This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms st briac, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 33.045 N,1 33.69 W (56.243633333333, -1.8570333333333)

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 ST BRIAC

Length 96.3 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 4.2, tonnage 2292 ton

Cause: 7.6.41 built in 1924 by w denny & bros, dumbaton, with 4 steam turbines, twin screw. owned at time of loss by the rn. previously owned by the southern railway co. converted to an air target vessel for the faa. hired by the admiralty on 7.6.41. mined.

Year of registration: 2007

Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 145 cm

Known since: 2007, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: HH091/152/01 20.9.07 SEP 2007/000069355 EXAM'D 24.7.06 IN 5633.045N, 0133.690W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 51.0 IN GEN DEPTH 58MTRS. SCOUR 2.7MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 10MTRS TOWARDS 330 DEGS. LENGTH 115.0MTRS, WIDTH 23.3MTRS, HT 7.0MTRS. LIES 145/325 DEGS WITH BOWS NW. UPRIGHT. BROKEN INTO TWO PIECES. DEBRIS FIELD EXTENDS 27MTRS E. (GARDLINE, HI 1152). INS AS WK 51MTRS. BR STD. 15.1.09 WK LOCATED & DIVED. IDENTIFIED AS HMS ST BRIAC. BELL RECOVERED. (I EASINGWOOD, E-MAIL DTD 13.1.09) NCA. 5.3.09 SHOWN AS WK 50MTRS IN DIGITAL BATHY DATA FOR HI 1152. AMEND WK 50MTRS. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, IN TWO SECTONS, MINOR SCOUR

Position: 56 33.045 N,1 33.69 W

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