Minimum number of divers: 6
Max Depth - 18m
Tonnage - 7191
Length - 441
Date sunk - 29 Dec 1944
Type of vessel - Liberty Cargo ship
How sunk - Torpedoed
Former names - None
Wreck height - 3m
The 7,191 ton US Liberty ship was travelling as part of the convoy TBC 21. She was torpeded by German submarine U-772. Only 4 of her 41 crew were injured in the blast (one later died). The Black Hawk was abandoned, and the surviors taken on board the British corvette HMS Dahlia. The wreck now lies in 2 pieces. The stern is south of Portland Bill and the bow in Worbarrow bay.
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