Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 938682
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/938682
UKHO Identifier : 004125
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Wreck showing any portion of hull or superstructure
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 55.96333,-4.74778
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 55.96325,-4.74898
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 55.96333,-4.74778
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 11
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : MAILLE BREZE
Type : DESTROYER
Flag : FRENCH
Length : 129.2
Beam : 11.9
Draught : 4.9
Tonnage : 2441
Tonnage Type : Net
Date Sunk : 30/04/1940
Bottom Texture : Mud
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1940
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1931 BY PENHOET, ST NAZAIRE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY FRENCH NAVY. PENHOET BOILERS, TURBINE ENGINES OF 640000 SHP. TORPEDO TUBES WERE ACCIDENTALLY FIRED WHILE TRAINED FORE AND AFT. FUEL SET ON FIRE. ATTEMPTS TO PUT THE FIRE OUT FAILED. BLEW UP AND SANK. 28 RATINGS LOST. (DODS).
Surveying Details : **H0428/40 22.5.40 STF IN 555748N, 044452W. MARKED BY G SPHERICAL LT BUOY, FL G 9SEC. (HMS FURIOUS & FOIC GREENOCK). - FNM 1233/44.
**H0428/40 7.10.54 DELETE FROM ALL CHARTS. (BDO CLYDE SIGNAL). - NM 2190/54.
**HH090/778/01 12.11.97 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 778). NCA.
Chart Symbol : STF
Date Last Amended : 10/12/2009
Date Position Last Amended : 10/12/2009
