This is the information page about the shipwreck Elbe, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 9.596 N,4 31.59 E (53.0440833, 4.65455)

 

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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.

 

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5. Batavier ii
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7. Berta kienass
8. De jager (wr 13)
9. E-17
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38. Silvia
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40. Stormarn
41. T 61
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43. Turbo ?
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48. Ym 373
49. Zinnia

 

Name: ELBE

Length 56.7 meter, width: 8.8 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 500 ton
Load: grain

Cause: Built in 1958 by j j sietas schiffsw, hamburg. owned at time of loss by walter grages. passage struer, denmark for poole. sank in heavy seas approx 5m ne of texel. one man lost, six recovered. (msd).

Year of registration: 1978

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter

Known since: 1978, last detected: 2022

Details measurements/cartography: 28.3.78 SANK IN 530936N, 043200E. (LL, 27.3.78). H2062/71 30.3.78 DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (NETH HYDRO, TLX DTD 28.3.78). NAVAREA 1 064/78. H2062/71 6.4.78 MARKED BY W CARD LT BUOY, QKFL(9)15S. (NETH TLX DTD 5.4.78). NAVAREA 1 074/78. H2062/71 24.4.78 SW 17.1MTRS (9FMS 2FT) IN 530938N, 043140E [EUR]. WK BUOY REMOVED. (RNL TLX DTD 17.4.78).

- NM 1030/78. 26.4.78 NO ATTEMPTS WILL BE MADE TO RAISE VESSEL. (LL, 27.4.78). NCA. 7.8.89 ELBE, SW 17.1MTRS IN 530938.3N, 043138.9E [EUR]. (NETH WK RECORDS - JAN'88 EDN - NO L17 945). NCA. 27.4.10 SHOWN AS SW 16.9MTRS IN 5309.616N, 0431.586E [WGD] ON BA 126 [EDN 1 DTD 2.8.07, 1:60,000 1ST SCALE, CO-PRODUCTION].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 9.596 N,4 31.59 E

 

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