This is the information page about the shipwreck Brixton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 6.899 N,1 49.669 E (52.1500167, 1.8159667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: BRIXTON
Length 74.4 meter, width: 11.2 meter, draught: 5.6, tonnage 1557 ton
Load: coal
Cause: Built in 1927 by s p austin & son, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the s metropolitan gas co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 185hp, single shaft. machinery by the ne marine engine co, newcastle-upon-tyne. passage sunderland for london. cargo coal. mined.
Year of registration: 1940
Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm
Known since: 1940, last detected: 20161213
Details measurements/cartography: H0749/40 24.9.40 INS AS NDWPA.
- NM 2320/40. H4167/59 12.8.60 AMEND TO DWPA. NC 1543 AND 1610. H3273/61 9.11.61 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR 63FT, FOUL 66FT. LEAST E/S 64FT IN 90-92FT. SCOUR 4-6FT. MARKED SLICK OVER WRECK (HMS SCOTT, 12.9.61). AMEND TO NDW.
- NM 237/62. 30.10.62 AMEND TO WK 10FMS 3FT. LC 1543. 18.9.68 AMEND TO SW 10FMS 3FT. 11.12.72 AMEND TO SW 19.2MTRS, NC 1543. HH090/616/01 6.1.95 EXAM'D 6.8.94 IN 520652.67N, 014945.14E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 20.9, FOUL 21.2MTRS.LEAST E/S DEPTH 21.6 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LENGTH 64MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. POSSIBLY BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 616). BR STD. SEP 2012/000212161 16.1.12 LOCATED IN 5206.901N, 0149.666E [WGD]. HT 5.8MTRS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (EAST ANGLIA OFFSHORE WIND LTD, REPORT BY EMU LTD DTD 12.6.12). NOT SHOWN IN DIGITAL DATA. NCA. SEP 2016/000091759 4.9.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16; IN 5206.899N, 0149.668E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 21.78MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS, LENGTH 73.40MTRS, WIDTH 14.40MTRS, HEIGHT 5.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 130/310 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 255.89MTRS, 3.49MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 029DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 6.899 N,1 49.669 E