This is the information page about the shipwreck Sierra bravia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 52.869 N,0 57.092 E (50.8163, 0.959)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Afghanistan (bow section)
3. Afghanistan (probably)
4. Albuera
5. Alcantara
6. Alice
7. Argonaut
8. Ash
9. Australier (probably)
10. Avoca
11. Bobby
12. Cabo espartel
13. Carlisle castle
14. Ceta (stern section)
15. Charente
16. Christianssund
17. City of dresden (possibly)
18. Corinia (possibly)
19. De fontaine
20. Durango
21. Electra
22. Ella sayer
23. Empire lough (probably)
24. Enero (probably)
25. Euphorbia
26. Evg(no rx152)?
27. Excellence pleske
28. G-asad
29. Grit (probably)
30. Grosser kurfurst
31. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
32. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
33. Henry moon
34. Heron
35. Hms anne
36. Hms blackwater
37. Hms carlton
38. Hms caulonia
39. Hms city of dundee
40. Hms cleon
41. Hms ghurka
42. Hms myrmidon
43. Hms waterfly
44. Hmt gullfoss
45. Hoheweg
46. Holland
47. Hydaspes (possibly)
48. Jan brons
49. Jokai
50. Josephine willis
51. Katharina kolkmann
52. Kielce
53. Kingfisher (probably)
54. La somme (probably)
55. Lacer
56. Lady alice
57. Latona
58. Leila najia
59. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
60. Lizzonia
61. Maxwell
62. Milbanke (probably)
63. Mon bijou/fias
64. Monarch
65. Morgenster
66. Mrav
67. My astor
68. Naranco
69. Negrier
70. Newcastle
71. Norman
72. Northfleet
73. Nunima
74. Portslade (possibly)
75. River levan
76. Robin hood
77. Roecliff
78. Roode zee (possibly)
79. Roseburn
80. Rydal hall (possibly)
81. Saint emilion (probably)
82. Saint jean pierre
83. Salbya (possibly)
84. Samida
85. Sea serpent
86. Seine
87. Shenandoah
88. Sierra bravia
89. Sir russell
90. Skerryvore
91. Sparta (possibly)
92. St cecilia
93. Swale (probably)
94. T s webb
95. Tokufuku maru
96. Trooper
97. U 8
98. Ub 109
99. Ub 31 ?
100. Ub 58 (possibly)
101. Umba (probably)
102. Unity
103. Veerman
104. Ville de dunkirk (stern) (possibly)
105. Vittoria claudia
106. War monarch
107. Waterland (possibly)
108. Welsh belle

 

Name: SIERRA BRAVIA

Length 56.7 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 672 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: Built in 1960 by indunaval sa, bilbao. owned at time of loss by maritime del norte sa. passage hamburg for bilbao. general cargo. sank after collision with liberian ms ruhr ore' (8200 tons gross) 3m sw of dungeness. one man lost, three missing. (msd).

Year of registration: 1970

Water depth above wreck: 30 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1970, last detected: 20150617

Details measurements/cartography: H2698/62 20.4.70 SUNK AFTER COLLISION WITH LIBERIAN MS 'RUHR ORE' (8200 TONS GROSS) 3M SW OF DUNGENESS. (LL 200). H3221/70 14.8.70 TWO WRECKS FOUND NEAR THIS POSN: (1) 505309N, 005806E IN ABOUT 14FMS [SEE WK 20610]; (2) 505342N, 005842E IN ABOUT 14FMS [SEE WK 20616]. (RV CLIONE, MAY 1970). NCA. H3950/70 14.8.70 POSN NOW GIVEN AS 505252N, 005711E. ABOUT 30FT HIGH. (TH, 9.6.70). H3950/70 15.12.70 WK IN 505252N, 005711E [OGB] USING HSA & DECCA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 22.6MTRS [73FT], FOUL AT 23.0MTRS [76FT]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.6MTRS [73FT] IN GEN DEPTH 31.0MTRS [102FT]. SCOUR POSSIBLY 1MTR DEEP. WRECK LIES NW/SE. (FSL WATERWITCH H525 NO 2/70, 7.10.70). CHART AS SW 12FMS 1FT.

- NM 45/71. 14.7.71 NOW CHARTED AS SW 22.6MTRS. NC 536. H4959/73 25.3.75 WK IN 505249N, 005713E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. SWEPT 13.7.74, CLEAR AT 22.8MTRS, FOUL AT 23.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 23.0MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 30-31MTRS. NO SCOUR. SEA BED FAIRLY FLAT. DCS3 LENGTH 120FT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74). AMEND TO REVISED POSN. NE 536. 26.3.93 NOW CHARTED AS SW 22.5MTRS. NE 536. SEP 2015/000083464 13.2.16 EXAM'D 17.6.15; IN 5052.869N, 0057.092E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.37MTRS, GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HT 7.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 132/315. SCOUR 40MTRS TOWARDS 260, SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. WK BROKEN, LIES ON STBD SIDE, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HI 1475, GARDLINE GEOSURVEY). AMEND DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 52.869 N,0 57.092 E

 

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