This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms brazen, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 1.11 N,1 17.155 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)

 

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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. Admiral gardner
2. Afghanistan (probably)
3. Africa
4. Agen
5. Amplegarth
6. Andaman
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Argo
9. Ashley
10. Atlantic (possibly)
11. Avoca
12. Belford
13. Blanc nez
14. Bobby
15. Brandenburg
16. Bravore
17. Cabo espartel
18. Cachalot
19. Charente
20. Christianssund
21. City of dresden (possibly)
22. Colbert
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. D'artagnan
26. De fontaine
27. Dinard
28. Dotterel
29. Efford
30. Eidsiva (probably)
31. Electra
32. Eleonora
33. Emma
34. Emma (possibly)
35. Empire lough (probably)
36. Empress of fort william (probably)
37. En avant
38. Eustratios (probably)
39. Evolution
40. Excellence pleske
41. Falcon (probably)
42. Fearless
43. Flachsee
44. Flandres
45. Francesco ciampa
46. G-42 (possibly)
47. G-asad
48. Gad 23
49. Gladys
50. Gloire a sainte therese
51. Grit (probably)
52. Grosser kurfurst
53. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
54. Halcyon
55. Harcalo
56. Harmatris
57. Henry moon
58. Heron
59. Hippocampe (?hypocampe)
60. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
61. Hmhs anglia
62. Hms aragonite (part of)
63. Hms aries (possibly)
64. Hms artic trapper
65. Hms blackwater
66. Hms brazen
67. Hms carlton
68. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
69. Hms city of dundee
70. Hms cleon
71. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
72. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
73. Hms glen boyne
74. Hms kingston galena
75. Hms lydian
76. Hms marcella
77. Hms myrmidon
78. Hms napia
79. Hms niger (possibly)
80. Hms northumberland (probably)
81. Hms othello ii
82. Hms peridot
83. Hms restoration (possibly)
84. Hms rodino
85. Hms stirling castle (probably)
86. Hms torbay ii (probably)
87. Hms tranquil
88. Hms war sepoy
89. Hms weigelia
90. Hmsm b2
91. Holland
92. Hundvaag
93. Hydaspes (possibly)
94. Ilaro
95. Iltis (possibly)
96. Ines
97. Ira (possibly)
98. Jacob luckenbach
99. James harrod
100. Jokai
101. Josephine willis
102. Kabinda
103. Kadru
104. Katharina kolkmann
105. Kielce
106. Kirsten skou
107. Koenigshaven
108. L'armandeche
109. La fleche
110. Lady stella
111. Latona
112. Le pelerin de la mer
113. Le tregor
114. Leicester
115. Leila najia
116. Leo
117. Lizzonia
118. Loanda
119. Loic
120. Lord hamilton (possibly)
121. Luray victory
122. Lusitania
123. Mahratta
124. Mahratta ii
125. Maloja 1
126. Malta (probably)
127. Marie-ange loic
128. Mercator
129. Merel (part of)(possibly)
130. Mersey
131. Milbanke (probably)
132. Moise
133. Monarch
134. Moorside (probably)
135. Mrav
136. Murillo
137. Nancy moran
138. Naranco
139. Negrier
140. Newcastle
141. Nicolaw
142. Niki
143. Norman
144. North eastern victory
145. Northfleet
146. Notre dame des trois epis
147. Nunima
148. Ophelie
149. Ousel (probably)
150. Petit antoine
151. Phoenix
152. Polgrange
153. Portslade (possibly)
154. Preussen
155. Pulborough
156. River levan
157. Rochester castle (possibly)
158. Roode zee (possibly)
159. Rydal force
160. Rynanna
161. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
162. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
163. Sabac
164. Saint benoit labre
165. Saint ronan (possibly)
166. Saint ronan (possibly)
167. Salbya (possibly)
168. Sambut
169. Samida
170. Santagata
171. Santagata (?part of)
172. Sea serpent
173. Seine
174. Shenandoah
175. Sir russell
176. St cecilia
177. Strathclyde
178. T s webb
179. Teeswood
180. Texaco caribbean (after section)
181. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
182. The queen
183. Tokufuku maru
184. Toward
185. Traquair (probably)
186. Trooper
187. Tusnastabb (possibly)
188. U 11 (possibly)
189. U 16 (possibly)
190. U 48
191. U 8
192. Ub 103 (possibly)
193. Ub 108 (possibly)
194. Ub 109
195. Ub 31 ?
196. Ub 38
197. Ub 55 (probably)
198. Ub 56 (possibly)
199. Ub 58 (possibly)
200. Ub 78
201. Ub-33 (probably)
202. Uc 46 (possibly)
203. Uc 63
204. Uc 77 (possibly)
205. Uc 78 or uc 79
206. Unity
207. Virgo sancta
208. Vittoria claudia
209. W a scholten
210. Wheatman (possibly)
211. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: HMS BRAZEN

