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 (50.802333333333, -1.0303)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Ala
3. Albatros
4. Algerian
5. Angry fish
6. Armenier
7. Arno (possibly)
8. Asborg
9. Asger ryg
10. Ashanti (possibly)
11. Bettann (bow section)
12. Bettann (stern section)
13. Braat ii
14. Camberwell
15. Cambrian
16. Cambrian (part of)
17. Cambrian princess (probably)
18. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
19. Camswan
20. Capable
21. Cuba
22. Cuba
23. Daylesford
24. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
25. Donegal (possibly)
26. Duddon (probably)
27. Elford
28. Empress queen
29. Excelsior
30. Faith
31. Fallodon
32. Flag theofano
33. Fort yale
34. Fpt iv
35. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
36. G-cbpt
37. Gerarda
38. Germa geisha
39. Glen (possibly)
40. Grip fast
41. Harry sharman
42. Hauler
43. Highland brigade
44. Hilda lea (bow part)(probably)
45. Hilda lea (stern part)(probably)
46. Hm lct 427 (after part)
47. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
48. Hmcs alberni
49. Hms apley (possibly)
50. Hms boxer
51. Hms crestflower
52. Hms hazard
53. Hms hazardous
54. Hms insolent
55. Hms invincible
56. Hms listrac (probably)
57. Hms p12 (stern section).
58. Hms prince leopold
59. Hms tiger
60. Hms undine
61. Hms velox
62. Hmsm a1
63. Hmsm swordfish
64. Inger
65. Irishman
66. Island mist
67. Isleworth
68. Kurland
69. Lct 1068
70. Lct 757 (possibly)
71. Leon
72. Londonier
73. Lowmount
74. Luciston
75. Luis
76. Mary rose
77. Meandros (possibly)
78. Mendi
79. Minerva (possibly)
80. Montecrana (possibly)
81. Moonraker (probably)
82. Neath (possibly)
83. Oriflamme
84. Orion
85. Pearl (probably)
86. Polandia (possibly)
87. Ps ryde
88. Redesmere
89. Roway
90. Rtc no.9
91. Saint enogat
92. Simla
93. Sinah
94. Spearfish
95. Stokes bay pier (remains)
96. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
97. Tweed
98. U 1195
99. U 90
100. Ub 21
101. Ub 81
102. Vadne
103. Vanessa (probably)
104. Venus
105. Volkerak
106. Wapello
107. Weston maid (possibly)
108. Withern

 

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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