This is the information page about the shipwreck Elena r, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 30.209 N,2 20.69 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Aeolian sky
4. Alex van opstal
5. Amy
6. Apache
7. Arfon
8. Athen
9. Barryman
10. Binnendijk
11. Black hawk (aft section)
12. Black hawk (fwd section)
13. Britannia (possibly)
14. British inventor (bow section)
15. Chasseur 6
16. Chasseur 7
17. Countess of erne
18. Earl of abergavenny
19. Elena r
20. Elmcrest
21. Enecuri
22. Ethel (probably)
23. Evertsen
24. Finn
25. Forester (& pontoon)
26. Franziska
27. Frigga
28. Frogner ?
29. General jackson
30. Gripfast
31. Hartburn (probably)
32. Hartlepool (part of)
33. Hartlepool (part of)
34. Himalaya
35. Hms arfon
36. Hms blackwood
37. Hms delight
38. Hms fisgard ii
39. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
40. Hms james fennel
41. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
42. Hms landrail (probably)
43. Hms warrior ii
44. Hmsm a3
45. Hmsm l24
46. Hmsm m2
47. Hmsm p555
48. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
49. Hmsm sidon
50. Inisinver
51. Iolanthe
52. Juvenile delinquent
53. Kolga
54. License to kill (possibly)
55. Longsand
56. Mallard (possibly)
57. Marie therese
58. Martha
59. Merchant royal
60. Milo
61. Neree (possibly)
62. Neree (probably)
63. Netley abbey (possibly)
64. Onward (probably)
65. Orne (possibly)
66. Pas (c.182)
67. Pitchipoy (possibly)
68. Rowella
69. Royal adelaide
70. Saratoga
71. Scaldis
72. Snowdrop
73. Spiral (possibly)
74. Stancrest
75. Sudon (possibly)
76. Terrapin
77. Thera (possibly)
78. U 322 (possibly)
79. Ub 74
80. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: ELENA R

Length 112.8 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 4576 ton
Load: grain

Cause: ex-munindies. built in 1917 by the newport news shipbuilding & drycock co, newport news, virginia. owned by greek shipping syndicate. two boilers, triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage rosario for antwerp. mined.

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 142 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2009

Details measurements/cartography: H174/39 2.12.39 SUNK 101DEG, 4.3M FROM PORTLAND BILL. (FOIC PORTLAND). CHART AS DW IN 503012N, 022037W. - FNM 2685/39, NM 1006/40 & NM 3314/45. H174/39 3.12.45 LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 5FMS 4FT. (HMS FRANKLIN).

- NM 3960/45. H174/39 28.1.46 G CAN BUOY, GPFL(2)G.10S LAID CLOSE S OF WK. (CINC PORTSMOUTH).

- NM 305/46. H174/39 20.7.46 DISPERSED. CUT DOWN TO 45FT. (STEEPHOLM, 11.7.46). NCA YET. H174/39 2.10.46 DRIFT SWEPT. CLEAR TO 50FT [MLWS] IN 503012N, 022036W. (PORTLAND 25.7.46). BUOY REMOVED. (TH).

- NM 3355/46 & NM 3549/46. H174/39 24.8.49 SWEPT CLEAR AT 53, FOUL AT 54FT. WRECKAGE COVERS AREA 550 X 200FT, ORIENTATED 125/305DEG. LIES 098.25DEG, 4.33M FROM PORTLAND BILL LT HO. (CINC PORTLAND, SML 1301, 26.7.49). BR STD. H434/53 2.5.55 EXISTENCE CONFIRMED BY A/S. (HMS MARVEL, 1955). H1730/65 10.6.68 WK NOT FOUND. CHARTED POSN LIES CLOSE TO TIP OF NARROW, WELL DEFINED RIDGE OF BROKEN SHELL WHICH NOW UNITES WK POSN TO SHAMBLES BANK. WK PRESUMED TO HAVE BROKEN UP AS NOTHING WAS FOUND TO PROJECT ABOVE SEABED. RETAIN AS CHARTED AS AREA NOT SONAR SWEPT. (FSL WATERWITCH, ROS 29.2.68). NCA. H3221/70 14.8.70 WK LOCATED USING DECCA. NOT COVERED BY SAND/GRAVEL BUT IN PROCESS OF BEING SO. E/S INDICATED WK TO STAND 4FMS ABOVE SEABED WITH LEAST DEPTH 12FMS (UNREDUCED). (RV CLIONE, MAY 1970). NCA YET. HH3848/86/2 27.11.91 EXAM'D 13.9.91 IN 503012N, 022033.5W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.4 IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS. NO SCOUR. APPARENTLY TOTALLY COVERED WITH SHINGLE AND ORIENTATED 084/264DEG. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 367). BR STD. SEP 2009/000100105127 10.8.09 LOCATED IN 5030.209N, 0220.690W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.37MTRS. (FUGRO OSAE, HN FOR HI 1154 DTD 5.8.09). AMEND WK 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 16.11.09 UPRIGHT. WELL BROKEN AND MOSTLY COVERED WITH A BANK OF BROKEN MUSSEL SHELLS. (DIVER MAGAZINE, DEC 2009). NCA. HH091/154/01 29.12.09 LOCATED 2.3.09 IN 5030.209N, 0220.690W [WG]D USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.37 IN GEN DEPTH 29.9MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 120.0MTRS, WIDTH 80.0MTRS, HT 7.5MTRS. LIES 142/322 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1154). INTACT. NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: COLLAPSED, LARGELY COVERED IN BROKEN SHELLS

Position: 50 30.209 N,2 20.69 W

 

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