This is the information page about the shipwreck Rio sorocaba, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 48.047 N,4 23.928 W (49.791683333333, -4.3761)

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: RIO SOROCABA

Length 109.9 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 6.2, tonnage 4307 ton
Load: granular or powdery material

Cause: ex-bramley 1906. built in 1906 by the northumberland sb co, newcastle-upon-tyne. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 372 hp, single shaft. passage mauritius for le havre. cargo sugar. sunk by gunfire from german submarine.

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 77 meter, Height above seabed: 125 cm

Known since: 1972, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H3110/72 16.1.73 H3110/72 16.1.73 WK IN 494800.4N, 042350.2W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. DETECTED BY MAGNETOMETER. FAIR SONAR CONTACT FROM N. LIES 140/320DEGS IN A FLAT BOTTOM AREA. GOOD FIRM E/S TRACE. LEAST E/S DEPTH 70MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 78MTRS. SEABED SAND AND BROKEN SHELL. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1972). CHART AS WK 70.0MTRS IN 494800N, 042350W [OGB]. BR STD. H4514/76 28.4.77 H4514/76 28.4.77 LOCATED WITH MAGNETOMETER IN POSN BY DECCA. (T ALLEN, 13.4.77). NCA. H1270/75 8.10.79 H1270/75 8.10.79 REPD IN POSN BY DECCA. RISE OF 22FT. (BOWEN, PLYMOUTH). NCA. HH100/351/16 25.1.01 HH100/351/16 25.1.01 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. UPRIGHT WITH A SLIGHT ANGLE TO PORT. WELL BROKEN ALMOST TO AN UNRECOGNISABLE CONDITION. SEABED GRAVEL AND SHELL. ENGINE HAS FALLEN OVER TO PORT AT 25 DEGS WITH HULL COLLAPSED ON TO IT. TWO BOILERS ARE SIDE BY SIDE WITH DECKING COLLAPSED ON TOP. TWO LARGE WINCHES FWD OF THE BRIDGE AREA. TWO SIX-FOOT ADMIRALTY PATTERN ANCHORS PRESENT. BELL RECOVERED FROM BOW AREA IN AUGUST 1999. INSCRIBED: 'BRAMLEY 1906'. (L BISHOP). AMEND IDENTITY. NCA. HH091/059/01 22.11.05 HH091/059/01 22.11.05 EXAM'D 28.9.04 IN 4948.047N, 0423.928W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 71.9 IN GEN DEPTH 77.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 127MTRS, WIDTH 36MTRS, HT 5.6MTRS. LIES 125/305 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LARGE, WELL DEGRADED WK. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 71MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, WELL COLLAPSED, ?BOWS NW

Position: 49 48.047 N,4 23.928 W

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