This is the information page about the shipwreck Eleonora, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 8.963 N,1 30.061 E (51.089833333333, 1.7715833333333)

 

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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. 150
2. Acer
3. Admiral gardner
4. Advent
5. Africa
6. Agen
7. Amplegarth
8. Andaman
9. Angelus (possibly)
10. Ashley
11. Atlantic (possibly)
12. Brandenburg
13. Bravore
14. Brendonia
15. Ca 4
16. Camisard
17. Cap de la hague
18. Carmen
19. Cathay (part of)
20. Cedrington court
21. Colbert
22. Colbert (possibly)
23. Constanzia
24. Corhaven
25. Corheath
26. Correct
27. Costas michalos (aft section)
28. Costas michalos (fwd part)
29. D'artagnan
30. Dartmore
31. Diana
32. Dinard
33. Dixie
34. Dolcoath (part)
35. Dolcoath (part)
36. Dunbar castle
37. E goodwin ltv
38. Efford
39. Eidsiva (probably)
40. Eleonora
41. Emile deschamps
42. Emma
43. Emma (possibly)
44. Empire lough (probably)
45. Empress of fort william (probably)
46. En avant
47. Falcon (probably)
48. Fearless
49. Filleigh
50. Flachsee
51. Flandres
52. Francesco ciampa
53. Frons olivae (probably)
54. G 85 (possibly)
55. G-42 (possibly)
56. Gad 23
57. Genimar
58. Gloire a sainte therese
59. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
60. Halcyon
61. Harcalo
62. Henry b plant
63. Henry moon
64. Hm mgb 328 (possibly)
65. Hmhs anglia
66. Hms alert ?
67. Hms aragonite (part of)
68. Hms aragonite (part of)
69. Hms aries (possibly)
70. Hms artic trapper
71. Hms brazen
72. Hms carilon
73. Hms carlton
74. Hms cayton wyke (probably)
75. Hms city of dundee
76. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
77. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
78. Hms fauvette
79. Hms flirt
80. Hms glen boyne
81. Hms guardsman
82. Hms kingston galena
83. Hms lord grey
84. Hms lydian
85. Hms marcella
86. Hms napia
87. Hms niger (possibly)
88. Hms northumberland (probably)
89. Hms othello ii
90. Hms peridot
91. Hms restoration (possibly)
92. Hms rodino
93. Hms stirling castle (probably)
94. Hms torbay ii (probably)
95. Hms tourmaline
96. Hms tranquil
97. Hms war sepoy
98. Hms weigelia
99. Hms wessex
100. Hmsm b2
101. Hundvaag
102. Ilaro
103. Ira (possibly)
104. Jacob luckenbach
105. James harrod
106. Josephine willis
107. Jupiter (probably)
108. Jupiter tr 1 (possibly)
109. Kabinda
110. Kadru
111. Karmt
112. Katharina kolkmann
113. Kielce
114. Kirsten skou
115. Koenigshaven
116. L'armandeche
117. La fleche
118. Lady stella
119. Latona
120. Laurl coin
121. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
122. Le pelerin de la mer
123. Leicester
124. Leo
125. Lighter 83
126. Lisbeth m
127. Loanda
128. Lolworth
129. Lord hamilton (possibly)
130. Luray victory
131. Lusitania
132. Mahratta
133. Mahratta ii
134. Maloja 1
135. Malta (probably)
136. Margate sand beacon
137. Mariner moon
138. Merel (part of)(possibly)
139. Mersey
140. Monarch
141. Monica (possibly)
142. Munificent
143. Murillo
144. Nancy moran
145. Niki
146. Norman
147. North eastern victory
148. Notre dame des trois epis
149. Ocean hound
150. Ocean king (possibly)
151. Opal
152. Ousel (probably)
153. Pallieter
154. Paros isle
155. Phoenix
156. Polgrange
157. Preussen
158. Pulborough
159. Quentovic
160. Regin (possibly)
161. Rio parana
162. Rooswijk
163. Rydal force
164. Rynanna
165. S goodwin ltv (lv 69)
166. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
167. Sabac
168. Saidieh
169. Saint michael veillez sur nous
170. Saint ronan (possibly)
171. Saint ronan (possibly)
172. Sambut
173. Santagata
174. Santagata (?part of)
175. Selma (possibly)
176. Shenandoah
177. Smarapaan
178. Spanish prince
179. Sperrbrecher 171 (possibly)
180. St claire (possibly)
181. Strathclyde
182. Surrey
183. Tbd 317
184. Teeswood
185. Texaco caribbean (after section)
186. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
187. The queen
188. Tina primo
189. Toornvliet (probably)
190. Toromoree
191. Toward
192. Traquair (probably)
193. U 11 (possibly)
194. U 16 (possibly)
195. U 48
196. U 8
197. Ub 103 (possibly)
198. Ub 108 (possibly)
199. Ub 109
200. Ub 12 (possibly)
201. Ub 29 (possibly)
202. Ub 38
203. Ub 55 (probably)
204. Ub 56 (possibly)
205. Ub 58 (possibly)
206. Ub 78
207. Ub-33 (probably)
208. Uc 26
209. Uc 46
210. Uc 46 (possibly)
211. Uc 77 (possibly)
212. Uc 78 or uc 79
213. Unity
214. Virginie
215. W a scholten
216. Warfleth
217. Westerley star
218. Wheatman (possibly)
219. Will and maggie (probably)
220. Xanthence

 

Name: ELEONORA

Length 77.4 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 499 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,wine

