This is the information page about the shipwreck Britta (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 4.966 N,3 52.094 W (60.016666666667, -4.0166666666667)

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: BRITTA (PROBABLY)

Length 70.4 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1146 ton

Cause: vessel built 1921 was owned at time of loss by j.lauritzen. torpedoed and sunk by german submarine u-47. (dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 130 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1982

Details measurements/cartography: H8065/39 13.4.40 SUNK IN 600200N, 035500W, DERIVED FROM DEAD RECKONING. GEN DEPTH 64FMS. (HMS HERO, DTD 1.4.40). SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 45M N OF SULE SKERRY. (DODS). SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 600000N, 041900W. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). 3.3.80 CONTACT, PROBABLE WK, LOCATED IN APPROX 600500N, 035200W. SLIGHT DOPPLER EFFECT, BUT THIS THOUGHT DUE TO TIDAL STREAM. (FOSM TELECON, DTD, 29.2.80). CHART AS USC PA 55FMS. R/P. 18.3.82 NOW CHARTED AS USC PA 100MTRS. NC 1234.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 60 4.966 N,3 52.094 W

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