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Blake: Atlantic
Cargo Vessel (Period Unassigned), Steamship (20th Century)
Site Name Blake: Atlantic
Classification Cargo Vessel (Period Unassigned), Steamship (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cape Wrath; Blake
Canmore ID 102399
Site Number HW92SE 8001
NGR HW 95365 21671
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102399
- Council Maritime
- Parish Maritime - Offshore
- Former Region Not Applicable
- Former District Not Applicable
- Former County Not Applicable
HW92SE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Cape Wrath [name: NC 256 750].
Location formerly cited as HW 9536 2167 [N59 2 W5 34].
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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22 February 1980. The non dangerous wreck of the British cargo vessel BLAKE is reported at approximately 59 02 00 N, 005 34 00W.
Report by US P/O dated 16 October 1976.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 24 July 1917). Blake: this vessel was torpedoed 30 miles NxW1/4W or NxW1/2W from Cape Wrath.
Registration: London. Built 1906. 3740grt. Length: 102m. Beam: 14m.
(Location of loss cited as N59 6.17 W5 17.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary, being derived from the indeterminate location that is cited by UKHO.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 January 2003.
Loss (24 July 1917)
(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 24 July 1917). Blake: this vessel was torpedoed 30 miles NxW1/4W or NxW1/2W from Cape Wrath.
Registration: London. Built 1906. 3740grt. Length: 102m. Beam: 14m.
(Location of loss cited as N59 6.17 W5 17.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Evidence Of Loss (2 February 1980)
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = UND
Surveying Details
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22 February 1980. The non dangerous wreck of the British cargo vessel BLAKE is reported at approximately 59 02 00 N, 005 34 00W.
Report by US P/O dated 16 October 1976.
Hydrographic Office, 1995.
Note (21 January 2003)
The map sheet assigned to this record is arbitrary, being derived from the indeterminate location that is cited by UKHO.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 January 2003.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 467
Name : BLAKE
Latitude : 590610
Longitude : 51700
Date Built : 1906
Registration : LONDON
Type : SS (STEEL)
Tonnage : 3740
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 102
Beam : 14
Draught : 8m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 24
Loss Month : 7
Loss Year : 1917
Comment : Torpedoed 30 miles NxWW, or NxWW, from Cape Wrath.
Cargo : COAL
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 000393
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 59.03333,-5.56667
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 59.03285,-5.56793
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Previous Position : 59.03333,-5.56667
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 80
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : BLAKE
Type : CARGO
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 103.7
Beam : 14.1
Draught : 7.5
Tonnage : 3740
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : 24/07/1917
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : None reported
Original Detection Year : 1917
Last Detection Year : 1976
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **VESSEL TORPEDOED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE 30M N BY W 1/2 W OF CAPE WRATH. CREW OF FIVE LOST. BUILT IN 1906 BY ZODIAC SHIPPING COMPANY (MOLLER & CO.), WITH TRIPLE-EXPANSION ENGINES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W.DOXFORD & SONS. (WWISL & DODS).
Surveying Details : **22.2.80 NDWPA IN 590200N, 053400W. (US P/O DATED 16.10.76). NCA.
**10.5.84 AMENDED TO DEAD. DETAILS TRANSFERRED TO [395].
Charting Comments : POSN TOO VAGUE TO CHART
Date Last Amended : 21/06/2004
Date Position Last Amended : 28/11/2002
