This is the information page about the shipwreck Broadmayne (part of), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 20.035 N,3 33.272 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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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: BROADMAYNE (PART OF)
Length 101.9 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 3120 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: ex-oka. built in 1888 by palmers & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by associated oil tankers ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 351 nhp, single shaft. passage london for newport news. stranded in thick fog in sw gale and heavy rain. all crew recovered. broke in two, the fwd part being refloated. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1968
Water depth above wreck: 8 meter
Known since: 1968
Details measurements/cartography: 24.6.68 VESSEL BROKE IN TWO AFTER SINKING. FOREPART WAS REFLOATED & TAKEN INTO MILL COVE WHERE IT WAS SALVAGED. STERN BROKE UP & SLIPPED BACK INTO SEA. REPORTED TO BE ONLY LARGE BOILERS PLATE ETC ON SEABED. NO EXACT POSN GIVEN OTHER THAN ENTRANCE TO R. DART. (MR EDMONDS, BSAC, TELECON). POSN 502000N, 033312W [OGB] FOR FILING ONLY.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 20.035 N,3 33.272 W