This is the information page about the shipwreck Elisabeth (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 4.219 N,4 48.512 W (49.993283333333, -4.6426333333333)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Afric
3. Alexander kennedy
4. Almond branch (possibly)
5. Andola
6. Andromeda
7. Atlantis (possibly)
8. Atlantis (possibly)
9. Bamse (probably)
10. Bay of panama
11. Beatrice (possibly)
12. Ben asdale
13. Ben rein
14. Benito
15. Bosphorous (possibly)
16. Bretonne (probably)
17. Cape finisterre (probably)
18. Carolus
19. Caroni river
20. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
21. Centurion (possibly)
22. Cieszyn
23. Clan apline
24. Dionne marie
25. Dispatch (possibly)
26. Eastfield
27. Elisabeth (possibly)
28. Epsilon
29. Erato
30. Eric calvert (possibly)
31. Eskdale
32. Forde
33. Foylemore (possibly)
34. Ganymede
35. Gap
36. Godolphin
37. Gunvor
38. Happy returns (possibly)
39. Hera
40. Hmcs trentonian
41. Hmml 380
42. Hms almond (after part)
43. Hms almond (bow part)
44. Hms comet
45. Hms javelin (stern section)
46. Hms kurd
47. Hms lady of the isles
48. Hms narwhal
49. Hms primrose
50. Hms rinovia
51. Hms torrent
52. Hmy sappho (possibly)
53. Hnlms brielle
54. Jersey queen (possibly)
55. John
56. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
57. Juno
58. Kantoeng (part of)
59. Kerris reed
60. King harry (probably)
61. Kremsertor
62. Krosfond
63. Kwester
64. La suippe
65. Lady dalhousie
66. Lancaster
67. Lauwerzee
68. Leander
69. Leon martin (part of)
70. Lord snowden (probably)
71. Lucent (possibly)
72. Lydie
73. Mary
74. Mina cantiquin
75. Mitera marigo
76. Mohegan
77. Mountby
78. Mourne (probably)
79. N g petersen
80. Nyassa
81. Ocklinge
82. Omer denise
83. Orchis
84. Par time and tide bell
85. Pegasus
86. Penelope jane (possibly)
87. Pindos
88. Plantaganet
89. Ponus
90. Port chalmers
91. Queen (possibly)
92. Rigmor (possibly)
93. Rock island bridge
94. Rosehill
95. Shoal fisher
96. Silver laurel
97. Spital
98. Spyridion vagliano
99. St andre (possibly)
100. Stanwood
101. Sunik (probably)
102. Tregenna (possibly)
103. Twilight water
104. Ub 106 (possibly)
105. Ub 112 (possibly)
106. Ub 113
107. Ub 128 (possibly)
108. Ub 86 (possibly)
109. Ub 97 (possibly)
110. Ula
111. Veritas
112. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
113. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
114. Violet
115. Volnay
116. War tune
117. Western coast (possibly)
118. Wilhelmina maria

 

Name: ELISABETH (POSSIBLY)

Length 68.3 meter, width: 10.4 meter, draught: 4.3, tonnage 945 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1920 by f schichau, elbing. owned at time of loss by d/s a/s progress. triple expansion engine of 75nhp, single shaft. passage port talbot for poole. mined. (ww2sl & sibi).

