This is the information page about the shipwreck Bleamoor (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 21.651 N,3 24.684 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English π¬π§, 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: BLEAMOOR (PROBABLY)
Length 104.2 meter, width: 14.3 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 3755 ton
Cause: built in 1902 by w doxford & sons. owned at the time of loss by moor line (w runciman & co). three boilers, triple expansion engine of 300 nhp, single shaft. passage hull for falmouth. torpedoed by ub 30. 8 men lost. (wwis, dods & sibi).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 48 meter, Height above seabed: 0 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2013
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 4M SSE FROM BERRY HEAD. (WWISL). GIVES APPROX POSN 502100N, 032430W. H8109/38 19.12.38 H8109/38 19.12.38 WK IN 502135N, 032437W, 149DEGS 20MIN, 8.55M FROM ST MARYS. LEAST DEPTH 19FMS, LIES IN 27FMS. (HMS GLEANER, 8.12.38). CHART AS WK 19FMS. FNM. H2502/51 24.4.51 H2502/51 24.4.51 WK IN 502135N, 032437W. LEAST DEPTH WK 20FMS. (HMS SEAGULL). AMEND TO WK 20FMS [37MTRS]. NE 1613. H3112/68 13.3.68 H3112/68 13.3.68 MAY BE THE BRITISH MERCHANT STEAM SHIP 'KENDAL CASTLE' OF GROSS 3885 TONS. (D J DUNFORD, DIVER). NCA. H3112/68 13.3.68 H3112/68 13.3.68 MR D J DUNFORD HAS PURCHASED THIS WK AS THE 'KENDAL CASTLE'. [SEE WK NO.18187]. PURCHASED FOR ΓΊ50 (TELECOM WAR RISK OFFICE). NCA. H3950/70 21.5.71 H3950/70 21.5.71 NOW CHARTED AS WK 36MTRS. NC 3315. H2396/77 10.3.77 H2396/77 10.3.77 WK IN 502139N, 032439W [OGB] USING DECCA. ABOUT 350FT LONG. LYING N/S APPROX, BOWS N. LISTING 150DEGS TO STARBOARD (NEARLY UPSIDE DOWN). LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 121FT IN GEN DEPTH 165FT. SCOUR ABOUT 5FT. NO SIGN OF ANY CARGO SPILL. STEM POST IS FRACTURED. EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE FROM TWO TORPEDOES. THREE FISHING NETS CAUGHT IN WK STANDING VERTICAL WITH FLOATS INTACT MAY BE EXPLANATION OF CURIOUS STRAIGHT LINES WHICH SONAR SHOWS EITHER SIDE OF WK. SURVEY BY 'QUEEN MOTHER' JUNE 1975 USING SONAR E/S AND DIVERS. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 10.2.77). NCA. H5982/82 4.2.83 H5982/82 4.2.83 WK SHOWN IN 502136N, 032434W [OGB] USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982). NCA.H2923/83 3.10.84 EXAM'D 30.5.84 IN 502138N, 032437W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 36.9MTRS, FOUL AT 37.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 37.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS DEEP. DCS3 HT 9.5MTRS, LENGTH 109MTRS, BEAM 16MTRS. LYING, WELL PRESERVED, 005/185DEGS. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 36MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 1.5.13 1.5.13 EXAM'D 20.1.13 IN 5021.651N, 0324.684W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 36.7 IN GEN DEPTH 48MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 1400MTRS ALONG 030/210 DEGS. LENGTH 106.6MTRS, WIDTH 18.7MTRS, HT 11.3MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS WITH BOWS N. INTACT, APPARENTLY INVERTED. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). RETAIN SW 36MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, ALMOST INVERTED, SCOUR 1400MTRS 000/180 DEGS
Position: 50 21.651 N,3 24.684 W