This is the information page about the shipwreck Brisk (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 45.7 N,4 59.522 W (50.505016666667, -5.2049666666667)

 

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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. Alcyon (possibly)
2. Angele (possibly)
3. Anna sophie
4. Antoinette (probably)
5. Arthurtown
6. Balvenie (possibly)
7. Bogstad
8. Brava
9. Brisk (probably)
10. Camelot challenger (possibly)
11. Carasa (possibly)
12. Carl
13. Castor 1
14. Deputie gaston dumesnil (possibly)
15. Diligent
16. Dumfries
17. Elna e
18. Empire otter
19. Ezra weston (bow section)
20. Ezra weston (stern section)
21. Florence reynolds
22. Germaine
23. Girdleness
24. Gregynog
25. Hemsley 1
26. Hmcs regina
27. Hmhs rewa
28. Hugin
29. Humbergate (probably)
30. Hunsgrove
31. Island maid
32. John taylor
33. Kai (possibly)
34. Lake edon
35. Lake owens
36. Lci(l)99
37. Lisa maria
38. Madryn
39. Marguerite pry
40. Maria asumpta
41. Mefjord (possibly)
42. Milly (possibly)
43. N verberckmoes (possibly)
44. Norma (possibly)
45. Pearn pride (possibly)
46. Portugal
47. Risoy (probably)
48. Runswick
49. Saphir
50. Sarah anderson (possibly)
51. Shad thames
52. Shoreham (probably)
53. Skopelos sky (after part)
54. Sphene (probably)
55. St joseph
56. St stanislas
57. Svint
58. Swainby (probably)
59. Tagona
60. Teneriffa (possibly)
61. Towneley
62. U 1021 (possibly)
63. U 325 (possibly)
64. Ub 65
65. Warnow (possibly)

 

Name: BRISK (PROBABLY)

Length 81.7 meter, width: 11.9 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1662 ton
Load: coal,flammable liquids and gases

Cause: built in 1906 by bergens mek. voerks, bergen. owned at the time of loss by acties. bonheur. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 144, single shaft. passage cardiff for france. cargo coal patent fuel. was torpedoed and sunk by uc 82.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 105 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: 14.6.18 14.6.18 SANK 13M NNE HALF E FROM TREVOSE HEAD IN 504545N, 045800W, (BOT WR 8/1544, DOCKET M28899). 29.12.44 29.12.44 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 504548N, 045924W [OGB]. LENGTH 110FT, HEIGHT 20FT, DIRECTION 105/285DEGS. (AUBD 321/18, ESCORT GROUP 9). 6.3.45 6.3.45 SONAR CONTACT IN APPROX 504448N, 045900W [OGB]. (AUBD 21/20, ESCORT GROUP 26). H0113/45 25.3.45 H0113/45 25.3.45 CONTACT IN 504542N, 045924W [OGB]. (PLYMOUTH LIST 840/5). H0113/45 4.7.45 H0113/45 4.7.45 CONTACT IN 504542N, 045912W [OGB]. (PLYMOUTH LIST 840/2). H7613/52 5.12.52 H7613/52 5.12.52 CHARTED AS NDW PA IN 504542N, 045912W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1156. 14.11.72 14.11.72 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 20FMS [36MTRS]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1178. 2.5.77 2.5.77 FISHERMANS FASTENERS BELIEVED WK REPD IN 504543N, 045939W [OGB] USING DECCA. LARGE TRAWL LOST. (E GILES, 14.4.77). NCA. H2979/74 9.9.77 H2979/74 9.9.77 WK REPORTED IN 504551N, 045927W [OGB] USING DECCA. ALSO THREE FFS REPORTED IN 504540N, 045951W, 504559N, 045942W AND 504621N, 045939W [OGB] USING DECCA. (E GILES, 16.5.77). H1247/69 11.10.78 H1247/69 11.10.78 AMENDED TO WK 40MTRS IN 504551N, 045927W [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. HH100/351/12 11.3.97 HH100/351/12 11.3.97 DIVED IN 504544.4N, 045931.2W [OGB] USING DECCA. WK REPD TO BE LARGE WITH 4 BOILERS AMIDSHIPS. (G J POUND). NCA.. 14.4.00 14.4.00 AMEND POSN TO 5045.74N, 0459.52W [OGB]. BR STD. HH090/799/01 26.11.01 HH090/799/01 26.11.01 EXAM'D 6.9.01 IN 5045.700N, 0459.522W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48.3 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 126MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.4MTRS. LIES 010/190 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP. (NP 1008, HI 799). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 50 45.7 N,4 59.522 W

 

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