This is the information page about the shipwreck City of brisbane, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 44.538 N,0 0.688 E (50.577250, -0.082600)

 

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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. 010
2. Aracataca
3. Aristos
4. Ashford
5. Blanefield
6. Braunton
7. Broadhurst (probably)
8. Celtic
9. Charles m
10. City of brisbane
11. City of waterford
12. Clan macmillan
13. D144 (possibly).
14. Davenport
15. Devon coast
16. Eduard (possibly)
17. Esperanza
18. F/v joanna c
19. Fife coast (possibly)
20. Fortuna
21. Fulham vii (probably)
22. George sutton
23. Gerlen (possibly)
24. Girlvine (possibly)
25. Glenarm head (possibly)
26. Glenarm head (possibly)
27. Glendinning (possibly)
28. Gull (possibly)
29. Hms avanturine
30. Hms borneo
31. Hms inverclyde
32. Hms keryado (probably)
33. Hms lancer ii
34. Hms minion
35. Hms ocean sunlight
36. Hms taipo
37. Holme force (possibly)
38. Hush wing
39. Ikeda (possibly)
40. Inger (possibly)
41. Ingo
42. Joseph roberts (possibly)
43. Lalen mendi
44. Lass o'doune (probably)
45. Leven (possibly)
46. Lornaston (possibly)
47. Lulonga (possibly)
48. Maaslust
49. Mill gate (probably)
50. Miown
51. Mira
52. Mohlenpris (possibly)
53. Mount stuart
54. Mv adur valley?
55. Newent
56. Noordster
57. Nyon
58. Ouse (possibly)
59. Pagenturm
60. Patrice didier (probably)
61. Pentyrch
62. Saint ronaig
63. Seven seas (possibly)
64. Sitakund (part of)(possibly)
65. Stanhope
66. T r thompson
67. U 212 (probably)
68. U 275 (probably)
69. U 40 (possibly)
70. U678 (probably)/u275 (possibly)
71. Ub 130
72. Vasco
73. Venus
74. Wilhelmina j
75. Zeester (possibly)

 

Name: CITY OF BRISBANE

Length 137.5 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 7094 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: 13.8.1918 built in 1918 by swan hunter & wigham, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by ellerman lines. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage london for buenos aires. in ballast. torpedoed 13.8.1918 by ub-57. taken in tow but grounded off newhaven and sank 14.8.1918.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 26 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20151123

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK IN POSN 2.6M S 55DEGS W FROM NEWHAVEN BREAKWATER IN 13FMS. MAST AND FUNNEL SHOWING. A DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (BOT TEL NEWHAVEN). AMENDED POSN 504444N, 000120E. (TEL PORTSMOUTH). POSN 3M OFF SW OF NEWHAVEN BREAKWATER. (BOT WR 8/132, DOCKET M38855). H4621/18 31.8.18 FUNNEL HAS NOW DISAPPEARED. (ANM 1001/18). H6391/19 POSN 504445N, 000120E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H6391/19 25.3.20 WK IN 504415N, 000055E. (ADMIRALTY). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] (1919).

- NM 674/20. H4346/20 21.6.20 POSN OF WK GIVEN AS 504436N, 000038E OR 222DEGS, 2.6M FROM NEWHAVEN PIER LT. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). AMEND POSN. SQ DATE. H3164/22 27.5.22 DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH 54FT. POSN 2.6M SW FROM NEWHAVEN. (TH NM 254/22). AMEND TO WK 9FMS 0FT (1918) & DELETE LT BUOY.

- NM 880/22. H6278/36 28.9.36 LEAST WATER OVER WK 40FT. POSN 203.5DEGS, 3.22M FROM NEWHAVEN CH. (HMS FLINDERS, 18.9.36). AMEND TO WK 6FMS 3FT IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 1905/36. H7523/36 14.11.36 GIVES OBSERVATIONS OBTAINED FOR DEFLECTION OF MAG COMPASS WHEN IN VICINITY OF WK. (HMS FLINDERS, 14.11.36). 23.2.70 STERN BROKEN UP BUT REST OF WK FAIRLY COMPLETE. WHEELHOUSE AND TOP SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED IN HOLDS. SITTING UPRIGHT ON SEABED OF SAND AT A HEIGHT OF 30FT. (SUB AQUA DIVER'S REPORT, FEB 1970). 23.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK 12.2MTRS. NC 1652. 7.4.72 NOW CHARTED AS WK 11.8MTRS [LAT]. NC 1652. H2699/76 18.7.78 LOCATED 23 & 27.6.75 IN 504430.1N, 000048.6E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 19.1MTRS. (HMS FAWN, HI 41/75). H1309/79 21.9.79 AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT STATES THAT A MAGNETIC COMPASS DEFLECTION OCCURS IN AREA OF WK. WK IN PARTS. BOW SECTION 3MTRS HIGH. STEEL PLATES & GIRDERS PROMINENT. UPRIGHT, LISTING TO PORT. SLIGHT SCOUR ON PORT SIDE CUTTING UNDER BOW SECTION, UPPER PART OF WHICH INTACT. (J SALSBURY, 7.8.79). H1965/76 3.12.80 EXAM'D 23.4.80 IN 504433N, 000050E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.8MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH LENGTH 157MTRS, BEAM 28.5MTRS, HT 10.4 MTRS. LYING 038/218DEGS, BOWS SW, WHICH IS HIGHEST POINT. AFTER SECTION PARTIALLY BURIED. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 37A/77). CHART AS WK 10MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 2795/80. 24.12.80 OWNED BY METAL RECOVERIES, NEWHAVEN. WK IS BROKEN IN TWO PARTS. (BSAC WRECK REGISTER, VOL III). H1310/83/41 22.6.84 OBSERVED POSN 504424N, 000019E [OGB] USING DECCA. (VULCAN DIVING SERVICES, 19.6.84). NCA. SEP 2015/000083467 5.5.16 EXAM'D 23.11.15; IN 5044.538N, 0000.688E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.94MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 20.7MTRS. SCOUR 230MTRS, LENGTH 140.5MTRS, WIDTH 28.5MTRS, HT 8.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 026/206. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WK MOSTLY INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE 2015, HI 1478). AMEND DW 11.9MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS SW, IN TWO PARTS, AFT SECTION PARTIALLY BURIED

Position: 50 44.538 N,0 0.688 E

 

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