This is the information page about the shipwreck Britannia (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 28.328 N,1 44.798 W (50.167166666667, -11.000666666667)

 

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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. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
2. Advanti
3. Ajax
4. Albert c field (probably)
5. Alexandrovna
6. Aparima
7. Arctic dawn
8. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
9. Azemmour
10. Balmoralwood
11. Baron garioch
12. Betelgeuse (bow section)
13. Betsy anna
14. Bobbyb
15. Borgny
16. Braedale (probably)
17. Brestois
18. Bretagne
19. Britannia (probably)
20. Campen
21. Carbon
22. Carentan
23. Castle crag
24. Castlereagh
25. Ceres (possibly)
26. Cheyenne
27. Clan macvey
28. Clarinda
29. Cleddy (probably)
30. Coquetdale (probably)
31. Dagmar
32. Derna (probably)
33. Dulce t
34. Dumfries
35. Dungrange
36. El kahira
37. Emile miguet
38. Empire crusader
39. Ernest lagouve
40. Espagne
41. Everleigh
42. Excelsior (possibly)
43. Fenna (probably)
44. Fleur de lys
45. Fluent
46. General jackson
47. Georgios kyriakides
48. Goathland
49. Halsewell
50. Hartburn (probably)
51. Hartley (possibly)
52. Heronspool
53. Hms acheron (bow section)
54. Hms acheron (stern section)
55. Hms albion ii
56. Hms assurance
57. Hms courageous
58. Hms eleanor (probably)
59. Hms fame
60. Hms john mitchell
61. Hms michael clements
62. Hms new dawn
63. Hms pomone
64. Hms sargasso
65. Hms warwick deeping
66. Hms waterlily
67. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
68. Hmsm upstart
69. Ice prince
70. Indutionmare
71. Iona
72. Irex
73. Janna
74. Jgena (possibly)
75. Juno
76. Kafiristan
77. Kong guttorm (probably)
78. Kyarra
79. Lady of avenel
80. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
81. Lct 809
82. Lcvp 120
83. Leny (possibly)
84. Leticia
85. Lil boat
86. Lochavon
87. Louisiane
88. Luxor
89. Margaret smith
90. Mayflower
91. Mechanician
92. Messina
93. Michelle
94. Midland queen
95. Miefield
96. Millmer
97. Molina
98. Myrtlegrove (probably)
99. Nailsea lass
100. Navasota
101. Neree (possibly)
102. Nestlea
103. Nichola (probably)
104. Normandy
105. Nw68
106. Nw96
107. Pescalanza
108. Piedras
109. Pool fisher
110. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
111. Rapana
112. Reindeer
113. Rosehill (probably)
114. Sally jane
115. San fernando
116. Seahawk
117. Security (possibly)
118. Serrana (bow section)
119. Serrana (stern part)
120. Sheer grace
121. Smyrna
122. Southampton
123. Spyros (possibly)
124. Start
125. Surdelo
126. Teamwork
127. Terlings
128. Theodoros t
129. Tiiu
130. Togimo
131. U 122 (possibly)
132. U 480
133. Ub 37 (probably)
134. Vari solo sailor
135. Varvassi
136. Venezuela
137. Vera (probably)
138. Vikholmen
139. Waitara
140. War knight
141. Westville
142. Witte zee
143. Woodbury
144. Xania

 

Name: BRITANNIA (PROBABLY)

Length 64 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 40 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined

Cause: 18.10.17 built in 1885 by s & h morton & co. owned at the time of loss by leith hull & hamburg steam packet co. compound engine of 122nhp for 8.5 knots. passage middlesbrough for st malo. cargo pig iron. had landed pilot off deal on 18.10.17. torpedoed and sunk by uc-75. 22 men lost. (dods & british merchant ships sunk by u-boats, 1914-18).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 144 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H3737/44 28.4.44 WK IN 502830N, 014444W. (PORTSMOUTH LIST NO 51, 28.4.44). H6883/55 16.12.55 WK EXAM'D IN 502815N, 014444W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18 IN GEN DEPTH 19FMS. SEABED SAND, STONE & SHELL. A/S RESPONSE FAIR. (HMS SCOTT, 31.8.55). CHART AS WK 18FMS. BR STD. H3950/70 6.10.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK 32MTRS [LAT]. NC 2615. H1310/87 26.8.87 THIS WK HAS WRONG MACHINERY CONFIGURATION TO BE THE 'ALBERT C FIELD', IN WHICH THE BOILERS AND ENGINE WERE AFT. THIS WK HAS THEM AMIDSHIPS AND IS OBVIOUSLY OLDER - PROBABLY WW1 PERIOD. (D C WENDES, 28.7.87). H1310/88 13.1.88 RECENTLY DIVED ON IN 502820N, 014446W [OGB] USING DECCA. APPARENTLY A COASTER OF ABOUT WW1 PERIOD. WELL BROKEN, LYING PARTLY ON ITS SIDE AND PARTLY UPSIDE-DOWN. STANDS ABOUT 6 MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (S SHOVLAR, 4.1.88). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. HH100/351/08 16.2.94 WK OF BRITANNIA IN 502817N, 014444.5W. (J WELCH, WK LIST). NCA. HH090/962/01 5.12.02 EXAM'D 6.7.02 IN 5028.328N, 0144.798W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 33.1, FOUL 33.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 33.3 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 65MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 150/330 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. PARTLY BROKEN AND FAIRLY WELL BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 33MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000123102 13.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5028.328N, 0144.798W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.33MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. LENGTH 64MTRS, WIDTH 18MTRS, HT 4.3MTRS. ORIENTATION 144/324 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 50MTRS, 1.7MTRS DEEP. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). RETAIN EXISTING DEPTH AND POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTLY BROKEN AND BURIED

Position: 50 28.328 N,1 44.798 W

 

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