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 (54.4542667, -0.3978333)

 

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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. Aigburth
2. Amulet
3. Balfron (probably)
4. Ballater
5. Battersea
6. Beaumanoir (probably)
7. Bellerophon
8. Blejan eyhre
9. Brema
10. Bur
11. Cap palos (part of)
12. Caroline
13. Castleford (probably)
14. Chant 63
15. Constantia
16. Corsican prince
17. Creteblock
18. Cyclope
19. Diana
20. Dryade
21. Eaglescliffe (probably)
22. Elfrida
23. Eli
24. Erich lea
25. Feltre
26. Ferruccio
27. Florentia
28. Forest queen
29. Fred everard
30. Garthwaite
31. Gimle
32. Glengarry (probably)
33. Glow (part of) (possibly)
34. Glow (part of) (possibly)
35. Hannah louisa
36. Harrow (probably)
37. Helmsman (probably)
38. Highgate
39. Hms dirk
40. Hms fairy
41. Hms garmo (probably)
42. Hms swallow
43. Holmar i
44. Hornsund (probably)
45. Horsted
46. Hugh taylor
47. Ida
48. J b paddon
49. Jane
50. John rettig (probably)
51. Kilrea (probably)
52. Knuthenborg
53. Lady ann
54. Lady anstruther (probably)
55. Lady helen
56. Landport (possibly)
57. Lerwick (probably)
58. Lowtyne (possibly)
59. Madame renee
60. Manchester engineer (probably)
61. Markersdall (probably)
62. Martina
63. Melanie (probably)
64. Membland (possibly)
65. Modemi (possibly)
66. Moorlands
67. Nitedal
68. Novillo
69. Oakwell
70. Onward (possibly)
71. Our lorraine
72. Paul
73. Peebles (possibly)
74. Phare (probably)
75. Philander (probably)
76. Quaggy (probably)
77. Rikard nordraak
78. Saint ninian
79. Sarah thinnesen
80. Sir francis
81. Skane
82. Sna ii
83. Sna iii
84. Southborough
85. Springhill
86. Stanburn
87. Storm drift
88. Stralsund
89. Sumus (probably)
90. Suntrap (probably)
91. Taurus (probably)
92. Tees
93. Togston (possibly)
94. Ub 41
95. Uc 39
96. Uc 75
97. Varangmalm (possibly)
98. Victo (bow section)
99. Victo (stern section)
100. Victoria (probably)
101. Ville de valenciennes
102. Wallsend
103. Wayside flower (possibly)
104. Woodstock (bow section)
105. 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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