This is the information page about the shipwreck El dorado, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 34.279 N,1 59.854 E (52.4370167, 1.7918333)

 

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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. Abeona
2. Ala
3. Alto (possibly)
4. Astrologer
5. Atle
6. Avonwood
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Barrhill
10. Begona no 5
11. Blacktoft (possibly)
12. Boulderpool (after part)
13. Bovey tracy
14. Boy karl
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Castle galleon
18. Cd 14 (probably)
19. City of kobe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Corbrook
22. Cormead
23. Crichtoun
24. Cross sand ltv
25. David b summers
26. Django
27. Dronning maud (possibly)
28. El dorado
29. Ethel radcliffe
30. Excellenz mehnert
31. Farmatyr
32. Fidelio
33. Frumenton
34. Galatea (possibly)
35. Gasfire
36. Geneva
37. George fisher
38. Georgia (for'd part)
39. Glen derry (probably)
40. Glen tilt (possibly)
41. Glynn
42. Goodwood (possibly)
43. Groenlo
44. Gulf breaker
45. H h petersen
46. Hamsterley
47. Helena
48. Hms agate
49. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
50. Hms christopher (possibly)
51. Hms condor (probably)
52. Hms dhoon (probably)
53. Hms donside (possibly)
54. Hms evesham (possibly)
55. Hms exmoor
56. Hms fontenoy
57. Hms force
58. Hms glen prosen
59. Hms irvana (part of)
60. Hms jessie nutten
61. Hms kaphreda
62. Hms m a west (probably)
63. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
64. Hms orthos (probably)
65. Hms pelton (probably)
66. Hms speeton (possibly)
67. Hms spider
68. Hms tettenhall
69. Hms tonbridge
70. Hms tugela
71. Hms washington (probably)
72. Hms whooper
73. Hmsm d5
74. Horseferry (probably)
75. Impulsion
76. Ionian (probably)
77. Kenneth hawksfield
78. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
79. Knitsley (possibly)
80. La perouse (possibly)
81. Langeli (possibly)
82. Leelite
83. Liliane (possibly)
84. Lindisfarne (probably)
85. Lingfield
86. Mardyke
87. Maria rosa
88. Marianne (probably)
89. Marsworth
90. Mascota (possibly)
91. Memento (possibly)
92. Merchant
93. Mercurius
94. Mirella
95. Montferland
96. Mudo
97. Murdoch (probably)
98. Nadir
99. Navarra (possibly)
100. Nereus
101. Newland (possibly)
102. Nominoe
103. Nordborg (possibly)
104. Novocastrian
105. Oil trader
106. Onto
107. Osprey
108. Otis tarda
109. Oxshott (possibly)
110. Philipp m
111. Pluton
112. Polaris
113. Prima
114. Regain
115. Ren
116. Reward (possibly)
117. Rhineland
118. Robin iv
119. Robrix
120. Rochester city
121. Rogate
122. Roine
123. Rokos vergottis
124. Roxanna
125. Rye
126. Scotia
127. Sea rhine
128. Seagull
129. Silksworth hall (probably).
130. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
131. Skodsburg (possibly)
132. Southford
133. St patrick
134. Stad alkmaar
135. Stanmount
136. Sunniside (probably)
137. Taber park
138. Thomas m (possibly)
139. Tidal (possibly)
140. Togston
141. Tregantle (possibly)
142. Trevethoe
143. U 13 (probably)
144. Ui-001
145. Vanguard
146. Viola (possibly)
147. Virgilia
148. War mehtar
149. War valley
150. White swan
151. White swan (possibly)
152. Willowpool
153. Xanthe
154. Yewvalley (possibly)
155. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: EL DORADO

Length 79.2 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 1519 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Ex-el dorado, ex-amma lea. built of iron in 1883 by j l thompson & sons, sunderland. owned at time of loss by rederi aktieb, helsingborg. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 173hp, single shaft. machinery by g clarke, sunderland. passage ghent for hull. sank after collision with spanish ss begonia no 5.

Year of registration: 1923

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 188 cm

Known since: 1923, last detected: 20161220

Details measurements/cartography: H4891/23 17.7.23 DW IN POSN 272.5 DEG 9.85M FROM GORLESTON CH. (N FORELAND RADIO & TH GT YARMOUTH, 16.7.23). H4989/23 23.9.23 DISPERSED TO LEAST DEPTH 50FT. POSN 523410N, 015930E. (TH 22.9.23). AMEND TO WK 8.25FMS. DELETE BUOY. H336/31 27.8.51 EXAM'D IN 523416N, 020000E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR 54FT, FOUL AT 56FT. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 63FT IN GENERAL DEPTH 79FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER 20.8.51). AMEND TO WK 9FMS. H3730/69 30.5.69 EXAM'D IN 523418N, 020002E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 63FT IN GEN DEPTH 78FT. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 38/68). AMEND TO WK 10FMS 3FT. BR STD. H6285/69 27.1.70 LOCATED IN 523430N, 020004E USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 72FT IN GENERAL DEPTH 78FT. (KELVIN HUGHES, K5733/3). H4398/71 16.9.71 EXAM'D IN 523420N, 020004E [OGB] USNG HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 18.0, FOUL 19.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.0MTRS IN 23.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. FLAT SEABED. LIES N/S APPROX. 250FT LONG. (HMS ENTERPRISE). AMEND TO SW 9FMS 5FT IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 5.4.76 AMEND TO SW 18.0MTRS. NC 1543. HH090/616/01 24.10.94 EXAM'D 8.7.94 IN 523415.2N, 015958.1E [OGB] USING SYLEDIS [3 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 18.7, FOUL 19.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.6 IN GEN DEPTH 25.5MTRS. SCOUR 1-3MTRS. DCS3 HT 8.5MTRS. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 30MTRS. LIES 005/185 DEGS. WELL DISPERSED AND BROKEN UP. (GARDLINE, HI 616). BR STD. SEP 2016/000091758 18.7.17 EXAM'D 20.12.17; IN 5234.279N, 0159.854E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.16MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS, LENGTH 89.9MTRS, WIDTH 22.5MTRS, HEIGHT 5.8MTRS, ORIENTATION 188/008 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 1494). AMEND DW 19.1MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 34.279 N,1 59.854 E

 

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