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 (50.302916666667, -3.1211333333333)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Aleyna
3. Ann marie (possibly)
4. Antonio (probably)
5. Avalon g ii
6. Ave
7. Bamse (probably)
8. Bayonne
9. Bleamoor (probably)
10. Blue marlin
11. Bokn (possibly)
12. Borgund i (possibly)
13. Bretagne
14. Bretton hall
15. Brunhilda
16. Buesten
17. Bull steamer (possibly)
18. Chateau yqem
19. Cheshire
20. Chorley
21. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
22. City of swansea (probably)
23. Clan stuart (probably)
24. Claverley (possibly)
25. Colorado (possibly)
26. Cornelia
27. Dudley rose
28. Elsa (possibly)
29. Emma
30. Emsstrom
31. Farn
32. Garm (possibly)
33. Gateway (probably)
34. Gefion
35. General leman (possibly)
36. Glocliffe
37. Greenville
38. Greleen
39. Greta c
40. Hildegard (possibly)
41. Hms amazon
42. Hms bittern
43. Hms bittern (parts of)(probably)
44. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
45. Hms formidable
46. Hms harstad
47. Hms hickory
48. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
49. Hms lord hailsham
50. Hms manor
51. Hmsm d1
52. Irma germaine (possibly)
53. Isbjorn
54. Jade star gypsy
55. Jordan a
56. Karen marie (probably)
57. Kendal castle
58. Kongshaug (probably)
59. La blanca (possibly)
60. La portaise (probably)
61. Lct 381
62. Les mercenaires
63. Lofoten (probably)
64. Lord stewart
65. Majorca
66. Marie des isles
67. Marjolene
68. Modavia
69. Motano (probably)
70. Mudstomper (probably)
71. Murree
72. Northville (possibly)
73. Nyasaland
74. Ocean vagabond
75. Osprey (bow section) (possibly)
76. Pergo
77. Peronne
78. Pomella
79. Quest
80. Rayder
81. Reggestroom (probably)
82. Renilde
83. Rosten (possibly)
84. Rota
85. Rotorua
86. Sarah jayne
87. Sevilla
88. Shirley betty
89. Siren
90. Ster de zee (possibly)
91. Taeping
92. Tandil (probably)
93. Tom roper (possibly)
94. Two sisters
95. U 1191
96. Uc 49 (probably)
97. Ursa (probably)
98. Visborg (possibly)
99. W h dwyer
100. Westergate (probably)

 

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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