Year of registration: 1966

Water depth above wreck: 69 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1966, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: GOOD SONAR CONTACT HEIGHT 30FT, LENGTH 184FT, BREADTH 65FT. (HI 2/66). H2839/66 8.2.67 WK IN 500412N, 044830W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 209FT IN GEN DEPTH 231FT. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND AND GRAVEL. (HMS MERMAID, ROS DTD 10.3.66). INS AS WK 35FMS [64MTRS]. BR STD. H3110/72 8.1.73 LOCATED. NOT EXAMINED. (HMS HECATE, 1972). NCA. H3193/70 15.6.73 36FT HIGH, LIES SE/NW, ABOUT 250FT LONG. (R DAVIS & C WILLIAMS, 25.4.73). NCA. H3110/72 27.11.73 WK LOCATED IN 500403.4N, 044823.2W [OGB] USING HIFIX. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 63.0MTRS IN 68.0MTRS. NO SCOUR. (HMS HECATE, 1973). AMEND TO WK 63MTRS [34FMS] IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2979/74 18.2.76 THREE FISHERMENS FASTENERS IN 500422N, 044826W, 500409N, 044824W AND 500421N, 044826W USING DECCA. FF IN 500422N, 044826W LOCATED WITH MAGNETOMETER BUT NOT DIVED ON. ALL THREE FFS PROBABLY SAME ONE. (E GILES, 29.1.76). NCA. H1280/76/31 22.4.76 FISHERMENS FASTENER IN 500423N, 044827W [OGB] USING DECCA. (LTR DTD 29.1.76). NCA. HH100/351/20 4.8.03 DIVED 6.2003 IN 5004.190N, 0448.480W [OGB] USING GPS. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH BY DIVE COMPUTER. LENGTH 60-75MTRS, WIDTH 9MTRS. LIES NE/SW WITH BOWS TOWARDS 290 DEGS. NO SCOUR. SEABED SAND AND SHINGLE. NO DEBRIS. A SMALL SS, UPRIGHT WITH A SLIGHT LIST TO STBD. STERN MACHINERY AND HOLDS TYPICAL OF A SMALL COLLIER. TWO EXPOSED SCOTCH BOILERS ARE COVERED WITH TRAWL NET WITH FLOATS TRAPPED WITHIN. WK STANDS SOME 4MTRS HIGH AT THIS POINT WITH THE NETS SOME 6MTRS ABOVE. BROKEN DOWN TO SEABED MIDSHIPS. SINGLE TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE CLEARLY VISIBLE AT THE VERY STERN. BRIDGE BROKEN DOWN WITH THE HELM STEERING POSITION OBVIOUS. BOW IS THE HIGHEST POINT AND LIES TO STBD. TWO EMPTY HOLDS MIDSHIPS WITH COLLAPSED HATCH COMING. TWO MASTS LIE ALONG THE CENTRE OF THE WK. NOTHING TO SUGGEST IDENTITY. A TYPICAL SS OF SOME 600TONS DATED ABOUT 1900. (L BISHOP). NCA. HH100/351/20 4.8.03 LOCATED ON 3.8.03 POSNS OF ENDS OF CONTACT 5004.237N, 0448.551W & 5004.219N, 0448.502W [WGD] USING DGPS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LYING 110/290DEGS. GEN DEPTH 76MTRS, MID WATER, SPRING TIDE, LEAST DEPTH OVER WK 72MTRS. HIGH POINT AT EACH END, WIDTH 10MTRS. WILL BE DIVED SOON, FULL REPORT TO FOLLOW. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON 4.8.03). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH100/351/21 17.6.04 DIVED IN 5004.219N, 0448.502W [WGD] (STERN). FAIRLY INTACT AND UPRIGHT SS OF APPROX LENGTH 60MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 74MTRS. SEABED SAND AND SHINGLE. HEAVY TRAWL NETS ACROSS PORT SIDE OF WK AND UP TO APPROX 65MTRS. FLOATS ON NET CAUSE IT TO BE SUSPENDED ABOVE WK. MIDSHIPS FAIRLY BROKEN DOWN. BOWS TO WEST ALSO FAIRLY COLLAPSED WITH LIST TO STBD. (M ADES, EMAIL DTD 14.6.04). NCA. SEP 2014/000153151 19.9.14 EXAM'D 21.7.14 IN 5004.219N, 0448.512W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 60.45 IN GEN DEPTH 69.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 67MTRS, WIDTH 12.7MTRS, HT 9MTRS. LIES 120/300 DEGS. STRNG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT, COLLAPSED MIDSHIPS. (MMT, HI 1455). BOWS NW. MACHINERY AFT. FWD HOLD COLLAPSED WITH DAMAGE TO STBD SIDE. AMEND WY 60MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, BOWS NW, FWD HOLD COLLAPSED

Position: 50 4.219 N,4 48.512 W

 

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