Wreck: Britannia (possibly) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Britannia (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 20.278 N,2 26.678 W (50.337967, -2.444633)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: BRITANNIA (POSSIBLY)
Length 91.4 meter, width: 12.2 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 3028 ton
Load: animals (land & sea) and birds,general and mixed goods
Cause: built in 1883 by m pearse & co, stockton-on-tees. owned at time of loss by g w ward, newcastle-upon-tyne. compound inverted engine, single shaft. machinery by blair & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. passage new york for london. sank following a collision with ss bellcairn. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1995
Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 117 cm
Known since: 1995, last detected: 2008
Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/10 5.12.95 HH100/351/10 5.12.95 WK IN 5020.283N, 0226.642W [OGB]. LYING UPRIGHT AND WELL BROKEN UP WITH DECKS HAVING COLLAPSED TO WITHIN A METRE OF THE SEABED. THERE IS A LARGE FISHING NET SNAGGED AND FLOATING ABOUT 20FT ABOVE THE WRECK DUE TO FLOATS STUCK INSIDE. (J WELCH). CHART AS WK 49MTRS. BR STD. HH090/961/01 8.12.03 HH090/961/01 8.12.03 EXAM'D 23.7.03 IN 5020.278N, 0226.678W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 48.8 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 104MTRS, WIDTH 27MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.6MTRS. LIES 117/297 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN, APPEARS AS AN AREA OF WRECKAGE. (GARDLINE, HI 961). AMEND WK 48MTRS. BR STD. 5.9.08 5.9.08 WK IS UPRIGHT BUT WELL BROKEN. THE COMPOUND ENGINE LIES ON ITS STBD SIDE. POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION AS BRITANNIA BY POTTERY (BLUE PRINT 'BRITANNIA' IN BELT DESIGN). (N R CHIPCHASE).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, WELL BROKEN UP AND COLLAPSED
Position: 50 20.278 N,2 26.678 W
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