This is the information page about the shipwreck Ellida (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 33.115 N,0 38.061 W (54.4542667, -0.3978333)

 

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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. African transport (probably)
2. Afrique
3. Aigburth
4. Amulet
5. Anboto mendi (possibly)
6. Ard aidhm
7. Ardgantoch
8. Athelstane
9. Athos
10. Atlas (possibly)
11. Atwing (possibly)
12. Audax
13. Balfron (probably)
14. Battersea
15. Beaumanoir (probably)
16. Ben aden
17. Berwick (possibly)
18. Black prince (possibly)
19. Botha (possibly)
20. Brentwood
21. Cap palos (part of)
22. Castleford (probably)
23. Commercial
24. Constantia
25. Corsican prince
26. Countess of strathmore (possibly)
27. Creteblock
28. Crimdon (possibly)
29. Dayspring (probably)
30. Defiant
31. Disperser
32. Eaglescliffe (probably)
33. Earl percy
34. Ellida (probably)
35. Erich lea
36. Ferruccio
37. Florentia
38. Fred everard
39. Garthwaite
40. Gimle
41. Glengarry (probably)
42. Glow (part of) (possibly)
43. Glow (part of) (possibly)
44. Gothia
45. Gwalia (possibly)
46. Harrow (probably)
47. Hartley
48. Helene
49. Hercules
50. Highgate
51. Hms desire (possibly)
52. Hms dromio
53. Hms locheil
54. Hms lord ridley
55. Hms ruthin castle
56. Hms swallow
57. Hurstwood
58. Jane
59. John miles
60. Lady helen
61. Lampada (probably)
62. Lanthorn
63. Lerwick (probably)
64. London
65. Lowtyne (possibly)
66. Lucy
67. Madame renee
68. Marchioness of londonderry
69. Marie stuart
70. Martina
71. Melanie (probably)
72. Membland (possibly)
73. Merrie islington
74. Modemi (possibly)
75. Moorlands
76. Moorwood (possibly)
77. Namorado field jacket
78. Novillo
79. Oakwell
80. Pandora
81. Paul
82. Phare (probably)
83. Philander (probably)
84. Polanna
85. Polruan
86. Quaggy (probably)
87. Rutil
88. Saint ninian
89. Sarah thinnesen
90. Schaldis (possibly)
91. Sir francis
92. Skane
93. Sna ii
94. Southborough
95. Springhill
96. Stora-korsnas-link i
97. Sumus (probably)
98. Suntrap (probably)
99. Taurus (probably)
100. Ub 30
101. Uc 70
102. Victoria (probably)
103. Wallsend
104. Woodstock (bow section)
105. Woodstock (stern section)

 

Name: ELLIDA (PROBABLY)

Length 69.8 meter, width: 10.7 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1124 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: Built 1901 by bergens mekaniske verksteder a/s, bergen. owned at time of loss by adolph halborsen, bergen. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 101nhp, single shaft. passage caen for the tyne. torpedoed & sunk by ub-41 about 2.5m ene whitby. (ww1sl & sibi, wrecksite.eu).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1988, last detected: 20161217

Details measurements/cartography: H2390/17 24.4.17 SANK ABOUT 200FT FROM WAR CHANNEL BUOY IN 543300N, 003700W. WHITBY SCAR BUOY BORE S 0.5W ABOUT 4M. (PILOT). H3131/17 25.5.17 WK [OLD SYMBOL] PA (1917) IN 543100N, 003700W. (WHITBY). - PNM & FNM 324/17). H3752/26 11.6.26 CHARTED AS NDW PA (1917) IN 543000N, 003700W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NE 1191. 3.4.74 NOW CHARTED AS WK USC PA 28MTS. (TONNAGE KNOWN). NC 134. H6331/87 23.1.87 WK EXAM'D 8.7.88 IN 543306N, 003757W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41.1 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 3.5MTRS, LENGTH 70MTRS. LIES 135/315DEG, IN TWO PARTS WITH ABOUT 10MTRS GAP BETWEEN THEM. (LAND & MARINE, HI 414B) INS AS WK 41MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/09 8.6.95 STERN SEPARATE FROM THE REST OF THE WK BY SOME 10MTRS. WELL DECAYED. STEAM TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OVER ON THE STBD SIDE. ENGINE ROOM TELEGRAPH ON THE SEABED FACE UP. WHEEL BOSS ON STERN, NO NAME. BREAKFAST PLATE WITH 'ALBION STEAM SHIP COMPANY' INSIGNIA. (A C JACKSON/C A RACEY). 30.5.02 EUT POSN: 5433.110N, 0038.051W. NE 1612. 16.4.09 THIS WK IS PROBABLY ELLIDA. IDENTITY BASED ON MACHINERY, LENGTH, POSITION OF LOSS, NORWEGIAN & ENGLISH CROCKERY & BOTTLES RECOVERED. (C RACEY, E-MAIL DTD 14.6.09). SEP 2015/000095701 1.6.15 EXAM'D BY BDC 41.71MTRS IN 5433.114N, 0038.061W [WGD]. NFS. (CEFAS SURVEY, DS9). NCA. SEP 2017/000002822 16.5.17 EXAM'D 17.12.16; IN 5433.115N, 0038.061W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 40.68MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS, LENGTH 83.4MTRS, WIDTH 16.8MTRS, HEIGHT 3.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 135/315 DEGS. WRECK IS IN A SEVERE STATE OF DECAY. (MMT, HI 1491). AMEND NDW 40MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 33.115 N,0 38.061 W

 

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