This is the information page about the shipwreck Blue marlin, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 15.36 N,3 26.395 W (50.256000, -3.439917)

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.

Name: BLUE MARLIN

Length 9.8 meter

Cause: lost, possibly struck a submerged object, while competing in the around britain power boat race.

Year of registration: 2008

Water depth above wreck: 54 meter, Height above seabed: 155 cm

Known since: 2008, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 27.6.08 SEP 2008/000053820 27.6.08 WK OF THE 45FT POWERBOAT 'BLUE MARLIN' IN 5015.231N, 0326.368W [WGD], 'NOT CONSIDERED DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION'. (MRCC BRIXHAM, TELECOM 21.6.08). 27.6.08 27.6.08 LIKELY TO HAVE STRUCK A PARTLY SUBMERGED OBJECT. (WWW.YBW.COM). 27.6.08 SEP 2008/000055957 27.6.08 LENGTH OF WK NOW DESCRIBED AS 32FT WITH A HEIGHT OF APPROX 4.8MTRS, MADE OF FIBRE GLASS, NO KNOWN INTENTION TO RECOVER. (MRCC BRIXHAM, TELECOM 27.6.08, FOLLOWING ADVICE FROM THE RACE DIRECTOR). INS WK USC 48MTRS.

- NM 4267/08. 3.5.13 3.5.13 EXAM'D 19.1.13 IN 5015.360N, 0326.395W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 51.7 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 9.9MTRS, WIDTH 3.6MTRS, HT 2.3MTRS. LIES 155/335 DEGS. PARTIALLY INTACT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). AMEND WK 51MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY INTACT

Position: 50 15.36 N,3 26.395 W

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