This is the information page about the shipwreck Elizabeth dal, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 23.882 N,2 59.714 W (53.398033, -2.995233)

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: ELIZABETH DAL

Length 111.3 meter, width: 15.5 meter, draught: 7.6, tonnage 4258 ton
Load: grain

Cause: ex-elizabeth, ex-lensen '43, ex-mondswood '35, ex-maresfield. built in 1910 by j l thompson & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by ss & ms dalhousieco ltd. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 395nhp, single shaft. passage montreal for manchester. foundered after collision with ss jacksonville, declared a ctl and sold for breaking up. cargo discharged and wk broken up. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: -3 meter

Known since: 1944, last detected: 1986

Details measurements/cartography: 5.9.44 AUG/OCT 1944 CARGO DISCHARGED BY DOCKERS & BY PUMPING INTO HOPPER BARGES. 5.9.44 DISPERSAL COMMENCED BY MD & HB CUTTING DECK ETC IN WAY OF BOILERS. 14.9.44 WRECK PURCHASED BY ROUTLEDGE TO BE CUT DOWN. LIGHTED BY LANTERN BUOY ON FOREMAST. 27.11.44 LIGHT ON MAST REMOVED. WK BUOY PLACED DEC/JAN 44/45. THREE CYLINDERS CRANKS & CRANK SHAFT FROM MAIN ENGINES REMOVED BY 'WATCHFUL'. MAR/AUG 1945 ROUTLEDGE CUTTING & REMOVING SHELL PLATING. MAY 1946 REDUCED TO LEVELS VARYING FROM 4-9FT ABOVE LBD. COMMENCED CUTTING FORE END BELOW LBD BY EXPLOSIVES. JUNE 1946 EXPLOSIVES USED ON PORT SIDE SHELL. JULY 1946 EXPLOSIVES USED ON PORT SIDE SHELL WHICH WAS CUT DOWN BELOW LBD WITH EXCEPTION OF TWO FRAMES. AUG 1946 CUTTING DOWN THWARTSHIP & FORE END & AFT BULKHEADS IN NO 1 & 2 HOLDS. (LIVERPOOL WRECK RECORDS MAY 1973). H7682/46 30.12.46 INS STF WITH G CAN LT BUOY GP FL(2) G E OF WK IN 532352N, 025939W. (MERSEY HB).

- NM 4116/46. H7682/46 30.12.46 POSN 532352N, 025939W. BOW 169DEG 1950FT FROM LT ON STH END GEORGES LANDING, STAGE STERN 164DEG 2310FT FROM LT ON STH END GEORGES LANDING STAGE. (MERSEY HB). H7682/46 25.3.47 BEING DISPERSED. (MERSEY HB). MAY 1947 WRECK REDUCED TO LEVEL OF SURROUNDING BANK BY EXPLOSIVES. SEPT 1948 WK EXAMINED AT LWST, DRIES 2FT ABOVE LBD. MAR 1950 SWEEPING OPS IN PROGRESS. MAY 1950 SWEEPING OPS COMPLETED, VESSEL DOWN TO LBD WHERE ANY PART IS ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SURROUNDING BANK. 6.7.50 WK BUOY REMOVED & R CAN BUOY MARKED 'DUKES' SUBSTITUTED. DEPTH LEVEL WITH LBD IN POSN 532353N, 025938W. (LIVERPOOL WRECK RECORDS MAY 1973). H4625/50 23.7.50 BUOY AMENDED FROM LT BUOY. (MERSEY HB NM).

- NM 1387/50. 3.10.55 SHOWN AS STF. NE 3490. SEE VESSEL IN POSN 532400N, 025930W ALSO STATED AS BEING ELIZABETH DAL. 22.9.82 SHOWN AS ST DR 0.5MTRS IN 532352N, 025938W ON K8022/1. H1431/85 11.8.86 DELETED ON MERSEY 20/15. DECISION TO AMEND TO FOUL. DELETE. (MERSEY DOCK & HR BD SURVEY 1956). 22.9.82 RE-INSERTED AS ST DR 0.5MTRS IN 532352N, 075938W ON NC 3490. 11.8.86 AMEND TO FOUL. NE 3490.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 23.882 N,2 59.714 W

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