This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms braconburn (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 37.387 N,2 9.161 W (56.633333333333, -16)

 

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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. Athenia
2. Aurora
3. Baku standard
4. Bay fisher
5. Clara gwynne
6. Clint
7. Confield
8. Daydawn
9. Einar jarl (probably)
10. Empire claire
11. Empire miniver
12. Empire volunteer
13. Fanad head
14. Fylgia
15. Geraldine mary
16. Greenawn (possibly)
17. Grenmar (possibly)
18. Har zion
19. Hedson
20. Herrington
21. Hms beathwood (probably)
22. Hms braconburn (possibly)
23. Hms nordhav ii (part of)(possibly)
24. Hms nordhav ii (possibly)
25. Hms repro (probably)
26. Janus
27. Jonkoping ii (probably)
28. King idwal
29. Kotka
30. Lh 308 (possibly)
31. Lowdock
32. Maggie smith (possibly)
33. Margaret rae
34. Northards
35. Oropesa
36. Port gisborne
37. Queensbury (possibly)
38. Sambre
39. Sandvik (possibly)
40. Sylvafield
41. Tanevik
42. Taurus (possibly)
43. Thiara
44. Uganda
45. Ugie (possibly)
46. Valhallah
47. Vogtland
48. Wandby
49. Whitford point

 

Name: HMS BRACONBURN (POSSIBLY)

Length 35.2 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 203 ton

Cause: ex-richard briscoll. built in 1918 by hall, russel & co ltd, aberdeen for the admiralty. sold out of the rn in 1921 and renamed. purchased again in 1944 as a block ship for scapa flow. sank on passage following collision with liberty ship le barron russel briggs. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 61 meter, Height above seabed: 25 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H3704/69 29.9.69 H3704/69 & H5202/69 29.9.69 LOCATED IN 573724N, 020906W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 183 IN GEN DEPTH 200FT. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 200FT. HT 15FT. LYING N/S IN A SHALLOW BOWL. GOOD SONAR CONTACT. SEABED SAND. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 44/69). INS AS WK 30FMS (55MTRS). BR STD. HH091/152/01 18.6.08 HH091/152/01 & SEP 2008/000075801 18.6.08 EXAM'D 6.2.08 IN 5637.387N, 0209.161W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 56.1 IN GEN DEPTH 61.2MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 43MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 5.1MTRS. LIES 025/205 DEGS WITH BOWS NNE. SLIGHT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. DEGRADED, LISTS TO STBD. (GARDLINE HYDRO, HI 1152). AMEND WK 56MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: DEGRADED, BOWS NNE, LISTS TO STBD

Position: 56 37.387 N,2 9.161 W

 

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