This is the information page about the shipwreck Blairhall, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 57.878 N,1 16.549 W (54.964633, -1.275817)

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: BLAIRHALL

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 41 meter, Height above seabed: 258 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: 31.7.18 POSN ABOUT 4 MILES E OF SOUTER (B O T). POSN 3.5MIN ENE OF SUNDERLAND. (BMVS). 1.8.18 POSN 545730N, 011700W. (VAEC AP RPT). 27.7.18 SANK WHEN PASSING INSIDE S BUOY OFF SUNDERLAND. SANK IN 5MINS (VAEC AP RPT). H4214/26 1.7.26 INS AS NDW (1918). BR STD. H7018/58 12.11.59 LOCATED IN 545749N, 011617W USING DECCA. (ASSUMED TO BE BLAIRHALL). LEAST E/S DEPTH 119FT IN GEN DEPTH 138FT. (HMS SCOTT, AUG 1959). AMENDED TO NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H1657/62 11.2.62 EXAM'D IN 545754N, 011622W USING DECCA. SWEPT CLEAR BY OROPESA 12FMS. LEAST E/S 115FT IN GEN DEPTH 137FT. (HMS SHACKLETON, MARCH 1962). H4871/68 2.11.67 AMENDED TO WK 19FMS. BR STD. H2433/71 21.4.71 EXAM'D IN 545752N, 011628W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3. LEAST E/S 37MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 42MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 0.5MTR. NOT CLOSE SOUNDED. (HMS ECHO H525 DTD 16.9.70). 8.6.72 AMENDED TO WK 20FMS. BR STD. 15.5.73 AMENDED TO WK 35MTRS. NC 152. 3.12.75 AMENDED TO WK 34MTRS. NC 152. (CHANGE OF DATUM). 5.9.96 WK FOUND TO BE UPRIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST POINT BEING THE BOILERS 4MTRS PROUD OF SEABED. THE BOWS ARE BROKEN OFF AND LIE APPROX 30MTRS NORTH OF MAIN PART. WK IS UP TO ITS GUNNELS IN THE SEABED MUD. (D L ORMSTON, LTR DTD 15.8.96). NCA. HH090/796/01 24.12.98 EXAM'D 12.7.98 IN 545752.7N, 011632.2W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 35.2, FOUL 35.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 35.3 IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. LENGTH 120MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS. LARGE WK STANDING PROUD OF THE SEABED. DECK FITTINGS AND SUPERSTRUCTURE ARE VISIBLE. APPEARS TO BE BROKEN INTO BOW, MIDSHIPS AND STERN PORTIONS. BOW CONSIDERED TO BE AT 260 DEGS WITH DEBRIS ON SEABED CLOSE BY. (GARDLINE, HI 796). AMEND TO SW 35MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2019/000043627 1.3.19 EXAM’D 1.3.19 IN 5457.878N, 0116.549W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 34.96MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 41MTRS. LENGTH 113.3MTRS, WIDTH 21MTRS, HT 6.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 258/078DEGS. UPRIGHT, PARTIALLY BROKEN UP. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND NDW 34MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT.

Position: 54 57.878 N,1 16.549 W

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