This is the information page about the shipwreck Brodstone, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 54 N,7 24 W (47.75, -7.5666666666667)

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: BRODSTONE

Length 121.9 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 8.8, tonnage 4927 ton
Load: coal

Cause: vessel, built 1896 by chas connel & co, was torpedoed & sunk by german submarine 95m w 1/4 s of ushant with the loss of 5 lives. owned at time of loss by the brodstone ss co [blue star line]. (dods). sank while on passage from cardiff to jarate. (ll ww1).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 180 meter

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2001

Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN 475400N, 072400W APPROX. (BMVS & DODS). 27.11.79 27.11.79 SHOWN AS NDW IN 475400N, 072400W ON FR 4735. NCA. 15.8.89 15.8.89 NOT LISTED IN FR WK RECORDS 1987. NOT SHOWN ON FR CHARTS. 15.2.01 15.2.01 SHOWN AS WK USC PA 135MTRS IN 4754.000N, 0724.000W ON FR 6989 [1992 EDN]. CHART AS WK USC 135MTRS [EXISTING STS FOR PA]. NE 1104.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Chart No: BA 1104

Position: 47 54 N,7 24 W

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