This is the information page about the shipwreck Blackhill, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 47.548 N,1 39.18 E (51.761916666667, 1.5857333333333)
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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.
Name: BLACKHILL
Year of registration: 1939
Water depth above wreck: 14 meter
Known since: 1939, last detected: 20230822
Details measurements/cartography: H0166/39 22.11.39 SUNK IN 514733N, 013912E, APPROX. - PFNM 2642/39. H0166/39 15.6.40 INS DWPA IN 514733N, 013912E. NM 500/40. H0166/39 16.10.46 AMEND TO WK 0FM 2FT. (CAPT M/S, SHEERNESS).
- NM 3347/46. H0166/39 12.12.46 INS G CON, GPFL(3) 10S, CLOSE E.
- NM 3512/46. H0166/39 23.5.50 DISPERSED. OROPESA SWEEP CLEAR AT 45FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51 IN GEN DEPTH 55FT. (TH & HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 20.4.50). AMEND TO WK 7FMS 3FT. DELETE BUOY.
- NM 962/50. H2847/67 WK NOT FOUND DURING SURVEYS BETWEEN 1967 AND 1978. H2847/67 7.3.68 DELETE. NE 1975. HH090/549/01 11.9.92 LOCATED BY MAGNETOMETER 514732.6N, 013917.6E [OGB] USING TRISONDER [3 LOP]. LARGE ANOMALY BUT NOT SEEN ON E/S. BELIEVED TO BE BURIED WRECKAGE. CHART AS FOUL. (NP 1016, HI 549). BR STD. HH090/690/01 23.7.96 LOCATED ON MAGNETOMETER ONLY. (NP 1016, HI 690). AMENDED TO ABEY. HH090/993/01 1.7.02 NOT LOCATED BY DCS3 OR MAGNETOMETER. DISPROVED. AREA CONSISTS OF SANDWAVES OF UP TO 3MTRS HT. WK MAY BE BURIED. GEN DEPTH NOW 14MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 993). AMEND DEAD. NCA. SEP 2019/000038066 26.2.19 LOCATED IN MAINLINE BATHYMETRY, NOT EXAM'D. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI 1615, RRS TE5A). NFA. SEP 2020/000280429 19.11.20 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET (2020). (A-2-SEA, HI 1692). NFA. SEP 2023/000215223 31.08.23 EXAM’D 22.08.23 IN 5147.548N 0139.180E [WGD]. WRECK SHIFTED 50M SOUTH OF LAST KNOWN LOCATION. LEAST M/B DEPTH 14.83M. (CLINTON MARINE, M/V NORTHERN WIND H102 HI1832_006). INS FOUL 14.8MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 47.548 N,1 39.18 E