This is the information page about the shipwreck Brinkburn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 56.869 N,6 23.688 W (49.947816666667, -6.3925666666667)
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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: BRINKBURN
Length 100.6 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 3222 ton
Load: natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products,grain
Cause: vessel, built in 1894 by richardson, duck & co. and owned at the time of loss by century shipping co., was wrecked on maiden bower rocks, scilly isles, on route from galveston to le havre. (dods).
Year of registration: 1981
Water depth above wreck: 12 meter
Known since: 1981, last detected: 1998
Details measurements/cartography: 23.2.81 BROKEN UP, BUT PARTS STILL IDENTIFIABLE, IN 495650N, 062338W. BOW AND ANCHOR AND CHAIN APPARENTLY LIE SEPARATELY TO THE W OF MAIN WKGE. REPORTED SOLD TO CENTURY SHIPPING CO. LTD. MOST OF CARGO WAS SALVAGED. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 5). NCA. POSN FOR FILING ONLY. HH100/351/19 18.2.03 DIVED 25.9.98, LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 20MTRS, MAXIMUM DEPTH OVER WK 30.8MTRS. QUITE BROKEN AND FLATTENED. (J ROSEVEARE, E-MAIL DTD 16.2.03) NCA, NO POSN OR TIDAL DATA SUPPLIED.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: QUITE BROKEN AND FLATTENED
Position: 49 56.869 N,6 23.688 W