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 (51.0898333, 1.7715833)

 

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