This is the information page about the shipwreck Black hawk (aft section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 26.201 N,2 25.334 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Aeolian sky
4. Alex van opstal
5. Amy
6. Apache
7. Athen
8. Barryman
9. Binnendijk
10. Black hawk (aft section)
11. Black hawk (fwd section)
12. Britannia (possibly)
13. British inventor (bow section)
14. Centurion
15. Conch
16. Countess of erne
17. Earl of abergavenny
18. Elena r
19. Elmcrest
20. Enecuri
21. Ethel (probably)
22. Evertsen
23. Finn
24. Forester (& pontoon)
25. Franziska
26. Frigga
27. Frogner ?
28. Gallia
29. Girnigoe
30. Grane
31. Gripfast
32. Hartlepool (part of)
33. Hartlepool (part of)
34. Himalaya
35. Hms arfon
36. Hms blackwood
37. Hms buccaneer
38. Hms dark gladiator
39. Hms delight
40. Hms fisgard ii
41. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
42. Hms james fennel
43. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
44. Hms landrail (probably)
45. Hms remindo (possibly)
46. Hms warrior ii
47. Hmsm a3
48. Hmsm l24
49. Hmsm m2
50. Hmsm p555
51. Hmsm sidon
52. Inisinver
53. Iolanthe
54. Juvenile delinquent
55. K m b (possibly)
56. Longsand
57. Lst 507 (bow section)
58. Lst 507 (stern section)
59. Mallard (possibly)
60. Marie therese
61. Martha
62. Meknes
63. Memnon
64. Merchant royal
65. Neree (possibly)
66. Neree (probably)
67. Netley abbey (possibly)
68. Onward (probably)
69. Orne (possibly)
70. Pas (c.182)
71. Pitchipoy (possibly)
72. Pomeranian
73. Rowella
74. Royal adelaide
75. Salsette ii
76. Saratoga
77. Scaldis
78. Snowdrop
79. Spiral (possibly)
80. St dunstan
81. Stancrest
82. Sudon (possibly)
83. Terrapin
84. Thera (possibly)
85. Tracy
86. Trito
87. U 322 (possibly)
88. Ub 74
89. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: BLACK HAWK (AFT SECTION)

Length 134.4 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 10.7, tonnage 7191 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: 29.12.44 torpedoed by german submarine u 772 on 29.12.44. broke in two, stern sank. for'd part was towed and beached off worbarrow bay 30.12.44. was on passage cherbourg to fowey. declared total loss.

Year of registration: 1963

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter

Known since: 1963, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H4270/63 4.12.63 LARGE WK IN 2 HALVES. STERN 30FT, BEAM WITH GUN ON POOP. STANDS 30-40FT PROUD OF BOTTOM IN 25.5FMS. BOW LOCATED BY A/S WITHIN 30YDS TO THE NE. POSN 502612N, 022516W. (HMS SHULTON, HN DTD 29.10.63 & FOST PORTLAND). INS AS WK 17FMS. - FNM 97/63 & NM 2396/63. H4270/63 20.1.64 DISPERSAL OPERATIONS CARRIED OUT ON 12 & 13.11.63. (PORTLAND NM 161/63). NCA. H2291/64 18.5.65 EXAM'D IN 502610N, 022518W USING DECCA. OROPESA SWEEP NOT CLEARED. FOUL AT 18FMS. LEAST E/S 104 IN 150FT. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND. CLOSELY EXAMINED BY E/S. STRONG SONAR RETURNS FROM NNW, NW & SW. (HMS SCOTT, 22.5.64). AMEND POSN.

- NM 907/65. H1285/75/244 26.6.75 WK DIVED. POSSIBLY A LIBERTY SHIP. (J WHITE). H5982/82 3.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 502604N, 022518W ON KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1 [1982 EDN]. 24.7.87 REPORTED TO BE STERN HALF OF SS BLACK HAWKE. (M SKELSEY). SEE 502444N, 022602W. 6.10.99 NOTED AS STERN PORTION OF SS BLACK HAWKE. STERN IS HUGE, LYING ON ITS STBD SIDE WITH A GUN STILL BOLTED ON TO ITS PLATFORM. BRONZE PROP HAS BEEN RAISED. (DIVER MAGAZINE, OCT 1999). NCA. HH090/961/03 3.12.03 NOT INVESTIGATED. LIES IN AREA OF STATIC FISHING GEAR. (GARDLINE, HI 961). NCA. HH100/351/21 7.1.03 LIES IN 5026.201N, 0225.334W [WGD]. (N R CHIPCHASE & I TAYLOR, SKIN DEEP DIVING). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 26.201 N,2 25.334 W

 

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