This is the information page about the shipwreck Blanche (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 45.367 N,3 24.842 W (53.615283333333, -3.42905)

 

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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.

 

1. Agnes
2. Alarm
3. Alice
4. Anatolian
5. Angola
6. Angola (part of)(possibly)
7. Ann sumner
8. Anne elizabeth
9. Armagh
10. Auchenarden
11. Auspicious
12. Avon
13. Bella
14. Ben cruachan
15. Berwyn
16. Blairnevis
17. Blanche (possibly)
18. Boston
19. Bradda
20. Brazilian
21. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
22. Burbo & tongue bns (remains) (possibly)
23. Burbo tower (remains)
24. Burbo tower (remains)
25. Burbo tower (remains)
26. Burbo tower (remains)
27. Burgedin
28. Cairnross
29. Calderon
30. Cameronian
31. Carley marie
32. Caroline
33. Chagres
34. Chase
35. Christina shearer
36. City of brussels
37. City of st andrews
38. Colin russell
39. Colombus
40. Colorado
41. Concord
42. Conisbro castle
43. Coniston (probably)
44. Counsellor iii
45. Countess of devon
46. Denbigh coast
47. Dublin
48. Dunmail
49. Ebeneezer
50. Edward finch
51. El oso
52. Elephant
53. Elizabeth lathom
54. Ellan vannin
55. Ellen sarah
56. Ellen southwold
57. Emelie
58. Eros
59. Eversfield
60. Fairy
61. Fb 110 (possibly)
62. Fb 112 (possibly)
63. Fb 116 (possibly)
64. Fb 118 (possibly)
65. Fb 265 (possibly)
66. Fb 267 (possibly)
67. Fb 275 (possibly)
68. Fb 278 (possibly)
69. Fb 289 and 292 (probably)
70. Fb 295 (possibly)
71. Fb 296 (possibly)
72. Fb 297 (possibly)
73. Fb 300 (possibly)
74. Fb 43 (possibly)
75. Fb 47 (possibly)
76. Fb 56 (possibly)
77. Fb 72 (possibly)
78. Fb 83 (possibly)
79. Fb 86 (possibly)
80. Fb 98 (probably)
81. Frolic
82. Gannochy
83. Germania
84. Ginette michel
85. Glencona
86. Gorsethorn
87. Gratitude
88. Hannah
89. Hannah landles
90. Hebe
91. Hebe (possibly)
92. Herbie
93. Hero
94. Hms cochrane
95. Hvideorn
96. Ibis
97. Ida
98. India
99. Ionic star
100. Irene chalmers
101. J b kee
102. James and grace gregory
103. Jerseymoor
104. Jessie brown
105. John pierce
106. Juno
107. Kelvindale
108. Kilcoan (probably)
109. Leeds (probably)
110. Lelia
111. Letty
112. Little burbo beacon
113. Lochmonar (fwd part)
114. Lugar
115. Lyra
116. Mancunium
117. Mantura
118. Margaret
119. Marion
120. Mary
121. Mary kate
122. Mary olivia
123. Mayflower (part of)
124. Mermaid (probably)
125. Mersey
126. Mid jordan beacon
127. Montreal
128. Munster
129. Murielle
130. Nautilus
131. Nazarine
132. Nickolai
133. North jordan bn
134. Ocean home
135. Old england
136. Old haws pt lt or west pile
137. Ousebridge
138. Pegu (bow section)
139. Pegu (stern)
140. Penryn
141. Penstone
142. Perseverance
143. Perseverance
144. Peru (probably)
145. Phoenician
146. Pigeon
147. Ponce
148. Princess victoria
149. Prudence
150. Queen
151. Queens tower
152. Raoul et aurelie
153. Rea 5
154. Rea 7 (possibly)
155. Rea 8 (possibly)
156. Rea 9 (possibly)
157. Residu
158. Ringsend
159. Robert marsden
160. Sarah
161. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
162. Scorpio
163. Seaville (part of)
164. Seaville (part of)
165. Severn
166. Speke (possibly)
167. Sportsman
168. Spurn
169. Stanleigh
170. Stonedale 2 (possibly)
171. Sultan
172. Sunbeam
173. Sunda
174. Talbot
175. The lady mostyn
176. Thomas
177. Thorn
178. Thornton
179. Tilley anne
180. Tongue beacon
181. Tongue beacon (possibly)
182. Tower base
183. Tt 6 (possibly)
184. U 1024 (possibly)
185. Ubier (probably)
186. Ulstermore
187. Valeria
188. Vanguard
189. Vedra
190. Ville de llanes
191. W.m.j
192. Weazel
193. William rawcliffe
194. Ystroom (probably)

 

Name: BLANCHE (POSSIBLY)

Length 44.2 meter, width: 7.3 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 363 ton
Load: stone

Cause: built in 1899 by s mcknight & co of ayr. owned at time of loss by w roland, liverpool. single boiler, compound expansion engine of 85nhp, single shaft. machinery by ross & duncan, glasgow. passage from piel, walney island for liverpool. foundered and lost in wnw force 7 winds. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1997

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm

Known since: 1997, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: HH090/758/01 23.11.98 EXAM'D 31.10.97 IN 534522.0N, 032450.5W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.0, FOUL 18.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.1 IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS, WIDTH 4MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. VERY SPREAD OUT. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 758). PROBABLY INTACT, UPRIGHT AND WELL BURIED. INS AS SW 18.0MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/21 22.7.04 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. A STEAM COASTER LYING UPRIGHT WITH STERN N, BOWS S. POSSIBY THE 'BLANCHE'. (C MICHAEL, LTR DTD 19.7.04). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, WELL BURIED, BOWS S

Position: 53 45.367 N,3 24.842 W

 

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