This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms brora, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 57 46.226 N,7 2.143 W (57.73985, -6.9700333333333)

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.

Name: HMS BRORA

Length 50 meter, width: 8.2 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 545 ton

Cause: built in 1940 by cook, welton & gemmel ltd for the royal navy. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. grounded while acting as escort to ss northern star. grounded, rolled over and sank at lw. (sibi)

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H04326/41 19.12.41 WK, DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION EXISTS 224DEGS, 1C FROM OBB PT BN. (ADMIRALTY). - PNM 3021/41. H04326/41 18.7.42 WK IS NO LONGER A DANGER TO NAVIGATION. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 1522/42. H1695/45 23.4.45 NOW CHARTED AS ST (COVERS AT HW). BA 2642. H04236/41 4.12.56 SHOWN AS ST IN 574614N, 070206W [OGB] ON SURVEY [K1051]. 6.1.76 WRECK IN TWO PIECES, LYING N/S, BOWS SOUTH, IN 574615N, 070206W [OGB] ON PHOTOPLOT TAKEN FROM OS PHOTOGRAPHY 69/127, PRINTS 006 & 005 DTD 18.4.69. H1310/87/5 1.2.88 LIES UPSIDE DOWN AND IN TWO PIECES, WITH SUPERSTRUCTURE COLLAPSED INSIDE HULL. KEEL, PROPELLER AND RUDDER ARE AWASH AT LW. (R BANKS, RAF ABINGDON, 18.12.87). NCA. HH272/750/07 19.10.05 LOCATED IN 5746.23N, 0702.15W [WGD]. LEAST DEPTH BY AIRBORNE LASER 0.3MTRS. LENGTH 10MTRS, WIDTH 3.5MTRS. LIES N/S. POSSIBLY IN TWO SECTIONS. (TECNIX LADS CORPORATION SURVEY 'LIDAR SURVEY OF SOUND OF HARRIS', ROS DTD 11.3.04). AMEND WK 0.3MTRS.

- NM 5436/05. HH091/254/01 5.8.08 LOCATED 9.3.08 IN 5746.226N, 0702.143W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.87 IN GEN DEPTH 7.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 49MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS, HT 4.23MTRS. LIES 000/180DEGS. ONLY EXAMINED FROM ONE SIDE DUE TO PROXIMITY OF LAND. (NETSURVEY, HI 1254). RETAIN WK 0.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES UPSIDE DOWN, IN TWO PIECES, BOWS S

Position: 57 46.226 N,7 2.143 W

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