Wreck: Blake (probably) (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Blake (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 59 4.361 N,5 15.964 W (59.072683333333, -5.2660666666667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: BLAKE (PROBABLY)
Length 104.2 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3740 ton
Cause: built in 1906 by w doxford & sons. owned at time of loss by zodiac shipping co (moller & co). triple expansion engine of 300 nhp. torpedoed & sunk by a german submarine. five crew lost.
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 104 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 30M N BY W HALF W FROM CAPE WRATH. (WW1SL). PLOTS 590610N, 051700W. NCA. 22.2.80 NDW PA IN 590200N, 053400W. (US P/O DATED 16.10.76). NCA. H2884/83 10.5.84 NOTHING LOCATED IN LISTED POSN. WK EXAM'D 17.9.83 IN 590423N, 051553W [OGB] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 97 IN GEN DEPTHS 104-105MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 120MTRS. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. LYING SE/NW. APPARENTLY INTACT, WITH AREAS OF DEBRIS CLOSE TO HULL. (RACAL SURVEY, HI 160). BR STD. HH091/071/01 29.11.05 EXAM'D 10.8.05 IN 5904.361N, 0515.964W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 98.3 IN GEN DEPTH 104.4MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS, HT 6.1MTRS. LIES 165/345 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 340 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, INTACT. (GARDLINE, HI 1071). AMEND WK 98MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, UPRIGHT
Position: 59 4.361 N,5 15.964 W
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