This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms blackburn rovers (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 19.243 N,2 6.494 E (51.2505333, 1.9181167)

 

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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. Acer
2. Amor
3. Andre
4. Brighton
5. British liberty (possibly)
6. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
7. Deo gratias
8. Dyck ltv
9. Elizabeth and unknown
10. Estafette
11. Fauvette
12. Fennella
13. Floride (probably)
14. Foudroyant
15. Foudroyant (possibly)
16. Ganko
17. Garden city
18. Henry b plant
19. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
20. Hms brighton queen
21. Hms grenade
22. Hms hermes
23. Hms king orry
24. Hms maida (possibly)
25. Hms redcar
26. Hms thuringia (possibly)
27. Hms westella
28. Hoegh aigrette
29. Jaguar
30. Jarita
31. Jean pierre et phillipe
32. Jonrix
33. L'urtiga (possibly)
34. Le copain d'abord
35. Lst 364 (probably)
36. Madimba (probably)
37. Marthe
38. Medee
39. Melrose
40. Merlijn
41. Mona's queen
42. Nagro (possibly)
43. Nautilus
44. Neerlandais
45. Neppo (possibly)
46. Netty (possibly)
47. Noroit
48. Ocean hound
49. Okeania
50. Paris (possibly)
51. Peppinella
52. Port nicholson (probably)
53. Prinses astrid
54. R.93 (possibly)
55. Saint camille
56. Sint annaland
57. St fagan
58. St pierre (aft section)
59. St pierre (fore portion)
60. Toornvliet (probably)
61. Toquet
62. Trifels
63. U 37
64. Uc 63
65. V 201 (possibly)
66. Vecht (probably)
67. Velocitas
68. Western farmer (bow section)

 

Name: HMS BLACKBURN ROVERS (POSSIBLY)

Length 45.7 meter, tonnage 422 ton

Cause: Built in 1934. hired as a/s trawler 8.1939. torpedoed by u-boat or mined. (ww2sl & srn).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 100 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H0602/40 20.7.40 NDWPA IN 512000N, 020700E. - FNM 1795 & NM 1794/40. H4667/70 1.1.71 SMALL STEEL WARSHIP, SIMILAR IN SIZE TO COASTAL M/S. GUN ON F'C'SLE. ABOUT 130FT LONG. POSN 511914N, 020635E [EUR] USING HI FIX [2 LOPS]. DEPTH BY DIVER 23.9MTRS. SCOUR 2.7MTRS DEEP. SEABED FINE SAND & BROKEN SHELL. (HMS BEAGLE & HMS NURTON, 13.10.70). BR STD. H2423/71 4.2.72 LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 24.4MTRS [80FT], FIXED BY DECCA, AGREES WITH HMS BEAGLE. (NETHERLANDS HO, 31.1.72) 23.4.74 SHOWN AS WK 23.5MTRS ON NETHERLANDS 1035. H4833/75 9.6.76 LOCATED 3.1976 IN 511916N, 020635E [EUR]. TWO GOOD CONTACTS BY DCS3 FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, ENE/WNW. 45MTRS LONG. ORIENTATION 280/100DEG. NO DEPTH GIVEN. (HMS FOX, ROS 31.3.76). H2820/71 9.11.81 NOT SHOWN ON DUTCH SURVEY DTD MAR'81 [K8495/17]. NCA. H3159/86 22.9.86 SHOWN AS WK 23.5MTRS IN 511916N, 020633E [EUR] ON FRENCH SURVEY DTD 1985 [K 9845/2]. NCA. 6.2.89 OGB POSN: 511909N, 020637E. NC 323. 16.10.03 WK 23.5MTRS SHOWN IN 5119.30N, 0206.57E [EUR] ON FRENCH 7214 [INT 1480] [1988 EDN CORRECT TO OCT'01]. [WGD] POSN: 5119.25N, 0206.49E. NE 1873. 26.5.11 SHOWN AS WK 23.5MTRS [LAT] IN 5119.243N, 0206.494E [WGD] ON FR401030 [EDN 1.44]
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 19.243 N,2 6.494 E

 

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