This is the information page about the shipwreck Blacktoft (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 52.281 N,2 8.348 E (52.7504, 2.0371)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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: BLACKTOFT (POSSIBLY)
Year of registration: 1945
Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 114 cm
Known since: 1945, last detected: 20181230
Details measurements/cartography: H01231/45 6.10.60 LOCATED BY SONAR IN POSN 215 DEG, 57 BUOY, 7 CABLES. (FOIC YARMOUTH, 24.2.45). PLOTS IN 525254N, 020736E. NCA YET. H3730/69 3.6.69 NOT FOUND DURING GENERAL SONAR AND E/S SEARCH. (HMS BULLDOG, 1969). H2502/72 7.11.72 NOT FOUND WITH TRANSIT SONAR DURING CABLE SURVEY. (CS IRIS, 1971). HH090/563/01 4.11.92 WK LOCATED 30.9.92 IN 525219.4N, 020816.3E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. SCOUR 0.5MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 4.0MTRS. SMALL MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION. NOT FULLY SURVEYED. OUTSIDE MAIN SURVEY AREA. (NP 1016, HI 563). INS AS WK 41MTRS. BR STD. HH090/616/01 22.11.94 EXAM'D 7.6.94 IN 525215.13N, 020827.50E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.0 IN GEN DEPTH 47MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 53MTRS. DCS3 HT 10.0MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS. LIES 140/320 DEGS. WHOLE AND UPRIGHT. LIES IN DEEP SCOUR BETWEEN SANDWAVES. (GARDLINE, HI 616).
- NM 4277/94. SEP 2020/000100123 22.5.20 EXAM'D 30.12.18; IN 5252.281N, 0208.348E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.14MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS, LENGTH 61.6MTRS, WIDTH 12.7MTRS, HEIGHT 8.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 114/294 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 135MTRS, WIDTH 42MTRS, 5MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 332 DEGS. WRECK SITS UPRIGHT AND INTACT WITH LIST TO STARBOARD. IT APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED TO BREAK IN TWO AT MIDSHIPS WITH THE AFT SECTION HAVING A LARGER LIST TO STARBOARD THAN THE FORE SECTION. (MERITAITO, HI 1580). AMEND NDW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT
Position: 52 52.281 N,2 8.348 E