Wreck: Hms blackwood (Frigate)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms blackwood, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.533 N,2 14.55 W (50.208883, -2.242500)
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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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Shipwreck details
Name: HMS BLACKWOOD
Length 91.4 meter, width: 10.7 meter, tonnage 1150 ton
Cause: built in 1942 by us navy yard, boston. a de 'captain' class frigate on lease-lend from the united states. turbine engines of 5500 for 20kts. twin shaft. 2 x 4 inch la & 6 x 20mm ha guns. torpedoed and sunk by u 764. 58 men lost. (sibi & colledge).
Year of registration: 1944
Water depth above wreck: 56 meter, Height above seabed: 90 cm
Known since: 1944, last detected: 2003
Details measurements/cartography: H03135/44 10.11.44 SUNK IN 500700N, 020700W, APPROX. (PNO 51, 1.11.44). AUBD 304/144 REFERS. 15.11.91 TORPEDOED IN 500700N, 021500W ON 15.6.44, BUT SANK NEXT DAY. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). HH090/533/01 28.5.93 WK EXAM'D 22.2.93 IN 501232N, 021433W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 51.3 IN GEN DEPTH 56MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.0MTRS, LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 40MTRS. LIES, EXTREMELY BROKEN UP ON ROUGHLY AN E/W AXIS WITH SHOALEST PART AT W END. MAGNETOMETER INDICATES FERROUS CONTENT OF 500 TONS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533). INS AS WK 51MTRS.
- NM 2106/93. HH100/351/19 28.4.03 HAS BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS HMS BLACKWOOD. CENTRAL PORTION OF THE HULL IS INTACT, COMPLETE WITH UPPER DECK. FWD PART ENDS AT A BULKHEAD WHERE THE BOWS WERE BLOWN OFF. LARGE DEBRIS AREA AT THE STERN WHERE DEPTH CHARGING HAS EXPLODED ONBOARD ORDNANCE. DIESEL ELECTRIC ENGINES PROTRUDE FROM THE HULL. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP
Position: 50 12.533 N,2 14.55 W
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