This is the information page about the shipwreck Broomhill (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 27.612 N,2 48.964 W (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. 20
2. Ailsa craig (probably)
3. Aleyna
4. Algarve
5. Amy
6. Avalanche
7. Bamse (probably)
8. Baygitano
9. Bayonne
10. Berar
11. Bokn (possibly)
12. Borgund i (possibly)
13. Broomhill (probably)
14. Chateau yqem
15. Chorley
16. Frogner ?
17. Gibel-hamam
18. Gorizia
19. Grane
20. Greta c
21. Heroine (probably)
22. Hms amazon
23. Hms bittern
24. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
25. Hms boadicea
26. Hms buccaneer
27. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
28. Hms formidable
29. Hms harstad
30. Hms hickory
31. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
32. Hms landrail (probably)
33. Hms lord hailsham
34. Hms manor
35. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
36. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
37. Hms remindo (possibly)
38. Hmsm l24
39. Hmsm m2
40. Hmsm p555
41. Hmsm sidon
42. Inisinver
43. Isbjorn
44. K m b (possibly)
45. Kongshaug (probably)
46. L h carl
47. Lct 381
48. Lst 507 (bow section)
49. Lst 507 (stern section)
50. Lst 531
51. Lucinda (possibly)
52. Majorca
53. Marguerite (possibly)
54. Marie therese
55. Martha
56. Memnon
57. Minerva (probably)
58. Modavia
59. Moidart
60. Motano (probably)
61. Nil desperandum (probably)
62. Nyasaland
63. Ocean vagabond
64. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
65. Pergo
66. Pomella
67. Pomeranian
68. Radaas (probably)
69. Reggestroom (probably)
70. Romsdalen (probably)
71. Rosten (possibly)
72. Rotorua
73. Salsette ii
74. Scaldis
75. Siren
76. Sparkling foam (possibly)
77. St dunstan
78. Stancrest
79. Tandil (probably)
80. Thera (possibly)
81. Tracy
82. Trito
83. Ub 74
84. Ull (probably)
85. Ursa (probably)
86. W h dwyer
87. Westergate (probably)

 

Name: BROOMHILL (PROBABLY)

Length 74.1 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1392 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1909 by irvine's sb co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by brookhill collieries ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 170 nhp, single shaft. machinery by richardsons, westgarth & co, hartlepool. passage penarth for sheerness. attacked by gunfire by uc-61. 2 crew were killed before surrendering. later scuttled by charges placed by the u-boat boarding party. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1952

Water depth above wreck: 47 meter, Height above seabed: 10 cm

Known since: 1952, last detected: 2015

Details measurements/cartography: H3971/52 4.7.52 WK EXAM'D 24.6.52 IN 502734N, 024855W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 20, FOUL AT 21FMS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 127FT IN GEN DEPTH 26FMS. LIES N/S. GAVE STRONG A/S RESPONSE. (SCES/HMS SCOTT, 24.6.52). INS AS WK 20FMS. BR STD. H3950/70 24.5.71 AMEND TO SW 36MTRS. NC 3315. H5982/82 20.1.83 WK SHOWN IN 502732N, 024852W ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982. H2923/83 21.12.84 EXAM'D 27.7.84 IN 502735N, 024853W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 37.3, FOUL AT 38MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.6 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 8MTRS, LENGTH 75MTRS (APPROX). LYING, PROBABLY ON ITS SIDE, 010/190DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 37MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/07 24.9.93 DIVED ON TWICE RECENTLY. INTACT, APPARENTLY EMPTY, HULL LYING ON SIDE WITH APPROX 10MTR BEAM. ONE SMALL BOILER SUGGESTS SS OF AROUND 800 GRT. NO SUPERSTRUCTURE SEEN. HULL HAS INTACT CROSS-MEMBERS BUT NO DECKING. (N CHIPCHASE, 20.9.93). HH100/351/09 29.6.95 HULL MEASURED AT 240FT, BEAM AT 36FT, HOLES IN HULL CONSISTENT WITH BEING SUNK BY SCUTTLING CHARGES. LIES INTACT, ON ITS SIDE WITH STERN POINTING SOUTH. PROPELLER BLADES ARE MISSING. (N CHIPCHASE). SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 13.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.33MTRS IN 5027.612N, 0248.964W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 47MTRS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 20.4MTRS, HEIGHT 9.1MTRS. ORIENTATION 010/190 DEGS. COLLAPSED, LYING ON STB SIDE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO NDW 38MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, LYING ON STB SIDE

Position: 50 27.612 N,2 48.964 W

 

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