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 (54.454266666667, -0.39783333333333)

 

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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. Abydos
2. Action
3. Adgillus
4. Afton
5. Aigburth
6. Alastor
7. Albatross
8. Alliance
9. Amber
10. Amber rose
11. Amicus
12. Amstelland
13. Amulet
14. Anastasia
15. Anastassia
16. Angle
17. Appalachee
18. Arantzazu mendi
19. Archbald finney
20. Ardbeg (probably)
21. Arethusa
22. Argo (possibly)
23. Ariel (possibly)
24. Audentia
25. Aurora
26. Ave maria
27. Balfron (probably)
28. Ballater
29. Ballina
30. Barrister (possibly)
31. Bassa
32. Battersea
33. Be ready (probably)
34. Beaumanoir (probably)
35. Bellerophon
36. Ben rein (ex-starling)
37. Bessie
38. Beursplein
39. Blejan eyhre
40. Blue star
41. Brema
42. Briar
43. Bur
44. Calista (probably)
45. Cap palos (part of)
46. Cardea
47. Carlo
48. Carlton
49. Carmelite (possibly)
50. Caroline
51. Casanare
52. Castleford (probably)
53. Cevic
54. Chant 63
55. Cherbury (possibly)
56. Cheryl louise
57. Chloe (possibly)
58. Citrine
59. City of mobile
60. Clan macmaster
61. Clan menzies
62. Coalman
63. Coeur de leon
64. Conargo
65. Conisbro castle
66. Connemara
67. Constantia
68. Corsican prince
69. Creteblock
70. Creteboom
71. Crois bhride
72. Crown
73. Crusader (possibly)
74. Cyclope
75. Darro
76. Dawn waters
77. Daybreak (probably)
78. Diana
79. Don boscoe
80. Donegal
81. Doris b
82. Downshire (possibly)
83. Downshire (probably)
84. Dryade
85. Dunavil forth (possibly)
86. Dunmore
87. Eaglescliffe (probably)
88. Eileen
89. Eleanor
90. Elfrida
91. Eli
92. Elizabeth hyam
93. Ellen sheant
94. Embassage
95. Emerald dawn
96. Empire airman
97. Empire of peace
98. Empire tana
99. Enterprise
100. Erich lea
101. Express (possibly)
102. Express (possibly)
103. Feltre
104. Fenella ann
105. Ferruccio
106. Fire king ii
107. Florence
108. Florentia
109. Florrieston (probably)
110. Flowerette
111. Flying meteor
112. Forest queen
113. Fred everard
114. Frieda
115. Fulmar
116. G-azjy
117. Garthwaite
118. George & mary
119. Georgetown victory (part of)
120. Georgetown victory (part of)
121. Georgina hutton
122. Gimle
123. Ginette michel
124. Ginger
125. Girl may
126. Girl sylvia
127. Glencona
128. Glendun
129. Glengarry (probably)
130. Glenmaroon (possibly)
131. Globe trotter
132. Glow (part of) (possibly)
133. Glow (part of) (possibly)
134. Green hill (part of)(probably)
135. Grinder
136. Guiding star
137. Hannah louisa
138. Harold
139. Harrow (probably)
140. Helgoland
141. Helmsman (probably)
142. Herbie
143. Hibernian
144. Highgate
145. Hms dirk
146. Hms fairy
147. Hms garmo (probably)
148. Hms racehorse
149. Hms racoon
150. Hms swallow
151. Holmar i
152. Holmelea
153. Horizon ii
154. Hornsund (probably)
155. Horsted
156. Hugh taylor
157. Hunsdon
158. Ida
159. J b paddon
160. Jane
161. Jane brown
162. Janeeta (possibly)
163. Jeanette
164. Jenemi
165. John rettig (probably)
166. Joseph hodgkins (probably)
167. Kafue
168. Keret
169. Kilbroney (probably)
170. Kilrea (probably)
171. Knuthenborg
172. L'amite
173. Labora (possibly)
174. Lady ann
175. Lady anstruther (probably)
176. Lady helen
177. Lady louisa
178. Lagun
179. Landport (possibly)
180. Largo (possibly)
181. Lembas (probably)
182. Lerwick (probably)
183. Lily
184. Lily oak
185. Limesfield
186. Liverpool
187. Lough fisher
188. Lowtyne (possibly)
189. Lucy
190. Lunevale
191. Lyra
192. Madame renee
193. Madge wildfire
194. Maja
195. Malaguena
196. Manchester engineer (probably)
197. Marguerite
198. Marianne toft (possibly)
199. Markersdall (probably)
200. Martina
201. Mary heeley
202. Mayfield
203. Megawatt
204. Melanie (probably)
205. Melfort
206. Membland (possibly)
207. Merisia
208. Mfv polaris
209. Modemi (possibly)
210. Montreal
211. Moonlight
212. Moonlight (possibly)
213. Moorlands
214. Mount athos
215. Nalon
216. Neils john
217. Nichola ann
218. Nitedal
219. No.163
220. Noel du marin
221. Nora
222. Novillo
223. Oakwell
224. Octavia
225. Old haws pt lt or west pile
226. Onward (possibly)
227. Oona hall
228. Our brighter dawn
229. Our golden promise
230. Our lassie
231. Our lorraine
232. Our queen
233. Passages
234. Paul
235. Peebles (possibly)
236. Peshawur
237. Peveril
238. Phare (probably)
239. Philander (probably)
240. Pins wreck (nimble)
241. Playmate (possibly)
242. Polarlight
243. Pt1 or pt2
244. Quaggy (probably)
245. Queen of the isles (probably)
246. Rebecca
247. Retriever
248. Rfa industry (probably)
249. Rian
250. Rikard nordraak
251. Ringwall
252. Robert dee
253. Rockpool
254. Romeo
255. Saint barchan
256. Saint ninian
257. Saltaro (fwd part)
258. Saltaro (fwd part)
259. Saltaro (fwd part)
260. Sarah thinnesen
261. Scathros
262. Scomber (part of)(possibly)
263. Scorpio
264. Scotia
265. Seamew (possibly)
266. Selker ltv (possibly)
267. Silver crest
268. Silver dee
269. Silver quest 2
270. Silverpine
271. Sir francis
272. Skane
273. Sliedrecht
274. Sna ii
275. Sna iii
276. Southborough
277. Speedbird
278. Speedwell
279. Springhill
280. St elwyn
281. St. mungo (possibly)
282. Stamila
283. Stanburn
284. Storm drift
285. Stralsund
286. Sumus (probably)
287. Sunbeam
288. Sunrise (possibly)
289. Suntrap (probably)
290. Sy sol
291. Taurus (probably)
292. Teasel
293. Tees
294. Temple mead
295. Tetsuko
296. The quiet man
297. Thornfield
298. Thracian
299. Three sisters
300. Tide (probably)
301. Tilley anne
302. Tinker
303. Togston (possibly)
304. Tornamona
305. Trelyon
306. Tullaghmurray lass
307. Tumi joy 2
308. Tuskar
309. Tuskar
310. U 1024 (possibly)
311. Ub 41
312. Ubier (probably)
313. Uc 39
314. Uc 75
315. Upas
316. Upwey grange
317. Vanadis (possibly)
318. Varangmalm (possibly)
319. Vedra
320. Victo (bow section)
321. Victo (stern section)
322. Victoria (probably)
323. Viking
324. Ville de valenciennes
325. Wallsend
326. Waltham (probably)
327. Wayside flower (possibly)
328. Westburn (possibly)
329. Wild wave
330. William hanbury
331. Woodstock (bow section)
332. Woodstock (stern section)

 

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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