This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms bredah (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 49.587 N,8 16.798 W (51.768116666667, -8.2951166666667)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: HMS BREDAH (POSSIBLY)
Length 46 meter, width: 12.5 meter, tonnage 1055 ton
Cause: built in 1679 by betts, harwich. blown up by accident, while anchored at spike island. full compliment of 400 on board with trops and 160 jacobite prisoners. only 10 survivors. (shipwrecks of irish coast vol.1, e j bourke)
Year of registration: 1927
Water depth above wreck: 4 meter
Known since: 1927, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: H2316/27 9.4.27 WK LIES 185.5DEGS, 5.15C FROM BN OFF EAST PT, SPIKE ISLAND, MARKED BY W CAN BUOY. (CORK HR NOTICE DTD 31.3.27) CHART AS DW IN 514932N, 081648W, MARKED BY BUOY.
- NM 784/27. H4297/54 24.12.54 DELETE BUOY. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). LC 1777. 31.1.74 AMEND POSN TO 514934N, 081645.5W. (AUTHORTIY NOT STATED). NC 1777. 22.1.05 EUT POSN: 5149.587N, 0816.798W. NE 1777.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 49.587 N,8 16.798 W