This is the information page about the shipwreck Blanefield, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 40.43 N,0 14.613 E (50.758317, 0.089983)

 

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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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2. Alaunia
3. Alice (possibly)
4. Amsterdam
5. Aracataca
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7. Barn hill
8. Bernicia
9. Blanefield
10. Branksome chine (possibly)
11. Braunton
12. Caleb sprague
13. Carrie dingle
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16. Charles m
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19. D144 (possibly).
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24. Emerald (possibly)
25. F d lambert (possibly)
26. F/v joanna c
27. Fife coast (possibly)
28. Fortuna
29. Frockner
30. Fulham vii (probably)
31. George sutton
32. Girlvine (possibly)
33. Glenartney (possibly)
34. Gull (possibly)
35. Harold
36. Heathpool
37. Heathpool
38. Hms ariadne
39. Hms avanturine
40. Hms balfour
41. Hms borneo
42. Hms gambri (possibly)
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44. Hms lancer ii
45. Hms ocean sunlight
46. Hms resolution (possibly)
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48. Holland v
49. Holme force (possibly)
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51. James groves
52. Joseph roberts (possibly)
53. Lalen mendi
54. Leven (possibly)
55. Lisbon
56. Lornaston (possibly)
57. Lullington
58. Ma monette
59. Mill gate (probably)
60. Mira
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62. Mount stuart
63. Mv adur valley?
64. Newent
65. Noordster
66. Nyon
67. Oceana
68. Ouse (possibly)
69. Rytoner
70. Saint ronaig
71. Seaford
72. Seven seas (possibly)
73. Sitakund (part of)(possibly)
74. St rogatien (possibly)
75. Stanhope
76. T r thompson
77. U 275 (probably)
78. U 40 (possibly)
79. U 671
80. Ub 130
81. Vasco
82. Venus

 

Name: BLANEFIELD

Length 107.3 meter, width: 13.7 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 3411 ton
Load: minerals

Cause: sank following a collision with the barque 'kate thomas' whilst en-route junin to dover.

Year of registration: 1974

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 30 cm

Known since: 1974, last detected: 20150718

Details measurements/cartography: H4959/73 6.5.75 WK LOCATED 19.10.74 IN 504024N, 001442E [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.3 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. LENGTH 200FT. FAINT E/S RETURNS. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 55/74).

- NM 1531/75. H4121/76 28.7.76 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.0MTRS. (SOISS, SIG DTD 14.6.76).

- NM 1547/76. H4121/76 4.8.76 HMS BEAGLE'S POSN CONFIRMED. SURVEYED 6.5.76. DIVERS REPORT A SMALL VESSEL 23-30MTRS LONG. LIES N/S AND UPRIGHT. WK IN POOR CONDITION WITH COLLAPSED SUPERSTRUCTURE. COASTER WITH CARGO OF RAILWAY SLEEPERS AND LINES. (HMS BRONINGTON, HI 41/76). H4121/76 4.8.76 EXAM'D 28.5.76. DRIFT SWEPT CLEAR AT 17, FOUL AT 18MTRS. (HMS ECHO/HMS ENTERPRISE, HI 41/76). NFA. H1280/77/32 29.9.77 'MID-SURREY' SANK IN 504118N, 001445E, APPROX. (R A LEE, 14.1.77). H1284/77/175 25.10.77 WK LOCATED IN REPORTED POSN. KNOWN LOCALLY AS WK OF LARGE COASTAL TRAWLER 'ADVENTURINE'. LIES IN TWO HALVES - THE MAIN BOILER BEING THE MAJOR PART OF ONE HALF AND STANDS 20FT ABOVE THE SEABED. LIES PARTIALLY BURIED IN SANDY GRAVEL BOTTOM. (M J WEBB, 27.4.77). [PROBABLY CONFUSED WITH HMS AVANTURINE - SEE 20463]. HH100/351/05 21.5.92 LOCATED USING DECCA. REFERRED TO AS 'MIDSURREY'. (C MARTIN, 13.4.92). NCA. 24.7.96 WRECK IDENTIFIED AS THE 'BLANEFIELD' BY RECOVERY OF SHIP'S BELL. HIGHEST POINT OF WK IS THE ENGINE WHICH STANDS 6MTRS PROUD OF THE SEABED. (M KEANE). NCA. SEP 2015/000083466 5.2.16 EXAM'D 18.07.15 IN 5040.430N, 0014.613E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.51MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28.51MTRS. NO SCOUR, LENGTH 110MTRS, HT 7MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS. BROKEN UP WK, PARTIALLY BURIED, STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE GEOSURVEY, HI 1477). AMEND DW 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO HALVES

Position: 50 40.43 N,0 14.613 E

 

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