This is the information page about the shipwreck Ellesmere (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 0.663 N,6 7.507 W (50.8755, -6.1665)

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: ELLESMERE (POSSIBLY)

Length 74.5 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1170 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: built in 1906 by a roger & co, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by watson ss co, manchester. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 173 nhp, single shaft. torpedoed by u-20. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1967

Water depth above wreck: 95 meter, Height above seabed: 165 cm

Known since: 1967, last detected: 1980

Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 48 MILES SW FROM SMALLS. (WW1SL). H3863/67 28.11.67 WK LOCATED IN 510120N, 060755W. LIES IN 60FMS, HEADING 355/175 DEG. (HMS FALMOUTH, HN 23.11.67). INS AS NDW. BR STD. H4852/75 30.6.80 LOCATED IN 510021N, 060720W. LEAST DEPTH 78 IN GEN DEPTH 95MTRS. (HMS FAWN, SIGNAL DTD 23.6.80).

- NM 1497/80. H1932/79 17.2.81 EXAM'D 22.6.80 IN 510038N, 060727W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 78 IN GEN DEPTH 95MTRS. DCS3 HT 15MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. LARGE WK, ABOUT 100MTRS LONG, LYING 165/345 DEGS AND APPARENTLY COMPLETE WITH TWO DISTINCT HIGH SPOTS. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (HMS FAWN, HI 56A/79-80). AMEND POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, TWO HIGH POINTS

Position: 51 0.663 N,6 7.507 W

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