This is the information page about the shipwreck Eli, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 15.301 N,0 18.543 W (54.2550167, -0.30905)

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

Length 39.9 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1107 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Mined while on passage blyth to rouen.

Year of registration: 1914

Water depth above wreck: 19 meter, Height above seabed: 282 cm

Known since: 1914, last detected: 20160221

Details measurements/cartography: H430/15 SANK ABOUT S 38 DEG E, 3.5 MILES FROM SCARBOROUGH RK. POSN - 541520N, 001830W. H6391/19 LOCATED IN POSN SOUTH 38 DEG EAST, 3.5 MILES FROM SCARBOROUGH ROC. POSN SWEPT. H6391/19 20.12.14 HMS EILEEN REPORTS HAVING SCRAPED AN OBSTN IN THIS POSN ON 20.12.14. BUT ELI SANK 25.12.14! POSN SWEPT AND LOCATED. H3752/26 11.6.26 INS NDW (1914) IN 541520N, 001830W ON 1191. H4593/59 10.11.59 INS AS DW ON NC 1200. H4942/72 19.2.73 WK LOCATED USING DCS3, DURING CABLE ROUTE SURVEY, IN 541512N, 001830W. POSN BY DECCA. LENGTH 40MTRS. LIES 115/295 DEG. POSN CONSIDERED APPROX. DUE TO POOR DECCA COVERAGE. (CS PETER FABER, K6544/1 & 29). NCA. H4069/72 16.1.79 AMEND POSN TO 541512N, 001830W. BR STD. HH100/351/06 10.3.93 LOCATED IN 541518N, 001829.5W [OGB] USING GPS. STANDS 2 MTRS HIGH. (A C JACKSON, 9.2.93). LIES, WELL BROKEN UP, ON PORT SIDE WITH STBD SIDE PLATES MISSING FOR THE MOST PART. BOWS ALMOST HALF BURIED BUT FAIRLY INTACT. ENGINES LIE FLAT ON SEABED WITH BOILER AND DONKEY BOILER NEARBY. (DIVE YORKSHIRE). AMEND TO USC 10MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/730/01 19.11.97 NOT SURVEYED AS LIES WITHIN FISHING AREA EXCLUSION ZONE. (GARDLINE, HI 730). AMENDED FROM DW TO USC 10MTRS AS RECOMMENDED ABOVE. SEP 2016/000007250 23.5.16 EXAM'D 21.2.16 IN 5415.301N, 0018.543W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.3MTRS IN GEN DEPTHS 19MTRS. LENGTH 75.7MTRS, WIDTH 14.3MTRS, HEIGHT 3.5MTRS, OREIENTATION 282/102. SCOUR LENGTH 77.6MTRS, 2MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 278. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. WELL BROKEN UP, ON PORT SIDE. (EGS PIONEER, HI 1472). AMEND TO DW 15.3MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Partially intact, most of superstructure collapsed.

Position: 54 15.301 N,0 18.543 W

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