Wreck: La blanca (possibly) (Motor vessel)
This is the information page about the shipwreck La blanca (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.95 N,3 11.437 W (50.215833, -3.190617)
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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: LA BLANCA (POSSIBLY)
Length 129.5 meter, width: 17.4 meter, draught: 8.5, tonnage 7479 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,foodstuffs: preserved,foodstuffs: solid
Cause: built in 1906 by sir j laing & sons ltd of sunderland. owned at time of loss by the argentine cargo line ltd. triple expansion engine of 470 ho, single shaft. machinery by g clarke ltd of suderland. passage buenos aires for le havre. cargo 395 tons general and 3985 tons of frozen beef. torpedoed and sunk by u 96. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1954
Water depth above wreck: 59 meter, Height above seabed: 21 cm
Known since: 1954, last detected: 2003
Details measurements/cartography: SANK 10 MILES SSE FROM BERRY HEAD. (WW1SL). H4617/5515 15.9.55 H4617/5515.9.55 WK LOCATED IN 501255N, 031119W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 26FMS IN 32FMS. SEABED SAND AND SHELL. LIES 015/195DEGS. (HMS SCOTT, 28.10.54). BR STD. . HH100/351/14 24.2.99 HH100/351/14 24.2.99 LOCATED IN 5012.895N, 0311.395W [OGB] USING DGPS. HEIGHT 9MTRS. COMMERCIAL GUARD REQUESTED FOR POSN. (M SHARP, FAX DTD 25.1.99). AMENDED TO CINC. AMEND POSITION. BR STD. HH100/351/17 8.6.01 HH100/351/17 8.6.01 DIVED 5.01 IN LISTED POS'N. VESSEL IS APPROX 350FT LONG. UPRIGHT AND LARGELY INTACT. SINGLE SCREW. HOLD SEEN WITH RAISED COMBING. HOLD CONTAINING WHAT LOOKS LIKE REFRIGERATION PIPES LAID HORIZONTALLY. COULD BE 'LA BLANCA'. (N R CHIPCHASE). NCA. 27.1.06 27.1.06 DATA RE-ASSESSED. COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE REMOVED. MORE THAN 5 YEARS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT AND LARGELY INTACT
Position: 50 12.95 N,3 11.437 W
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