This is the information page about the shipwreck Brunhilda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 14.593 N,3 28.485 W (50.243217, -3.474750)

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: BRUNHILDA

Length 92 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2296 ton
Load: non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,natural fibres and materials in general: unprocessed and products

Cause: built in 1901 by w gray & co ltd, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by herskind & co. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 221 nhp, single shaft. passage falmouth for sunderland. torpedoed by ub-31. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 110 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 19.7.17 SUNK APPROX 7M E BY S FROM START POINT. (C-IN-C PLYMOUTH). H2502/51 25.1.52 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 25FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 35FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). NE 613. H2396/77 11.3.77 WK LENGTH ABOUT 290FT BY SONAR. LYING ROUGHLY E/W. SURVEYED IN JUNE 1975. NOT DIVED ON. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 10.2.77). NCA. H5982/82 23.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 501426N, 032824W [OGB] ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)3 [1982 EDN]. NCA. H2061/82 13.9.83 EXAM'D 26 & 28.3.83 IN 501434N, 032829W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 47 IN GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10.5MTRS. LIES 100/280DEGS. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS HERALD, HI 132). RETAIN WK 46MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/13 22.8.97 LOCATED IN 501435.1N, 032828.5W [WGD] USING DGPS. (J BRYANT, FROM MTSS JOURNAL FILE). NCA. 30.9.99 AMEND POSN TO 5014.585N, 0328.475W [WGD]. BR STD. 7.5.13 EXAM'D 19.1.13 IN 5014.593N, 0328.485W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 45.31 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTR DEEP EXTENDS 200MTRS ALONG 035/215 DEGS. LENGTH 92.5MTRS, WIDTH 13.6MTRS, HT 10.7MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. UPRIGHT. INTACT WITH BOWS COLLAPSED AND BROKEN. DEBRIS AROUND BOW. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). AMEND WK 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, MAINLY INTACT, BOWS NW COLLAPSED & BROKEN

Position: 50 14.593 N,3 28.485 W

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