT BUOY, FL.G CLOSE N. (ADMIRALTY) - PFNM 1226/40. H0307/40 26.7.40 ST IN 510312N, 021035E, WITH CONL LT BUOY, FL.G, CLOSE E. (ADMIRALTY) - FNMS 1849 & 1850/40. H6567/46 8.11.46 AMEND BUOY TO G CONL BUOY WITH TRIANGLE TOPMARK. (PARIS NM 38/3503/46).

- NM 3705/46. H6567/46 5.3.51 BUOY NOW BG CONL BUOY. (PARIS NM 37/008/50). NOTE. H7304/53 4.12.53 NOW DW IN 510308N, 021038E. (PARIS NM 53.43.23) - FNM 129/53 & NM 2830/53. H7304/53 26.8.58 WK, LEAST DEPTH 3MTRS. (PARIS NM 58 16 09). NCA. H7304/53 28.12.62 LEAST DEPTH NOW 5.5MTRS. (PARIS NM 62 46 11).

- NM 2790/62. H6383/53 31.5.65 NOW SW 5.5MTRS IN 510309N, 021042E. (PARIS NM 65 15 13) R/S. H1283/76/118 8.9.76 POSN 510307.2N, 021037.74E, DEPTH 5.5 MTRS. TAKEN FROM FRENCH WK INFO. (SENT BY R.A. LEE OF DEAL). H1270/80 10.12.81 SHOWN AS WK 6.9MTRS IN 510307N, 021041E ON FRENCH 6651 & 6501 [1981 EDNS]. NE 323. 16.8.85 EXAM'D 1979 IN 510308N, 021042E [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH 6.9MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. LENGTH 150MTRS. PARTLY BROKEN UP. (ANNALES HYDROGRAPHIQUES, 1983). 28.10.88 SHOWN AS WK 6.9MTRS IN 510308N, 021042E ON FRENCH 7057 [1987 EDN]. LOCATED IN 1979 USING SONAR, MAGNETOMETER & DIVERS. IT LIES IN THREE PARTS. 8.5MTRS ABOVE THE SEABED. (1987 FRENCH WK NO.21612127) NE 1350. 3.9.96 SHOWN AS WK 7.2MTRS [MLS] ON BELGIAN 102 [REPROMAT MAY'96]. NC 1873. 9.4.03 SHOWN AS WKS 6.9MTRS IN 5103.080N, 0210.618E [WGD], WITH DANGER LINE EXTENDING 120MTRS WSW, MARKED BY DW17 G STARBORD HAND PILLAR LT BUOY, FL(3)G.12S, ON FRENCH 7057 [INT 1482] [2ND EDN 2002, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1350. SEP 2008/000008644 6.3.08 SHOWN AS WK PA 6.9MTRS ON FRENCH 7057 [06 EDN]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UK NM 419/20. BROKEN IN THREE PARTS

Position: 51 3.072 N,2 10.585 E

 

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