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 (50.220750, -5.619117)

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: 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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