This is the information page about the shipwreck Britta (or tajandoen), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 8.94 N,4 51.09 W (49.06035, -5.0807)

 

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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. Alesia
2. Allendale (possibly)
3. Amina
4. Arvor
5. Auguste marie
6. Britta (or tajandoen)
7. Corinto (possibly)
8. Dimbovita
9. Draupner
10. Garthelyde
11. Glencarron
12. Glencarron (possibly)
13. Golden dawn
14. Hansi
15. Hurunui
16. La p'tite julie 1
17. Le sokalique
18. Lucienne (possibly)
19. Merton hall
20. Messicano
21. Norma
22. Pascal andre mickael
23. Petit jean (possibly)
24. Philadelphian
25. Polvena (possibly)
26. Saint bridget
27. Setubal
28. U 103
29. U 441
30. Venborg
31. Victoria ii (probably)

 

Name: BRITTA (OR TAJANDOEN)

Length 124.4 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 9.8, tonnage 6214 ton

Cause: presumed sunk by submarine 45m sw of longships light or 50m sw of lands end. passage antwerp for curacao. (ll ww1 & ww1sl). built in 1928 by helisingors jensk & msk. owned at time of loss by rederi a/s mascot. oil engines for 542nhp. sunk by a german submarine 50m sw of lands end. 6 lives lost. (dods).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 86 meter

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: H095/39 8.2.41 POSN 490900N, 045100W. (WESTERN APPROACHES LIST 8.2.41). H01001/40 7.12.39 COULD BE 'TAJANDOEN' [21616], SUNK 7.12.39 IN 490900N, 045100W, OR NORWEGIAN VESSEL 'BRITTA' OF 6214 TONS, SUNK 45M SW OF LONGSHIPS LTHO ON 6.12.39. (TRADE DIVISION LISTS, 25.4.41). H0113/45 25.3.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 490900N, 045100W. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). 3.10.80 SHOWN AS NDW ON FRENCH 5069 [1980 EDN]. NCA. 10.8.87 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 60MTRS ON FRENCH 6680 [1986 EDN]. 6.4.82 SHOWN AS NDW ON NE 2644. 28.6.99 WK USC PA 60MTRS IN 4909.0N, 0451.0W [EUR]. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). BR STD. 24.2.09 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 60MTRS IN 4908.940N, 0451.090W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 8.94 N,4 51.09 W

 

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