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