This is the information page about the shipwreck Saint brandan, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 43.119 N,1 35.449 W (49.9391, -1.2981)
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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: SAINT BRANDAN
Length 46 meter, tonnage 566 ton
Load: coal
Cause: mined by submarine. (ww1sl & fr wk records).
Year of registration: 1923
Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm
Known since: 1923, last detected: 2017
Details measurements/cartography: H4246/23 4.7.23 NDW (1923) IN 494315N, 013504W. (FRENCH NM 35/1105/23).
- NM 998/23. 18.5.73 DW SHOWN IN 494315N, 013502W ON FRENCH 5627. NC 1106. H1783/67 2.12.75 WK 33MTRS IN 494304N, 013513W. (FRENCH NM 75 45 16) 14.2.79 SHOWN IN 494305N, 013508W [EUR] IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1976. 4.2.93 'SAINT BRANDAN', WK 30MTRS IN 494311N, 013522W [EUR]. (FR WK RECORDS 1992 NO.14591022). BR STD. HH100/351/12 8.5.97 WK, FOUND BY DIVERS TO BE APPROX 150FT LONG WITH A NARROW BEAM. THE CENTRAL BRIDGE HAS COLLAPSED WITH HOLDS FORE AND AFT CONTAINING COAL. THERE IS A TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE AND BOILER AFT OF THE BRIDGE WHICH HAS A LAVATORY STANDING ALONE, IN ALL ITS GLORY, UNSCREENED ON IT. (MV MAUREEN CHARTERS 3.5.97) 15.4.99 POSN 4943.179N, 0135.369W [EUR]. POSN BY DGPS. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 030/210DEGS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1999). BR STD. SEP 2015/000182665 30.9.15 SHOWN AS WK 30MTRS IN 4943.119N, 0135.449W [WGD] ON FR 7092 [ED 4, COR TO 11.8.15]. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 49 43.119 N,1 35.449 W