Cause: ex-obotrita. built in 1973 by j j sietas schiffw, hamburg. owned at time of loss by peter dohle schiffahrts k g. oil engine, single shaft. passage from casablanca & cadiz for felixtowe. sank following collision in dense fog with belgian cross-channel ferry 'prinses maria esmeralda'. crew of 2 recovered. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1979

Water depth above wreck: 24 meter, Height above seabed: 116 cm

Known since: 1979, last detected: 20210921

Details measurements/cartography: H4199/78 5.6.79 WK IN 510911N, 013033E. SWEPT CLEAR AT 7.7MTRS. MARKED BY E CARD BUOY, VQ(3)5S, LAID 050DEGS, 300FT FROM WK & S CARD BUOY, VQ(6)+LFL10S, LAID 220DEGS, 300FT FROM WK. (TH, HARWICH). NCA. H4199/78 14.6.79 WK LOCATED IN 510855N, 013008E USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 9.0 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. (HMS ENTERPRISE, SIG DTD 12.6.79 & TELECON DTD 14.6.79). INS AS SW 7.7MTRS WITH BUOY.

- NM 1428/79. H4199/78 15.6.79 WK POSN CONFIRMED AS 510857N, 013008E. BUOYS CORRECT. (TH, HARWICH TELEX). NCA. H4199/78 2.7.79 DETAILS AS ABOVE. GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. FROM E/S TRACE THERE APPEARS TO BE TWO OFF-LYING OBSTNS FROM MAIN PART OF WRECK, ONE TO THE N & THE OTHER TO THE W. (HMS ENTERPRISE, DTD 12.6.79). NCA. H4199/78 12.9.80 CLEARANCE OPS COMMENCED 4.9.80. (DOVER CG, SIG DTD 4.9.80). NCA YET. 23.10.80 BEING DISPERSED BY SEABLAST LTD. (A CROTHALL, TELECON). H2007/81 10.2.81 EXAM'D 15.10.80. FIXED BY HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.8, FOUL AT 18.2MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.7 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. DCS3 HT >10MTRS. APPARENTLY UPRIGHT WITH CONSIDERABLE WRECKAGE/CONTAINERS STREWN ABOUT THE HULL. A SECONDARY OBSTN (?CONTAINERS) LIES APPROX 90MTRS N OF MAIN WK. LENGTH 80MTRS, BEAM 15MTRS. MARKED BY E & S CARD BUOYS. (HMS ECHO, HI 68A/80). AMEND TO SW 17.7MTRS.

- NM 601/81. H4199/78 23.3.81 BUOYS WITHDRAWN. CLEARANCE DEPTH 18.0MTRS. (TH NM 50/81). RETAIN AS SW 17.7MTRS. DELETE BUOYS.

- NM 836/81. H2342/84 14.10.85 LOCATED, NOT EXAM'D. (NP 1016, HI 252). NCA. HH090/511/01 10.10.91 EXAM'D 16.7.91 IN 510855N, 013010E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [4 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.8, FOUL AT 18.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.5 IN GEN DEPTH 26.5MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 28.8MTRS. DCS3 HT 6.8MTRS. LIES 080/260DEGS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY DETECTED. SECOND SMALL CONTACT SW OF MAIN WK WITH LEAST DEPTH 25.8MTRS. (NP 1016, HI 511). NCA. HH090/630/01 31.8.94 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 630). NCA. HH090/737/01 30.9.97 EXAM'D 25.7.97 IN 510855.4N, 013009.8E [OGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.9 IN GEN DEPTH 26MTRS. SCOUR 3MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 40MTRS TOWARDS 260DEGS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 50MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LIES 080/260DEGS. LARGE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UNABLE TO SWEEP DUE TO NUMEROUS DIVER'S BUOYS AND LINES. (NP 1016, HI 737). NCA. HH090/893/01 23.10.00 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (NP 1016, HI 893). HH091/027/01 11.6.03 EXAM'D 22.4.03 IN 5108.959N, 0130.063E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 18.8, FOUL 19.1MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.9 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 90MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 100 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (NP 1016, HI 1027). BR STD. H091/168/01 13.4.07 EXAM'D 5.9.06 IN 5108.962N, 0130.061E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.61 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 86MTRS, WIDTH 39MTRS, HT 7MTRS. LIES 118/298 DEGS. APPEARS INTACT. (NETSURVEY LTD, HI 1168). RETAIN SW 18.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/294/01 26.3.10 LOCATED BY M/B. NFS. (MARIN MATTEKNIK, HI 1294). NCA. 25.2.13 EXAM'D 18.12.12 IN 5108.962N, 0130.061E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.86 IN GEN DEPTH 25MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 18.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 73.1MTRS, WIDTH 18.9MTRS, HT 6.14MTRS. LIES 060/240 DEGS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, PARTIALLY INTACT. (NETSURVEY, HI 1399). NCA. RSDRA2022000003820 21.03.22 EXAM'D 21.09.2021; IN 5108.963N, 0130.061E [WGD]. LEAST W/C DEPTH 18.44MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 24MTRS. LENGTH 74.8MTRS, WIDTH 7.42MTRS, HEIGHT 8.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 116/296 DEGS. PARTIALLY INTACT, UPSIDE DOWN?, SCOUR AND DEBRIS PRESENT. (A-2-SEA SOLUTIONS LTD, HI1743, H525-WI-13676). AMEND TO DW 18.4MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PARTIALLY INTACT, UPSIDE DOWN?, SCOUR AND DEBRIS PRESENT

Position: 51 8.963 N,1 30.061 E

 

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