Wreck: Ellan vannin (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Ellan vannin, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 31.98 N,3 17.02 W (53.533000, -3.283667)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: ELLAN VANNIN
Length 60.7 meter, width: 3.4 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 380 ton
Load: general and mixed goods
Cause: ex-monas isle ii. built of iron in 1860 by todd & mcgregor, glasgow. owned at time of loss by the isle of man steam packet co. one boiler, twin 4 cylinder compound expansion engines, twin shaft. passage ramsay iom for liverpool. was overwhelmed by rough seas when approaching the mouth of r mersey. passage from ramsey, i.o.m. 35 passengers & crew lost. (sibi). later dispersed.
Year of registration: 1909
Water depth above wreck: 10 meter
Known since: 1909, last detected: 2010
Details measurements/cartography: H3906/59 21.12.59 H3906/59 21.12.59 WK 5FMS IN 533201.5N, 031654W. (K2184/55D).
- NM 1199/64. 24.4.73 24.4.73 DISPERSED BY MDHB. COMPLETED 6.4.1910. DEPTH 30FT BELOW LBD. POSN 533202N, 031654W. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). 28.2.74 28.2.74 AMEND TO WK 8.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 1951. HH091/124/01 10.5.06 HH091/124/01 10.5.06 NOT LOCATED USING M/B. GEN DEPTH NOW 10.4MTRS. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 1124). AMEND DEAD. BR STD. 22.3.10 22.3.10 TWO SMALL AREAS OF WRECKAGE HAVE BEEN LOCATED AT 5331.98N, 0317.02W [WGD]. CONSIDERABLE MAGNETIC ANOMALY CLOSE S SUGGESTS A VESSEL OF ELLAN VANNIN'S SIZE. (C MICHAEL, EMAIL DTD 21.3.10). AMEND LIVE. INS AS FOUL IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: TWO SMALL AREAS OF WRECKAGE, LARGE ANOMALY
Position: 53 31.98 N,3 17.02 W
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