This is the information page about the shipwreck Eldorita, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 2.77 N,2 48.99 E (52.1134167, 2.8418)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: Eldorita
Length 33.2 meter, width: 6.7 meter, draught: 2.7, tonnage 201 ton
Cause: Abandoned after leaking badly and developing 25deg list. later sank.
Year of registration: 1966
Water depth above wreck: 33 meter
Known since: 1966, last detected: 2022
Details measurements/cartography: H796/65 20.12.66 NDW PA IN 520200N, 025000E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM DTD 12.12.66). BR STD. H769/65 3.1.67 NOW DW PA. (HAGUE NM 3767(P)/67). AMEND TO DW.
- NM 120/67. H769/65 16.10.67 WK 30MTRS IN 520245N, 024845E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 2581/67). AMEND TO WK 17FMS.
- NM 1886/67. H4868/71 1.12.71 SEARCHED FOR IN 1967 BY NETHERLANDS SURVEY VESSEL. NOT FOUND IN POSN APPROX, BUT UNKNOWN WK, PRESUMED TO BE ELDORITA, LOCATED IN 520245N, 024845E [EUR]. LEAST DEPTH 30MTRS. (NETHERLANDS HYDRO, LTR DTD 11.11.71). 23.11.72 SHOWN IN 520245N, 024854E [EUR] ON NETHERLANDS FISHERIES CHARTS 1954 &1972. NCA. H3069/86 23.10.87 NOW WK 31MTRS. (NETHERLANDS NM 486/87). 6.9.90 ELDORITA, LEAST DEPTH 31MTRS IN 520245N, 024845E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS WK RECORDS SEP '90). 7.4.92 NOT SHOWN ON NETHERLANDS 1972 [OCT '91 EDN]. DELETED. BR STD. HH340/530/02 16.6.94 POSN AMENDED TO 520249N, 024905E [EUR]. (NETHERLANDS NM 325/94). AMENDED LIVE.
- NM 2398/94. SEP 2010/000094380 9.6.10 NOW WK 30.5MTRS IN 5202.77N, 0248.99E [WGD]. (NETHERLANDS NM 22/295/10).
- NM 3301/10.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 52 2.77 N,2 48.99 E