This is the information page about the shipwreck Electra, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 54.422 N,1 0.504 E (50.8163, 0.959)

 

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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. Actuality
2. Afghanistan (bow section)
3. Afghanistan (probably)
4. Albuera
5. Alcantara
6. Alice
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Argonaut
9. Ash
10. Australier (probably)
11. Avoca
12. Bobby
13. Brandenburg
14. Cabo espartel
15. Ceta (stern section)
16. Charente
17. Christianssund
18. City of dresden (possibly)
19. Corinia (possibly)
20. De fontaine
21. Dorothy j (possibly)
22. Durango
23. Electra
24. Ella sayer
25. Empire lough (probably)
26. Empress of fort william (probably)
27. Enero (probably)
28. Euphorbia
29. Evg(no rx152)?
30. Excellence pleske
31. Express
32. G-asad
33. Grit (probably)
34. Grosser kurfurst
35. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
36. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
37. Halcyon
38. Henry moon
39. Heron
40. Hms blackwater
41. Hms brazen
42. Hms carlton
43. Hms caulonia
44. Hms city of dundee
45. Hms cleon
46. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
47. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
48. Hms ghurka
49. Hms myrmidon
50. Hms torbay ii (probably)
51. Hms waterfly
52. Hmt gullfoss
53. Hoheweg
54. Holland
55. Hydaspes (possibly)
56. Jokai
57. Josephine willis
58. Kadru
59. Katharina kolkmann
60. Kielce
61. La somme (probably)
62. Lacer
63. Lady alice
64. Latona
65. Leicester
66. Leila najia
67. Leo
68. Lepanto/le panto/panta/panto
69. Lighter 83
70. Lizzonia
71. Lusitania
72. Maloja 1
73. Maxwell
74. Milbanke (probably)
75. Monarch
76. Morgenster
77. Mrav
78. My astor
79. Naranco
80. Negrier
81. Newcastle
82. Niki
83. Norman
84. Northfleet
85. Nunima
86. Portslade (possibly)
87. River levan
88. Robin hood
89. Roode zee (possibly)
90. Roseburn
91. Rydal hall (possibly)
92. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
93. Saint emilion (probably)
94. Saint jean pierre
95. Salbya (possibly)
96. Samida
97. Sea serpent
98. Seine
99. Shenandoah
100. Sierra bravia
101. Sir russell
102. Sparta (possibly)
103. St cecilia
104. Swale (probably)
105. T s webb
106. Texaco caribbean (after section)
107. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
108. Tokufuku maru
109. Traquair (probably)
110. Trooper
111. U 8
112. Ub 108 (possibly)
113. Ub 109
114. Ub 31 ?
115. Ub 58 (possibly)
116. Ub 78
117. Ub-33 (probably)
118. Uc 63
119. Uc 77 (possibly)
120. Unity
121. Veerman
122. Vittoria claudia
123. War monarch
124. Waterland (possibly)
125. Welsh belle

 

Name: ELECTRA

Length 65.1 meter, width: 8.6 meter, draught: 5.3, tonnage 799 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid,wine

Cause: built of iron in 1876 by palmer, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by the london ss co. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 98hp, single shaft. passage genoa for london. cargo citrus fruit and wine. run down and sunk by the iron vessel 'dhollera' (london for adelaide, general cargo). 6 men lost.

Year of registration: 1976

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 81 cm

Known since: 1976, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H4551/76 15.11.76 WK REPD IN 505422N, 010043E. POSN FROM DECCA. HT 20FT. (RISDON BEAZLEY, 4/76 DTD 27.10.76, SURVEYED IN 1956). INS AS WK 20MTRS. BR STD. H4199/78 20.10.78 LOCATED 26.9.77 IN 505422N, 010037E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.6MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 33MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS. LENGTH 61MTRS. LYING 080/260DEGS. APPARENTLY COMPLETE AND POSSIBLY WARSHIP (?DESTROYER) PROFILE. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). INS AS WK 24.5MTRS. BR STD. HH090/711/01 29.1.97 EXAM'D 15.8.96 IN 505425N, 010029E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 24.0, FOUL AT 24.3MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.7 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.5MTRS. DCS3 HT 6MTRS. LENGTH 75MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 090/270DEGS. INTACT, PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016, HI 711). NOT FULLY SWEPT, RETAIN AS WK 24.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH242/400/13 16.7.01 LOCATED IN 5054.428N, 0100.504E [WGD]. SWEPT CLEAR 24.2MTRS. (NP 1016, SIGNAL DTD 1.7.01). AMEND TO SW 24MTRS. BR STD. HH242/400/13 30.7.01 EXAM'D 3.7.01 IN 5054.428N, 0100.504E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 24.2, FOUL 24.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.5 IN GEN DEPTH 29.1MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 70MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.95MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (NP 1016, HN DTD 11.7.01 FOR HI 921). NCA. HH090/921/01 19.9.01 ABOVE DATA REPEATED. PROMINENT BOTTOM FEATURE WITH A HT OF 2MTRS LIES CLOSE N OF THIS WK. (NP 1016, HI 921). NFA. HH100/351/17 16.10.01 THIS IS THE 'ELECTRA'. IDENTIFIED BY NAME ON THE SHIP'S CUTLERY. (T GOODFELLOW, EMAIL DTD 10.10.01). NCA. SEP2016/000091764 19.4.17 EXAM'D 26.7.16; IN 5054.422N, 0100.504E [WGD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH 23.79MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 67MTRS, WIDTH 12MTRS, HEIGHT 5.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 081/261 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 100MTRS, 2.8MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 050 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 23.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 54.422 N,1 0.504 E

 

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