This is the information page about the shipwreck Eli (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 7.19 N,6 43.85 W (55.8363, -6.8375666666667)

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.

Name: ELI (POSSIBLY)

Length 116.1 meter, width: 16.5 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4332 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products

Cause: built in 1931 by eriksbergs mek voerks. owned at time of loss by jorgensens rederi a/s. oil engine of 474 bhp, single shaft. passage philadelphia for greenock & london. bombed and sunk by german aircraft. (ww2sl, dods & ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 58 meter, Height above seabed: 66 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2011

Details measurements/cartography: H1001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 560930N,065400W. (TRADE DIV LIST). NCA. H548/67 8.3.67 NOT LOCATED. (HMS VIDAL, ROS DTD 8.11.66). POSN FOR FILING ONLY. 28.1.13 LOCATED 5.8.11 IN 5607.19N, 0643.85W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 53.41 IN GEN DEPTH 58.0MTRS. SCOUR 1.5MTRS RUNS FOR 130MTRS ALONG 066/246 DEGS. LENGTH 100MTRS, WIDTH 24MTRS, HT 4.5MTRS. LIES 066/246 DEGS. COLLAPSED WITH OUTLINE STILL VISIBLE. BOILERS AND REMAINS OF SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE IN MIDDLE. FISHING GEAR ON WK. (NETSURVEY, HI 1362). INS AS WK 53MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED, ?BOWS ENE, SCOUR RUNS 066/246 DEGS

Position: 56 7.19 N,6 43.85 W

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