Dive Site Name: Bleamoor                 Position: 50.22.43N 03.25.14W 

Type: Wreck            Tonnage: 3745tonnes    Length: 104.33m       Cargo: Coal

Date Lost:  27/11/1917     How Lost:  Torpedoed UB-80

Max Depth Seabed:  46m                   Depth to top of Wreck:

Minimum Qualification:     Deep Diver / Technical Diver (Or Equivilent)

The Bleamoor was on passage from Hull to Falmouth when she was struck by a torpedo in the #1 hold fired from UB-80, Kapitanleutnant Biebeg. The Crew were unable to launch the lifeboats and were picked up by patrol vessels and landed in Torquay. The Purser and 7 Crew were lost. She was carrying 5,300 tonnes of coal.

Little else is known of this wreck, she has been confused with the Kendall Castle……..

The Bleamoor was built in in Sunderland in 1902 by W.Doxford and sons ltd. She was 342 ft long and 3,745 tonnes.

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