This is the information page about the shipwreck Brilliant, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 44.206 N,5 50.403 W (57.875533333333, -5.7186833333333)
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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.
Name: BRILLIANT
Year of registration: 2009
Water depth above wreck: 42 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm
Known since: 2009, last detected: 2018
Details measurements/cartography: SEP 2009/000180181 7.12.09 MFV BRILLIANT SANK IN 5744.08N, 0551.38W [WGD]. AN 8.3MTRS WOODEN CREEL BOAT IN APPROX 50FMS. (STORNOWAY CG, EMAIL DTD 7.12.09). ASSUMED WILL BREAK UP. FOR FILING ONLY. NCA. 12.10.12 EXAM'D 30.7.12 IN 5744.206N, 0550.403W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.15 IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 10.6MTRS, WIDTH 3.5MTRS, HT 1.85MTRS. LIES 030/210 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, APPARENTLY INTACT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1392). INS AS WK 40MTRS. SEP 2018/000148183 18.6.18 EXAM’D BY DIVER 7.6.18 IN 5744.206N, 0550.403W [WGD]. MATCHES DESCRIPTION OF THIS WRECK; MFV BRILLIANT. (JOHN BEATON, H102). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, WOODEN HULL, CREEL BOAT
Position: 57 44.206 N,5 50.403 W