City of Brisbane

City of Brisbane is a wreck in the English Channel. The ship was 451 ft (137 m) long with a beam of 57 ft (17 m). On 13 August 1918 she was travelling in ballast from London to Buenos Aires when she became the last victim of the submarine UB-57.

She lies on a rocky seabed in a maximum of 24 m at low water, with about 18 m over the top of the wreck. The bow is impressive, stands a good 6 m high and is very intact, and under it the keel is clear of the rock by about a foot. Moving towards the stern, the wreck breaks down into a tangled mass of twisted wreckage. The remains of a large deck gun lie in the wreckage at the stern.

The broken wreckage has let growth settle on its exterior, with plenty of dead man's fingers and anemones. Lots of crabs and various fish use the habitat, and big bass are found here in summer.