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 (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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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. Bob read (probably)
13. Boulderpool (after part)
14. Bovey tracy
15. Boy karl
16. Burtonia (possibly)
17. Bygdo (possibly)
18. Castle galleon
19. Cd 14 (probably)
20. City of kobe
21. Claudia (possibly)
22. Corbrook
23. Cormead
24. Crichtoun
25. Cross sand ltv
26. Daisy (possibly)
27. David b summers
28. Db 8 (possibly)
29. Django
30. Dronning maud (possibly)
31. El dorado
32. Elnet
33. Ethel radcliffe
34. Excellenz mehnert
35. Farmatyr
36. Fidelio
37. Frumenton
38. G and e (possibly)
39. Galatea (possibly)
40. Gasfire
41. Geneva
42. George fisher
43. Georgia (for'd part)
44. Glen derry (probably)
45. Glen tilt (possibly)
46. Glynn
47. Goodwood (possibly)
48. Groenlo
49. Gulf breaker
50. H h petersen
51. Hamsterley
52. Helena
53. Hms agate
54. Hms bracklyn (possibly)
55. Hms cantatrice
56. Hms christopher (possibly)
57. Hms condor (probably)
58. Hms dhoon (probably)
59. Hms donside (possibly)
60. Hms evesham (possibly)
61. Hms exmoor
62. Hms fontenoy
63. Hms force
64. Hms glen prosen
65. Hms harvest gleaner
66. Hms irvana (part of)
67. Hms jessie nutten
68. Hms kaphreda
69. Hms m a west (probably)
70. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
71. Hms orthos (probably)
72. Hms pelton (probably)
73. Hms speeton (possibly)
74. Hms spider
75. Hms tettenhall
76. Hms tonbridge
77. Hms tugela
78. Hms washington (probably)
79. Hms whooper
80. Hmsm d5
81. Horseferry (probably)
82. Impulsion
83. Ionian (probably)
84. Kenneth hawksfield
85. Knitsley (part of)(probably)
86. Knitsley (possibly)
87. La perouse (possibly)
88. Langeli (possibly)
89. Leelite
90. Liliane (possibly)
91. Lindisfarne (probably)
92. Lingfield
93. Mardyke
94. Maria rosa
95. Marianne (probably)
96. Marsworth
97. Mascota (possibly)
98. Memento (possibly)
99. Merchant
100. Mercurius
101. Meriones
102. Mirella
103. Montferland
104. Mudo
105. Murdoch (probably)
106. Nadir
107. Navarra (possibly)
108. Nereus
109. Newland (possibly)
110. Nominoe
111. Nordborg (possibly)
112. Novocastrian
113. Oil trader
114. Onto
115. Osprey
116. Otis tarda
117. Oxshott (possibly)
118. Philipp m
119. Pluton
120. Polaris
121. Prima
122. Regain
123. Ren
124. Reward (possibly)
125. Rhineland
126. Robin iv
127. Robrix
128. Rochester city
129. Rogate
130. Roine
131. Rokos vergottis
132. Roxanna
133. Rye
134. Scotia
135. Sea rhine
136. Seagull
137. Silksworth hall (probably).
138. Sir william stephenson
139. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
140. Skodsburg (possibly)
141. Southford
142. St patrick
143. Stad alkmaar
144. Stanmount
145. Sunniside (probably)
146. Taber park
147. Thomas m (possibly)
148. Tidal (possibly)
149. Togston
150. Tregantle (possibly)
151. Trevethoe
152. Tunisiana
153. U 13 (probably)
154. Uc 62 (possibly)
155. Ui-001
156. Vanguard
157. Vigo
158. Viola (possibly)
159. Virgilia
160. War mehtar
161. War valley
162. White swan
163. White swan (possibly)
164. Willowpool
165. Xanthe
166. Yewvalley (possibly)
167. 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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