This is the information page about the shipwreck Saxon briton, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 13.245 N,5 37.147 W (50.27365, -5.4894666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Acklington
2. Aida lauro
3. Alacrity
4. Alden gifford (possibly)
5. Alster (possibly)
6. Antwerpen
7. Arbel (probably)
8. Arnside (possibly)
9. Asia
10. Aud
11. Austria (possibly)
12. Balbec
13. Bard (possibly)
14. Besse (probably)
15. Bessemer city (probably)
16. Bill (part of)(possibly)
17. Bill (possibly)
18. Bolette (possibly)
19. Boynton (possibly)
20. Busby
21. Cheerful
22. Chimu
23. Christina
24. Christos markettos
25. City of cardiff
26. City of westminster (& kul)
27. Clan macnab
28. Congener
29. Conqueror
30. Corvus
31. Courtown
32. Dageid
33. Denebola
34. Depois
35. Devon
36. Dunaskin
37. Dundee (probably)
38. Dux (possibly)
39. Emblem
40. Empire flamingo (for'd section)
41. Empire kingsley
42. Enrico parodi
43. Facto
44. Fanny lambert
45. Gallier (possibly)
46. Garthclyde (possibly)
47. Gemini
48. Genevieve (possibly)
49. Glamorgan coast
50. Glendale
51. Gleno
52. Hampshire
53. Helene (probably)
54. Hellopes
55. Hms royalo
56. Hms warspite
57. Hms warspite (part of)
58. Hms warwick
59. Hmy viva 2
60. Hockwold
61. Holland xix
62. Hopeful (possibly)
63. Iona
64. J duncan
65. Jose de aramburu
66. Joshua nicholson
67. Juan ferrer
68. Juanita
69. Kate thomas (possibly)
70. Kildonan ?
71. Kilmaho
72. Kintuck
73. Lake grafton
74. Lake grafton (possibly)
75. Liberty
76. Lincoln
77. Luna
78. Lutece (part of)(possibly)
79. Luxembourg (probably)
80. Lyminge
81. Madeline
82. Maria de larrinaga
83. Marie roberts
84. Maroc
85. Moorview
86. Mystique (possibly)
87. Nanna (possibly)
88. New pioneer
89. Nile
90. Noya (possibly)
91. Ocean harvest
92. Onega
93. Orion
94. Oriskany
95. Pacific reliance
96. Peer gynt (possibly)
97. Phoenix 202
98. Phoenix 203
99. Pioneer (possibly)
100. Polesley (possibly)
101. Ponthieu
102. Primo ?
103. Primrose (remains of)(possibly)
104. Princess royal
105. Quarnero
106. Regency (probably)
107. Reidar (possibly)
108. Rms mulheim
109. Saint guenole
110. Saxon briton
111. Sea viper
112. Secil japan (bow section)
113. Secil japan (stern section)
114. Setubel(probably)
115. Shanes castle
116. Sirius (possibly)
117. St chamond
118. St george
119. St george (possibly)
120. Stabil (possibly)
121. Sten (possibly)
122. Sylvia-mary z-525
123. Thorsa (part of)(possibly)
124. Traute sarnow
125. Tungufoss
126. Tyrhaug
127. U 1018
128. U 1209 (possibly)
129. U 399
130. U 400 (possibly)
131. Umbre
132. Underwood
133. Union crystal (possibly)
134. Union star (parts of)(probably)
135. Veghtstroom (possibly)
136. Vesuvius
137. Vigrid (possibly)
138. Vine branch (possibly)
139. Vinovia
140. War baron (probably)
141. Westwood (possibly)
142. Wild boar
143. William cory
144. Yewcroft
145. Zone (probably)

 

Name: SAXON BRITON

Length 76.2 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1337 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases

Cause: built in 1883 by tyne iron sb co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by kerse ss co, grangemouth. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 99nhp, single shaft. passage portishead for calais. cargo petroleum. torpedoed and sunk by u-55. (ww1sl, ll ww1 & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 34 meter, Height above seabed: 129 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE 'DENEBOLA'. 19.8.18 SS DENEBOLA REPD ALSO 2M N BY W FROM GURNARDS HD BUT POSN ACCEPTED AS 501320N, 053730W APPROX. (RA FALMOUTH, AP REPORT). CHART AS WK (OLD SYMBOL). BA 777. H6391/19 REPD LOST 2M N BY W FROM GURNARDS HD IN APPROX 501318N, 053724W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H2537/28 28.8.28 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA (1918). (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). BA 777. H5872/53 19.11.53 NOW CHARTED AS NDW PA. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1149. H2959/73 11.7.73 READINGS OBTAINED ON MAGNETOMETER ABOUT 2.5C SE OF 501318N, 053724W WHICH SEEMS TO BE TWO SMALL WKS (POSSIBLY PARTS OF DENEBOLA). (E GILES, 20.6.73). NCA. H2959/73 18.7.73 ACTUALLY IN ONE PART ON RE-EXAMINATION IN 501315N, 053709W USING DECCA. COULD BE DENEBOLA. (MR GILES, 16.7.73). AMEND TO USC 15MTRS (8FMS) IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 4.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS USC 20MTRS. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1178. HH100/351/16 28.12.00 DIVED IN 5013.260N, 0537.170W [WGD] USING GPS. STANDS 3MTRS HIGH BY E/S. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS, HT 3.5MTRS BY DIVER. LIES N/S WITH BOWS S. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. NO SCOUR. SEABED OF BROKEN SHELL & SAND. LOWER HULL PLATING INTACT 1MTR ABOVE SEABED. STERN SHAFT AND IRON PROP IN PLACE. ENGINE LIES CORRECTLY, HUGE SINGLE BOILER STANDS ON END. SPARE PROP BY THE ENGINE. BOWS DETACHED AND LIE SOME 20MTRS TO THE SW WITH OTHER SCATTERED WRECKAGE. (G LOCKETT, 18.12.00). AMEND TO WK 26MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/22 26.4.05 WK CONFIRMED AS 'SAXON BRITON'. ENGRAVED BELL HAS BEEN RECOVERED. (P NICHOLSON, EMAIL DTD 31.3.05). AMEND IDENTITY. SEE [16390] FOR DENEBOLA (POSSIBLY). NCA. 14.12.11 LOCATED 17.3.10 IN 5013.245N, 0537.147W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 30.62 IN GEN DEPTH 34.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 45.5MTRS, WIDTH 11.5MTRS, HT 3.53MTRS. LIES 129/309 DEGS WITH BOWS WNW. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). AMEND WK 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 18.4.12 BELL ENGRAVED 'SAXON BRITAN' WAS RECOVERED FROM 5013.234N, 0537.120W [WGD]. (B SLATER, LANDS END DIVING, VIA P NICHOLSON, LTR DTD 11.4.12). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BOWS DETACHED, DIMENSIONS BY DIVER

Position: 50 13.245 N,5 37.147 W

 

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