Hms Blackmorevale: North Sea
Minesweeper (20th Century)
Site Name Hms Blackmorevale: North Sea
Classification Minesweeper (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Blackmore Vale; 'off Montrose'; Scurdie Ness; Hms Blackmorevale
Canmore ID 201642
Site Number NP54NW 8001
NGR NP 51 49
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/201642
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
NP54NW 8001 unlocated
NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572]
Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567].
Formerly entered in error under classification Requisitioned Steam Trawler.
Formerly entered as Site no. 8003 at cited location NO c. 90 47 [N56 37 W2 10].
Length: 231ft [70.4m]
Beam: 28ft [8.5m]
Displacement: 750 tons.
Propulsion: triple expansion (3 cyls): 2 screws: 1800hp: 16kts.
Guns: 1 or 2 12pdr or smaller.
Complement: 65-71.
This Fleet Minesweeper of the Early Hunt class was built in 1917 and mined off Scotland in 1918.
H M Le Fleming 1961.
(Location of loss cited as 'Montrose, Scurdie Ness, 10.5M SE').
R Larn and B Larn 1998.
(Classified as Minesweeper: date of loss cited as 1 May 1918). HMS Blackmorevale [Blackmore Vale]: [this vessel was] mined off Montrose.
Registration: London. 750 tons displacement. Length: 66m. Beam: 9m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 38.00 W1 10.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
This class of ship was also classified as a Fleet Minesweeping Sloop, and were both larger and more sophisticated than the various classes of requisitioned trawler that were converted, adapted or fitted for minesweeping. They were distinguished by having augmented-draugh coal-burning boilers, with corresponding heavy coal consumotion and smoke production.
This vessel was built by Ardrossan Dry Dock Company, Ardrossan, launched 23 March 1917, and sunk by mine off Montrose on 1 May 1918.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 November 2001.
Loss (1 May 1918)
(Location of loss cited as 'Montrose, Scurdie Ness, 10.5M SE').
R Larn and B Larn 1998.
(Classified as Minesweeper: date of loss cited as 1 May 1918). HMS Blackmorevale [Blackmore Vale]: [this vessel was] mined off Montrose.
Registration: London. 750 tons displacement. Length: 66m. Beam: 9m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 38.00 W1 10.00).
I G Whittaker 1998.
External Reference (1961)
Length: 231ft [70.4m]
Beam: 28ft [8.5m]
Displacement: 750 tons.
Propulsion: triple expansion (3 cyls): 2 screws: 1800hp: 16kts.
Guns: 1 or 2 12pdr or smaller.
Complement: 65-71.
This Fleet Minesweeper of the Early Hunt class was built in 1917 and mined off Scotland in 1918.
H M Le Fleming 1961.
Named Location (Nlo) (12 November 2001)
NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572]
Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567].
See also NU22SE 8001.
Formerly entered in error under classification Requisitioned Steam Trawler.
Formerly entered as NO94NW 8003 at cited location NO c. 90 47 [N56 37 W2 10].
Note (12 November 2001)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker.
This class of ship was also classified as a Fleet Minesweeping Sloop, and were both larger and more sophisticated than the various classes of requisitioned trawler that were converted, adapted or fitted for minesweeping. They were distinguished by having augmented-draugh coal-burning boilers, with corresponding heavy coal consumotion and smoke production.
This vessel was built by Ardrossan Dry Dock Company, Ardrossan, launched 23 March 1917, and sunk by mine off Montrose on 1 May 1918.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 November 2001.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 86
Name : HMS BLACKMOREVALE
Latitude : 563800
Longitude : 11000
Registration : LONDON
Type : MINESWEEPER
Tonnage : 750
Tonnage Code : D
Length : 66
Beam : 9
Draught : 2m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 1
Loss Month : 5
Loss Year : 1918
Comment : Mined off Montrose