Length 95.1 meter, width: 10.1 meter, tonnage 1360 ton

Cause: Sunk by aircraft off dover. (ww2 losses of rn ships). vessel, built in 1928 by palmer & co., foundered while under tow following bomb damage inflicted by german aircraft. (dods).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 25 meter, Height above seabed: 141 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20160720

Details measurements/cartography: H0682/40 1.8.40 PFNM 1897/40 ISSUED. CANCELLED BY FNM 2820/40. H0793/40 6.9.40 FIXED USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55FT. (HMS LYNX, 15.8.40). CHART AS WK 9FMS.

- NM 2214/40 & FNM 2215/40. H5824/60 2.3.61 FIXED USING HSA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 56FT. (HMS SCOTT, 17.3.60). H0682/40 7.11.61 DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 45, FOUL AT 46FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 60 IN GEN DEPTH 90FT. SCOUR 4FT DEEP. FIXED USING DECCA. (HMS SCOTT, 18.4.61). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 3FT.

- NM 1175/61. H0682/40 INS G SPH BUOY, INTQKFLG, CLOSE SW.

- NM 2177/61. H2760/49 16.9.63 DISPERSAL OPERATIONS TO GIVE MINIMUM CLEARANCE OF 55FT. H2760/49 26.11.64 SWEPT CLEAR AT 53, FOUL AT 55FT. (ISS, 10.11.64). AMEND TO SW 8FMS 5FT, WITH G SPH BUOY, INTQKFLG.10S, CLOSE SW

- NM 2239/64. H2760/49 10.6.66 DRIFT SWEPT. CLEAR AT 57, FOUL AT 58FT. GEN DEPTH 89FT. NO SCOUR. FIXED USING HSA. (HMS ENTERPRISE, H525 NO.1/66). AMEND TO SW 9FMS 3FT

- NM. 10.9.73 NOW CHARTED AS SW 17.4MTRS. NC 1892. H4199/78 29.9.78 LOCATED 25.10.77 IN 510105N, 011715E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.3 IN GEN DEPTH 27.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.7MTRS, LENGTH 312FT. LIES 135/315DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 20.3MTRS IN 510105N, 011715E. BR STD. H3947/88 24.5.89 EXAM'D 14.4.89 IN 510104N, 011715E USING TRISPONDER. SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.9, FOUL AT 19.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.3 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH HT 8.0MTRS, LENGTH 108MTRS. LIES 135/315DEGS. UPRIGHT WITH BOW NW. HIGH POINT AT FOR'D END. SUPERSTRUCTURE AND GUNS VISIBLE ON SONAR. RETAIN CHARTED POSN. (HMS ROEBUCK, HI 469). AMEND TO SW 18.9MTRS.

- NM 1723/89. HH090/921/01 28.11.00 EXAM'D 15.10.00 IN 5101.118N, 0117.148 E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 20, FOUL 20.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.6 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL DEFINED, PARTIALLY BURIED AND BREAKING UP. (NP 1016, HI 921).

- NM 239/01. 22.4.16 EXAM'D BY BDC; WK IN 5101.095N, 0117.169E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 20.1MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. LENGTH 96MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. NFS. (DS24 FOLKESTONE-POMERANIA MCZ, SURVEY 2012). MOVE TO REVISED POSN BUT RETAIN PREVIOUS SHOAL DEPTH SW 20.1MTRS. SEP 2016/000091764 17.05.17 EXAM'D 20.07.16; IN 5101.110N, 0117.155E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.79MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS, LENGTH 97.4MTRS, WIDTH 37.9MTRS, HEIGHT 5.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 141/321 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 19.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 1.11 N,1 17.155 E

 

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