This is the information page about the shipwreck Blagdon (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 60 57.115 N,1 43.433 E (60.715883333333, 17.483883333333)
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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: BLAGDON (POSSIBLY)
Length 84.4 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1996 ton
Load: fish
Cause: british ss blagdon, built 1893, was torpedoed & sunk by submarine in north sea. owned at time of loss by london & northern steamship co. vessel was en-route lerwick to archangel.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 135 meter
Known since: 1917, last detected: 1985
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 75M E BY S OF MUCKLE FLUGGA. (DODS, WW1SL & LL WW1). 22.2.80 22.2.80 NDW PA (BLAGDON) IN 605930N, 014000E. (US P/O DATED 16.10.76). NCA. H1271/83 8.2.83 H1271/83 8.2.83 NDW SHOWN IN 605000N, 014000E ON NOR 307 [1982 EDN]. BR STD. H1271/83 9.9.85 H1271/83 & H1310/85/30 9.9.85 PROBABLE LARGE WK LOCATED IN 605708.7N, 014332.6E [EUR]. WK IS 130MTRS LONG, MAX HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 12MTRS, WITH AVERAGE HEIGHT OF 6MTRS. LOCATED DURING SITE SURVEY. (E E COWELL, BRITOIL LTR DTD 2.9.85). AMEND TO WK 120MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 60 57.115 N,1 43.433 E