This is the information page about the shipwreck Ellewoutsdijk, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 45.418 N,1 58.991 E (52.0243333, 2.0596167)

 

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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. Alabama (possibly)
2. Andre
3. Angelus
4. Batavier 5
5. Cerne
6. Coalgas
7. Cormorant
8. Coureur des mers
9. Deo gratias
10. Duke of york (bows)
11. Ellewoutsdijk
12. Estrella (possibly)
13. Fauvette
14. Forth
15. Hardingham (probably)
16. Harriet
17. Hebe
18. Hendon hall
19. Highwave (probably)
20. Hillglen
21. Hms adonis (possibly)
22. Hms donna nook
23. Hms forward iii
24. Hms holdene
25. Hms kale (probably)(part of)
26. Hms moravia (possibly)
27. Ingi
28. Ionian (possibly)
29. J c dalble
30. Janny
31. Jarita
32. Khartoum (possibly)
33. La flandre (possibly)
34. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
35. Lord bute
36. Mecklenburg
37. Moidart
38. Nautilus
39. Nico
40. Ostprussen (possibly)
41. Palembang (probably)
42. Paullette
43. Peter hamre
44. Polgarth
45. Rigel
46. Salerno (possibly)
47. Shardana
48. Texel
49. Vecht (probably)
50. Victorious
51. Volscian (possibly)
52. Warrenpoint
53. Willy
54. Wychwood (possibly)
55. Yarmouth

 

Name: ELLEWOUTSDIJK

Length 92.7 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2229 ton
Load: coal

Cause: Built in 1906 by j smit & co, amtserdam. owned at time of loss by solleveld van der meer & t h van hattum's stoomvaart maats.two boilers, triple expansion engine of 226 nhp, single shaft. passage rotterdam for portland. struck mine laid by uc-10..

Year of registration: 1926

Water depth above wreck: 27 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 1995

Details measurements/cartography: H7718/18 H7718/18 WK, VISIBLE ABOVE WATER, IN 514345N, 015740E APPROX. (MONTHLY LIST) - FNM 504/18. [NO DATE] AMENDED TO DW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NE 1610. H3039/26 4.11.26 H3039/26 & H6345/26 4.11.26 GIVES TONNAGE ETC. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) NCA. H7972/34 5.1.35 H7972/34 5.1.35 DELETE. (HMS KELLET) DELETED FROM ALL CHARTS. H6738/68 20.10.71 H6738/68 20.10.71 WK LOCATED IN 514229N, 015903E. (HMS FOX, SIGNAL DTD 11.10.71). H2547/67 27.10.71 H2547/67 27.10.71 WK 20.2MTRS IN 514529N, 015903E [EUR]. (HMS FOX, HN).

- NM 1754/71. H4988/71 29.11.71 H4988/71 29.11.71 EXAM'D IN 514529N, 015903E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.2 IN GEN DEPTH 27MTRS. GIVES GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM ALL DIRNS. ABOUT 300FT LONG. LIES NW/SE AND HAS A PRONOUNCED SCOUR. (HMS FOX). NFA. H4988/71 6.1.72 H4988/71 6.1.72 EXAM'D IN 514527.5N, 015905E [EUR] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR AT 18.9, FOUL AT 19.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20 IN 27.5MTRS. SEABED EVEN WITH SLIGHT UNDULATIONS. (HMS FAWN, HI 94/71).

- NM 123/72. HH100/351/03 2.11.90 HH100/351/03 2.11.90 DIVED IN JULY 1990. A CARGO VESSEL WITH CARGO OF COAL. UPRIGHT ON SAND AND GRAVEL SEABED. ABOUT 120MTRS LONG. BROKEN ABOUT 25MTRS FROM BOW. (P EGGERMONT, 15.10.90). NCA. 2.6.94 2.6.94 WK OF ELLEWOUTSDIJK LOCATED IN 514520N, 015859E APPROX, LYING ON EVEN KEEL, IDENTIFIED FROM NAME ON CHINA. (J COULON, LTR DTD 10.5.94). NCA. HH090/667/01 3.1.96 HH090/667/01 3.1.96 EXAM'D 13.7.95 IN 514525.08N, 015859.49E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 20.0, FOUL 20.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 20.3 IN GEN DEPTH 27.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.0MTR. DCS3 HT 7.0MTRS. LENGTH 97MTRS, WIDTH 13MTRS. LIES 135/315 DEGS. GOOD MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. THERE ARE FISHING NET ALONG THE WRECK. (OCEONICS, HI 667). RETAIN SW 18.9MTRS, NOT FULLY SWEPT. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, NETTED

Position: 51 45.418 N,1 58.991 E

 

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