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 (50.57725, -0.0826)

 

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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. 010
2. Afon dulais
3. Alan dean
4. Alaska
5. Alaunia
6. Algiers
7. Alice (possibly)
8. Alison (possibly)
9. Amsterdam
10. Angry fish
11. Aracataca
12. Ariel
13. Aristos
14. Armenier
15. Arno (possibly)
16. Ashford
17. Atlas (probably)
18. Axwell
19. Barn hill
20. Basil-2
21. Bernicia
22. Bettann (bow section)
23. Blanefield
24. Branksome chine (possibly)
25. Braunton
26. Broadhurst (probably)
27. Cairndhu
28. Caleb sprague
29. Cambrian princess (probably)
30. Candia
31. Carbineer
32. Carrie dingle
33. Caterham
34. Celtic
35. Charles m
36. City of brisbane
37. City of mexico
38. City of waterford
39. Clan macmillan
40. Clara
41. Cuba
42. D144 (possibly).
43. Del rio
44. Devon coast
45. Donegal (possibly)
46. Duchess (possibly)
47. Duke of buccleuch
48. Eduard (possibly)
49. Elford
50. Emerald (possibly)
51. Esperanza
52. F d lambert (possibly)
53. F/v joanna c
54. Fife coast (possibly)
55. Flag theofano
56. Fort yale
57. Fpt iv
58. Frockner
59. Frode
60. Fulham vii (probably)
61. Gartland
62. Gascony
63. George sutton
64. Gerarda
65. Gerlen (possibly)
66. Germa geisha
67. Glenarm head (possibly)
68. Glenarm head (possibly)
69. Glenartney (possibly)
70. Glendinning (possibly)
71. Glenlee
72. Harold
73. Heathpool
74. Heathpool
75. Hedwig lunstedt
76. Highland corrie
77. Hms apley (possibly)
78. Hms ariadne
79. Hms avanturine
80. Hms balfour
81. Hms borneo
82. Hms evadne (possibly)
83. Hms gambri (possibly)
84. Hms hazardous
85. Hms implacable
86. Hms keryado (probably)
87. Hms lancer ii
88. Hms minion
89. Hms moldavia
90. Hms northcoates
91. Hms ocean sunlight
92. Hms pine
93. Hms prince leopold
94. Hms resolution (possibly)
95. Hms sapper
96. Hms taipo
97. Hms vernon ii (possibly)
98. Hmsm a1
99. Holland v
100. Holme force (possibly)
101. Hush wing
102. Ikeda (possibly)
103. Indiana
104. Inger (possibly)
105. Ingo
106. Jaffa
107. James groves
108. Joseph roberts (possibly)
109. Lalen mendi
110. Lass o'doune (probably)
111. Leven (possibly)
112. Lightfoot (possibly)
113. Lisbon
114. Lola (possibly)
115. London trader (possibly)
116. Lowmount
117. Lullington
118. Lulonga (possibly)
119. Ma monette
120. Maaslust
121. Marga
122. Marie marguerite (possibly)
123. Mill gate (probably)
124. Miown
125. Mira
126. Mohlenpris (possibly)
127. Molesey (possibly)
128. Montecrana (possibly)
129. Mount stuart
130. Mv adur valley?
131. Newent
132. Noordster
133. Northlands (possibly)
134. Ny-eeasteyr
135. Nyon
136. Oceana
137. Pagenturm
138. Patrice didier (probably)
139. Pentyrch
140. Polandia (possibly)
141. Porthkerry
142. Quail
143. Ramsgarth
144. Ramsholm (possibly)
145. Rfa hungerford (possibly)
146. Rytoner
147. Saint andre (probably)
148. Saint ronaig
149. Seaford
150. Seven seas (possibly)
151. Shirala
152. Sines (possibly)
153. Spearfish
154. St rogatien (possibly)
155. Stanhope
156. Stanwold
157. Stavros (possibly)
158. T r thompson
159. Teelin head
160. U 1195
161. U 212 (probably)
162. U 275 (probably)
163. U 40 (possibly)
164. U 671
165. U 86 (formerly)
166. U 86 (possibly)
167. U678 (probably)/u275 (possibly)
168. Ub 130
169. Ub 81
170. Ub 86 (possibly)
171. Vasco
172. Venus
173. Vesuvio (possibly)
174. Vigda
175. War helmet
176. Wilhelmina j
177. Zaanstroom
178. Zeester (possibly)

 

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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