This is the information page about the shipwreck Briseis, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 29.267 N,2 37.55 W (49.487783, -2.625833)

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: BRISEIS

Length 97.8 meter, width: 14 meter, draught: 7, tonnage 2964 ton
Load: wine

Cause: ex- genua. renamed in 1920 built in 1909 by neptune werft a g, rostock. owned at time of loss by campagnie auxillaire de navigations. triple expansion engine of 213nhp, single shaft. passage oban for rouen. passage oban for rouen. struck the grunes reef, took water and sank.

Year of registration: 1937

Water depth above wreck: 14 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1937, last detected: 1979

Details measurements/cartography: H6735/37 13.10.37 DW IN 492930N, 023730W. (STATE SUPERVISOR, GUERNSEY).

- NM 1929/37. H3635/71 11.6.71 [EUR] POSN: 492930N, 023724W. NC 807. H1720/60 8.2.72 EXAM'D IN 492920N, 023728W [EUR] USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 10.1MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 14.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEABED ROCK. DIVERS REPORT WRECK IS REDUCED TO JUMBLE OF PLATES ON BOTTOM, BUT STERN, A BOILER & BOW SECTION STAND PROUD ABOUT 6, 12 & 15FT HIGH RESPECTIVELY. THIS AGREES WITH E/S DEPTH. BOW SECTION HARD AGAINST OUTCROP OF ROCK, WHICH RISES TO THE SAME DEPTH. (HMS WATERWITCH, 21.1.72). NC 807. H3635/71 3.9.79 2 INTACT BOILERS REMAIN, SIDE BY SIDE. BOW SECTION IS INTACT LYING ON PORT SIDE NEAR SW EXTREMITY OF WRECKAGE. THERE ARE NO ROCK OUTCROPS IN VICINITY. STERN NOW WELL SUNK INTO GRAVEL/ROCK SEABED. LIES HEADING SW, ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE COAST. (M G SHEAN, SEVERNSIDE BSAC, 6.8.79). NCA. [WGD] POSN: 4929.267N, 0237.550W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP. BOILERS & BOW SECTION REMAIN INTACT

Position: 49 29.267 N,2 37.55 W

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