This is the information page about the shipwreck Olympic bravery, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 48 28.366 N,5 6.772 W (48.304416666667, -4.8459166666667)

 

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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: OLYMPIC BRAVERY

Length 343 meter, width: 51.9 meter, draught: 27.3, tonnage 126622 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: 13.3.76 vessel, built 1975 by chiantiers de l'atlantique, st nazaire. owned at time of loss by olympic maritime. on maiden voyage from brest, in ballast for trials before heading to farsund. drifted onto rocks about 1m ne of creac'h lt ho, ushant, after engine failure. tugs failed to refloat the vessel & it was later abandoned. several of the vessels tanks were holed due to the vessel rolling & bumping the rocky seabed. vessel broke in two on 13.3.76. claimed settled for ú19.6 million , it is repd that the vessel was later sold to a scrap dealer for one french franc. (msd).

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 8 meter

Known since: 1976, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: 28.1.76 VESSEL HEADING 078DEGS. YOUC'H KREIZ ROCK ONLY ABOUT 60 FT TO STARBOARD. (LLOYDS VOL.223). 15.3.76 VESSEL BROKE IN TWO AT 07:00 ON 13.3.76 IN WINDS UP TO 110MPH. AFTER PART MOVED AWAY FROM FORE PART. (LLOYDS VOL.223). H3895/72 9.6.76 ST PA IN 482821N, 050654E [EUR]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BR STD. H3895/72 8.12.76 BOW SECTION IN 482826N, 050632W, MIDDLE IN 482825N, 050641W & STERN IN 482822N, 050646W. (FRENCH NM 76/42 /21). AMENDED TO STF BETWEEN 482826N, 050632; BOW, 482825N, 050641W; MIDDLE & 482822N, 050646W; STERN. BR STD. 16.1.78 SHOWN AS ST ON FRENCH 6680 [INT 1708]. LISTED IN 482828N, 050627.4W [EUR], TO DRY 20MTRS. (FRENCH WK RECORDS). HOWEVER, SHOWN AS FRENCH NM 76/42/21 ON FRENCH 5287. NCA. H1271/85 6.8.86 SHOWN AS ST IN 482822.5N, 050649W [EUR] ON FRENCH 5287 [1986 EDN]. NOT LISTED IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1984/85. BR STD. 23.2.88 LISTED IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14585119. 22.10.09 SHOWN IN 4828.366N, 0506.772W [WGD] ON FRENCH 7123 [3RD EDN 2008, 1:20,000, LARGEST SCALE]. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 48 28.366 N,5 6.772 W

 

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