This is the information page about the shipwreck Brita dan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 61 6.677 N,21 15.678 E (61.176633333333, 21.259833333333)

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: BRITA DAN

Length 98.5 meter, tonnage 3065 ton

Cause: 11.5.65 sank after having been driven aground on underwater rocks approx 7m from rauma. (ll, 11.5.65).

Year of registration: 1964

Water depth above wreck: 10 meter

Known since: 1964, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H431/65 22.1.65 DW IN 610636N, 211542E. (HELSINKI NM 451/64)

- NM 171/65. H431/65 27.5.65 REFLOATING NOW UNLIKELY OWING TO SHIP'S HULL BEING BADLY CRUSHED BY ICE. (LL, 11.5.65) NCA. H431/65 31.8.65 SOLD TO F.W. HOLLMINGS SKIBSVAERFT, RAUMA WHO WILL BUILD A NEW VESSEL FROM THE HULL. (LL, 20.8.65). 11.6.70 OWNERS STILL NOT SUCCEEDED IN RAISING VESSEL. (LLOYDS VOL.200) NCA. 18.12.15 SHOWN AS WK 4MTRS IN 6106.677N, 2115.696E [WGD] ON FINLAND 41 [ED5, COR 30/11/2013]. AMEND TO DW 4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 61 6.677 N,21 15.678 E

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