This is the information page about the shipwreck Elfrida, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 11.513 N,0 1.286 E (54.346067, -0.127083)

 

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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. Albatross
2. Amsteldam
3. Angelo rose
4. Appolonia
5. Ardens (probably)
6. Aucuba (possibly)
7. Avance (probably)
8. Ballogie
9. Bellerophon
10. Biesbosch
11. Birtley
12. Blejan eyhre
13. Bonhomme richard
14. Boys own
15. Brabant
16. Brema
17. Cambrai
18. Caroline
19. Chant 63
20. Charing cross (possibly)
21. Chicago
22. Commonwealth
23. Cyclope
24. Deptford
25. Diana
26. Dryade
27. Dunstaffnage
28. Elfrida
29. Feltre
30. Florence (possibly)
31. Forest queen
32. Frithof eide
33. G.3
34. Gem (bow section)
35. Gem (stern section)
36. Girl ita
37. Glamorganbrook
38. Goodwood
39. Graafjeld
40. Greltoria (probably)
41. Hannah
42. Hannah louisa
43. Helmsman (probably)
44. Hercules
45. Hms akranes
46. Hms banyers
47. Hms desire (possibly)
48. Hms dirk
49. Hms fairy
50. Hms falmouth
51. Hms thalia
52. Hms thomas cornwall
53. Holmar i
54. Horsted
55. Houghton
56. Hugh taylor
57. Ida
58. J b paddon
59. Jerv
60. John rettig (probably)
61. Kernoozer
62. Kilrea
63. Kilrea (probably)
64. Knuthenborg
65. Laconia (possibly)
66. Lady anstruther (probably)
67. Lady josyan
68. Landport (possibly)
69. Leander
70. Leersum (probably)
71. Linaria (probably)
72. Lindum
73. Longbenton (probably)
74. M c holm
75. Malvina (fwd part)
76. Manchester engineer (probably)
77. Manx queen
78. Markersdall (probably)
79. Mazeppa
80. Middlesborough
81. Mongolian
82. Nitedal
83. Norenda (possibly)
84. Norhilda
85. Onward (possibly)
86. Our lorraine
87. Paddington (possibly) & unknown
88. Peebles (possibly)
89. Potomac
90. Princess olga (possibly)
91. Riviere
92. Rosa
93. Runswick
94. Sapphire (probably)
95. Seistan
96. Sirajah
97. Sixty-six
98. Sna iii
99. Sote (aft part)
100. Stanburn
101. Storm drift
102. Stralsund
103. Tangistan
104. Tees
105. Thea
106. Togston (possibly)
107. Tredegar hall
108. Trongate
109. Ub 107 & malvina (after part)
110. Ub 75
111. Uc 39
112. Uc 75
113. Vaaren
114. Vaaren (possibly)
115. Varangmalm (possibly)
116. Ville de valenciennes
117. War crocus (possibly)
118. Wayside flower (possibly)
119. Westowrie
120. Zeepaard

 

Name: ELFRIDA

Length 88.4 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2257 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built 1889 by osbourne, graham & co., sunderland, with 3 cylinder triple expansion engine of 235hp, 2boilers, single shaft. machinery by ne marine eng. co. ltd., sunderland. owned at time of loss by pyman, bell & co., newcastle. passage benisaf for the tyne. sank following collision with ss glenlee. (dods & sibi )

Year of registration: 1972

Water depth above wreck: 51 meter, Height above seabed: 275 cm

Known since: 1972, last detected: 20160222

Details measurements/cartography: NO PREVIOUS RECORD. 21.6.72 INS AS WK USC PD 40MTRS IN 541130N, 000123E [OGB]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NC 129. H5970/69 15.1.80 EXAM'D 25.6.79 IN 541130.3N, 000121.8E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 50.6 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 9.8MTRS. SMALL WK LYING ON ROCK OUTCROP. (HMS BULLDOG HI 46/79). INS AS WK 44MTRS. BR STD. HH090/730/01 17.12.97 EXAM'D 13.6.97 IN 541130.8N, 000116.6E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44 IN GEN DEPTH 51MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 8.3MTRS. LENGTH 90MTRS, WIDTH 22MTRS. LIES 095/275 DEGS. ILL DEFINED, BADLY BROKEN UP AND SURROUNDED BY MINOR DEBRIS. DIMENSIONS ESTIMATED. MAGNETIC ANOMALY NOTED. (GARDLINE, HI 630). BR STD FOR POSN CHANGE. 2.4.09 WK HAS BEEN POSTIVELY IDENTIFIED AS ELFRIDA. BELL INSCRIBED "SS ELFRIDA 1889" RECOVED BY CHRIS BAKER, FILEY SAA. KNOWN LOCALLY AS FIVE AND A HALF. (CARL RACEY E-MAIL DTD 30.3.09) NCA. SEP 2016/000007250 20.06.16 EXAM'D 22.02.16 IN 5411.513N, 0001.286W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 44.1MTRS, IN GEN DEPTH 50MTRS. LENGTH 87.8 MTRS, WIDTH 19.6MTRS, HT 6.4MTRS, ORIENTATION 275/095. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY, WRECK IS PARTIALLY INTACT, WITH THE ONLY SURVIVING STRUCTURE APPEARING TO BE AT THE CENTRE OF THE WRECK. A DEBRIS FIELD SURROUNDS THE WRECK, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE OUT ANY OTHER FEATURES OTHER THAN THE TWO BOILERS, AND THE STRUCTURE JUST TO THE EAST.(EGS, HI 1472). AMEND NDW 44MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact

Position: 54 11.513 N,0 1.286 E

 

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