This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms breda, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 24.907 N,5 35.045 W (55.27305, -5.5877166666667)

 

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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.

 

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Name: HMS BREDA

Length 86.9 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 1431 ton

Cause: steel vessel, ex- sapphire, built in 1912 by john brown of clydebank as a steam yacht for the duke of bedford, with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine, single shaft & 2 boilers. she was taken over by the admiralty during ww1 as an auxillary patrol vessel at gibraltar. having been returned to her owner at end of ww1 she was purchased in 1939 as a convoy leader and converted to submarine tender in 1940. damaged in collision with a submarine. had to be beached. fwd section of wk is broken, after section is intact. (b baird, argyll shipwrecks & sibi).

Year of registration: 1949

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter, Height above seabed: 206 cm

Known since: 1949, last detected: 20200812

Details measurements/cartography: H2593/49 12.5.49 ST IN 552456N, 052439W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).

- NM 980/49. H3094/57 28.9.64 WRECK WAS DISPERSED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WRECKAGE REMAINS. (HMS SHACKLETON, DTD 22.8.58). IN AS DW. NC 1864. H1935/79 3.3.81 EXAM'D 13.9.80 IN 552456N, 053458W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 1.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7-9MTRS. LYING INTACT ON HEADING 010/190 DEGS. NOT SWEPT DUE TO PROXIMITY TO SHORELINE. LENGTH 78MTRS, BEAM 20MTRS [TAKEN OFF FAIR SHEET]. (HMS HERALD, HI 6A/80). BR STD. 27.9.03 EUT POSN: 5524.932N, 0535.030W. NE 1864. 20.1.04 WK LIES 200MTRS OFFSHORE, DIRECTLY OUT FROM KILKERRAN BURN. WK HAS BEEN DISPERSED. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL WK ON THE SHORE ABOUT 200MTRS TO SE. (DIVE WEST SCOTLAND, PUBLISHED 1984). POSN GIVEN AS 5524.967N, 0534.983W [UND] BY GPS, APPROX 400MTRS OFFSHORE. BOW IN 9MTRS, LIES DOWN A MUD SLOPE WITH STERN IN 14MTRS. FORWARD OF MIDSHIPS IS TANGLED MASS OF METAL, STERN IS ALMOST INTACT. PHOTO OF STRANDED VESSEL & LOCATION DIAGRAM. (ARGYLL SHIPWRECKS, PUBLISHED 1997). 7.4.04 WK SHOWN WITH DEPTHS OF 4.5-7.6MTRS OVER IT IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS ON ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL SURVEY DTD DEC'03 [M4035/3]. NCA, LEAST DEPTH OF 1.3MTRS RETAINED AS SURVEY NOT SUFFICIENTLY DETAILED TO DISPROVE IT. SEP 2015/000155907 3.12.15 EXAM'D 26.9.15, WK SHOWN IN 5524.908N, 0535.040W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 5MTRS. LENGTH 84.83MTRS, WIDTH 15.69MTRS, HT 5.89MTRS, ORIENTATION 025/205. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1488). AMEND DW 2.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2021/000344798 5.1.22 EXAM’D 12.8.20; IN 5524.907N, 0535.045W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.10MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS. LENGTH 81.1MTRS, WIDTH 21.3MTRS, HT 5.2MTRS. ORIENTATION 206/026 DEGS. UPRIGHT, WELL DEGRADED. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1680, H525-3911). AMEND DW 2.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LYING UPRIGHT, GENERALLY INTACT BUT DEGRADED

Position: 55 24.907 N,5 35.045 W

 

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