This is the information page about the shipwreck Black hawk (fwd section), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 36.815 N,2 12.436 W (50.766666666667, -13.933333333333)

 

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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. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
2. Addarwa
3. Advanti
4. Aeneas (probably)
5. Aeolian sky
6. Alex van opstal
7. Alexandrovna
8. Apache
9. Aparima
10. Arctic dawn
11. Arfon
12. Athen
13. Balmoralwood
14. Barryman
15. Betelgeuse (bow section)
16. Binnendijk
17. Black hawk (aft section)
18. Black hawk (fwd section)
19. Bobbyb
20. Bretagne
21. Britannia (possibly)
22. British inventor (bow section)
23. Carentan
24. Castlereagh
25. Chasseur 6
26. Chasseur 7
27. Cheyenne
28. Countess of erne
29. Dagmar
30. Derna (probably)
31. Earl of abergavenny
32. Elena r
33. Enecuri
34. Ethel (probably)
35. Evertsen
36. Fleur de lys
37. Forester (& pontoon)
38. Franziska
39. General jackson
40. Georgios kyriakides
41. Goathland
42. Gripfast
43. Halsewell
44. Hartburn (probably)
45. Hartlepool (part of)
46. Hartlepool (part of)
47. Himalaya
48. Hms arfon
49. Hms fame
50. Hms fisgard ii
51. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
52. Hms james fennel
53. Hms warrior ii
54. Hmsm a3
55. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
56. Iolanthe
57. Iona
58. Janna
59. Juvenile delinquent
60. Kyarra
61. Lady of avenel
62. License to kill (possibly)
63. Lil boat
64. Lochavon
65. Longsand
66. Magog
67. Mallard (possibly)
68. Mayflower
69. Merchant royal
70. Midland queen
71. Milo
72. Nailsea lass
73. Navasota
74. Neree (possibly)
75. Neree (probably)
76. Nestlea
77. Nidarholm
78. Normandy
79. Onward (probably)
80. Orne (possibly)
81. Pas (c.182)
82. Piedras
83. Pitchipoy (possibly)
84. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
85. Rapana
86. Rowella
87. Royal adelaide
88. San fernando
89. Saratoga
90. Seahawk
91. Security (possibly)
92. Southampton
93. Sudon (possibly)
94. Surdelo
95. Tamele
96. Terrapin
97. Tiiu
98. Togimo
99. Trafalgar (possibly)
100. U 322 (possibly)
101. Valdes (probably)
102. Vera (probably)
103. Woodbury

 

Name: BLACK HAWK (FWD SECTION)

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

Cause: 29.12.44 built in 1943 by dleta shipbuilding corporation, now orleans. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 2500 hp, single shaft. passsage cherbourg for fowey in convoy tbc-21. torpedoed by u 772 on 29.12.44. broke in two, stern sank. for'd part was towed and beached off worbarrow bay 30.12.44. declared total loss. one man lost. (lloyds, telecon 9.4.70, axis submarine successes & sibi).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 15 meter, Height above seabed: 45 cm

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2008

Details measurements/cartography: H4288/45 6.9.45 H4288/45 6.9.45 POSN 503642N, 021218W. BOW 257DEGS, 4900FT FROM WARBARROW TOUT TRIG PT; STERN 227.5DEGS, 441FT FROM BOW. (HMS GULNARE).

- NM 2719/45. H4288/45 5.11.48 H4288/45 5.11.48 G CAN BUOY LAID CLOSE S OF WK. (TRINITY HOUSE NM 235/48).

- NM 2457/48. H4288/45 26.10.49 H4288/45 26.10.49 NOW CHARTED AS DW WITH STF CLOSE S, ENCLOSED BY DANGER CIRCLE, WITH BUOY CLOSE S. (SML 1301).

- NM 2063/49. H4288/45 21.9.54 H4288/45 21.9.54 DISPERSAL OPS TAKING PLACE. (NAVEAM 5092). H4288/45 22.9.54 H4288/45 22.9.54 DISPERSAL OPS CANCELLED. (NAVEAM 5097). H4288/45 23.8.55 H4288/45 23.8.55 DISPERSAL OPS RESULTS. (HMS STEEPHOLME). H4288/45 20.8.56 H4288/45 20.8.56 TWO BOAT DRIFT SWEEP IN 503644N, 021221W - 257.5DEGS, 5000FT FROM WARBARROW TOUT TRIG PT. CLEAR AT 40, FOUL AT 41FT. (SCES, 24.4.56). - FNM 78/56 & NM 2055/56. H4288/45 8.10.56 H4288/45 8.10.56 BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TRINITY HOUSE, E COWES). - FNM 90/56 & NM 2393/56. 19.2.68 19.2.68 WHEN WARBARROW BAY PIPELINE WAS LAID THE WK WAS DISPERSED, USING EXPLOSIVES, TO ITS PRESENT POSN OF 503643N, 021219.5W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). 3.4.70 3.4.70 REPORT BY SUB AQUA DIVER: VERY LITTLE WKGE REMAINS WELL SCATTERED OVER THE SEABED. (LLOYDS, TELECON, 3.4.70). H3950/70 6.10.71 H3950/70 6.10.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK SW 12.2MTRS IN 503643N, 021219.5W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 2615. HH090/580/01 18.11.92 HH090/580/01 18.11.92 EXAM'D 16.10.92 USING TRISPONDER [3 LOPS]. LIES IN 3 MAIN PIECES; [A] 503646.4N, 021222.3W, LEAST DEPTH 14.8MTRS; [B] 503646.4N, 021221.7W TO 513646.4N, 021219.9W, LEAST DEPTH 12.8MTRS; [C] 503643.2N, 021222.1W, LEAST DEPTH 15MTRS. WELL SCATTERED AND BROKEN WITH NO ORIENTATION. DCS3 HT 2MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 15MTRS. SCOUR, TO THE NE OF WKGE, 1.5MTR DEEP. RETAIN SWEPT DEPTH. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 580). AMEND EXTENDED DANGER CIRCLE CENTRED ON 503645N, 021221W AND RETAIN AS DWP SW 12.2MTRS.

- NM BLOCK 438/93.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE HH091/154/01 22.7.09 HH091/154/01 & SEP 2009/000108988 22.7.09 LOCATED 21.2.09 IN 5036.815N, 0212.436W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.28 IN GEN DEPTH 15.3MTRS. AN AREA OF DEBRIS 50MTRS LONG, HT 2.0MTRS. STRONG MAGENTIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). AMEND TO DWP 13.2MTRS (WITH CHARTED LIMITS, 240 X 84MTRS, LYING 045/225DEGS). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL SCATTERED WRECKAGE

Position: 50 36.815 N,2 12.436 W

 

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