This is the information page about the shipwreck Highland brigade, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 34.81 N,1 5.404 W (50.580167, -1.090067)

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: HIGHLAND BRIGADE

Length 117.3 meter, width: 15.2 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 5669 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,animals (land & sea) and birds,machinery and mechanical parts,personnel,metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built in 1901 by w beardmore & co ltd, glasgow. owned at time of loss by nelson line ltd. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 653nhp, single shaft. passage london for buenos aires. general cargo including (as reported) 1000 tons government cargo, 11 head of cattle, tin ingots and telephone equipment. torpedoed and sunk by uc-71.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20161114

Details measurements/cartography: 10.4.18 TORPEDOED IN 503000N, 011400W & SANK IN 503500N, 010530W, 6 MILES S BY E FROM ST CATHERINES LT. (BOT MASTER). H1939/18 26.4.18 SUNK IN 503450N, 010520W.

- NM 533/18 & 840/18. 15.7.18 POSN VERIFIED AND OCC G LT BUOY ESTABLISHED 350FT S OF WK. (DOCKET M36318).

- NM 934/18. H4998/18 12.9.18 DEPTH OVER WK 6FMS. LT BUOY REMOVED.

- NM 1069/18. 29.12.21 DEPTH OVER WK 6.75FMS. (CDR JACKSON, 1921, SURVEY [C8443/21]). BR STD. H3273/53 20.10.53 SALVAGE OPERATIONS TAKING PLACE. (NAVEAM 4748, 16.10.53). H3273/53 6.11.53 SALVAGE OPERATIONS COMPLETED. (NAVEAM 4769, 4.11.53). H3273/53 5.2.60 LOCATED BY E/S IN 503450N, 010510W USING DECCA. CHAIN SWEEP, CLEAR AT 51FT, FOUL AT 54FT. GEN DEPTH 91 TO 96FT. MODERATE SWELL CONDITIONS MADE ACCURATE CLEARANCE TO 1FT IMPRACTICABLE. LIES E/W. NO SIGN OF DEEP. (THV BEACON). AMEND TO WK 8FMS 3FT.

- NM 528/60. H899/64 10.3.64 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS IN MARCH 1964. (RISDON BEAZLEY).

- NM 480(T)/64. H899/64 10.4.64 SALVAGE OPERATIONS COMPLETED. (RISDON BEAZLEY).

- NM 680/64. H899/64 19.8.68 SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS AUG & SEPT 1968. (RISDON BEAZLEY). H899/64 2.12.68 SALVAGE OPERATIONS COMPLETED. BUOYS REMOVED. (RISDON BEAZLEY). H899/64 2.2.70 SALVAGE OPERATIONS TO START. 6 RED UNLIT BUOYS & TWO LT BUOYS LAID. (RISDON BEAZLEY). - TNM 276/70. H899/64 2.7.70 SALVAGE OPS DISCONTINUED. BUOYS REMOVED. (RISDON BEAZLEY). - TNM 276/70 CANCELLED. 28.3.72 NOW CHARTED AS SW 15MTRS. NC 2045. 28.1.74 NOW CHARTED AS SW 14.8MTRS. NC 2045. H1310/80 5.6.80 DIVED. LIES E/W, BOWS E. HIGHEST PART IS STERN STANDING 30FT HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 78FT [MLWS]. HEELED 45DEGS TO PORT. BOWS VERY LOW. (M WALSH, 23.5.80). NCA. HH090/962/01 3.12.02 LOCATED IN 5034.815N, 0105.438W [WGD] USING DGPS. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY E/S BUT LEAST DEPTH NOT OBTAINED. NOT INVESTIGATED WITH DCS3. LIES WITHIN AREA NOT FULLY SURVEYED DUE TO FISHING GEAR. (GARDLINE, HI 962). RETAIN SW 14.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2016/000165703 14.11.16 EXAM'D 14.11.16 IN 5034.810N, 0105.404W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.89MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. LENGTH 124MTRS, WIDTH 29MTRS, HT 8.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 070/250 DEGS. THE WK IS WELL BROKEN UP WITH THE BOW ALMOST ENTIRELY MISSING. A SLIGHT LIST TO PORT SIDE. DEBRIS TO THE SOUTH OF THE WK. AREA OF SCOUR IN AREA OD DISPLACED BOW OF APPROX 1.5MTRS. (MMT UK, HI 1499). AMEND DW 15.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN UP WITH LITTLE REMAINS OF THE BOW, SLIGHT LIST TO PORT.

Position: 50 34.81 N,1 5.404 W

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