Wreck: Brika (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Brika (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 48.97 N,6 28.11 W (52.09895, -6.5808333333333)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: BRIKA (POSSIBLY)
Length 95.7 meter, width: 22.9 meter, tonnage 3549 ton
Cause: torpedoed & sunk by german submarine.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 63 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 13M SE BY S FROM CONINGBEG LTV. (WW1SL). H4852/75 28.6.79 H4852/75 28.6.79 LOCATED 3.11.78 IN 514857N, 062802W [OGB]. GEN DEPTH 67MTRS. NO DCS3 HT. APPEARS TO BE 84MTRS LONG, LYING N/S. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 51/78). INS NDW. BR STD. H1921/80 28.3.80 H1921/80 28.3.80 WK LOCATED IN 514857.8N, 062803.2W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 61.8 IN GEN DEPTH 67 MTRS. DEPTH BY VERTICAL HT 60.8MTRS, BY SHADOW 61.7MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. LYING 156/336 DEG, LENGTH 96MTRS, BEAM 23MTRS APPROX. (HMS BULLDOG HI 52/80). POSSIBLY MAST AT SE END OF WK. WELL BURIED. AMEND TO WK 60MTRS. BR STD. RSDRA2023000176003 24.08.23 EXAM’D 21.06.2018 IN 5148.9703N, 0628.1104W [WDG]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 59.5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 63MTRS. LENGTH 81MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HEIGHT 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 170/350 DEGS. MAIN STRUCTURE OF THE WRECK IS VISIBLE, APPEARS TO BE BURIED AT BOW AND STERN. (RV MALLET, H525). AMEND NDW 59.5MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY BURIED/BROKEN AT BOW AND STERN
Position: 51 48.97 N,6 28.11 W
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