This is the information page about the shipwreck Elmcrest, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 17.083 N,2 19.275 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)

 

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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. Addarwa
2. Aeneas (probably)
3. Aeolian sky
4. Alex van opstal
5. Amy
6. Antonis g lemos (probably)
7. Apache
8. Arctic dawn
9. Arfon
10. Athen
11. Binnendijk
12. Black hawk (aft section)
13. Bonita
14. Britannia (possibly)
15. British inventor (bow section)
16. Centurion
17. Chasseur 6
18. Chasseur 7
19. Conch
20. Countess of erne
21. Dagmar
22. Dallas city (possibly)
23. Deucalion
24. Elena r
25. Elmcrest
26. Enecuri
27. Ethel (probably)
28. Evertsen
29. Finn
30. Forester (& pontoon)
31. Franziska
32. Frigga
33. Frogner ?
34. Gallia
35. Girnigoe
36. Gripfast
37. Halsewell
38. Hartburn (probably)
39. Himalaya
40. Hms arfon
41. Hms blackwood
42. Hms dark gladiator
43. Hms delight
44. Hms fisgard ii
45. Hms golden sunset (possibly)
46. Hms gossamer
47. Hms james fennel
48. Hms kingston cairngorm (possibly)
49. Hms landrail (probably)
50. Hms warrior ii
51. Hmsm a3
52. Hmsm l24
53. Hmsm m2
54. Hmsm p555
55. Hmsm safari (ex p 211)
56. Ice prince
57. Inisinver
58. Iolanthe
59. Jeanne
60. Johan (possibly)
61. Josef joham (bow section) (probably)
62. K m b (possibly)
63. Kolga
64. License to kill (possibly)
65. Malka
66. Mallard (possibly)
67. Marie therese
68. Meknes
69. Merchant royal
70. Mersey
71. Milo
72. Miniota
73. Neree (possibly)
74. Neree (probably)
75. Netley abbey (possibly)
76. Orne (possibly)
77. Pan
78. Pas (c.182)
79. Perra (possibly)
80. Pitchipoy (possibly)
81. Rapana
82. Rowella
83. Royal adelaide
84. Seahawk
85. Snowdrop
86. Spiral (possibly)
87. Stancrest
88. Sudon (possibly)
89. Thera (possibly)
90. U 322 (possibly)
91. U 672 (possibly)
92. Ub 74
93. Uffe
94. Valdes (probably)

 

Name: ELMCREST

Length 115.2 meter, width: 16.2 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 4343 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: ex-auguszta foherczengo. built in 1911 by w dobdon & co, newcastle-upon-tyne. owned at time of loss by the crest shipping co. three boilers, triple expansion engine of 342 nhp, single shaft. passage hull to wabana. torpedoed whilst in convoy by an e-boat. 16 men lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 55 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2003

Details measurements/cartography: H1001/40 H1001/40 SANK 13 MILES S FROM PORTLAND LTHO. (TRADE DIVISION LIST, AUG 1943). H3259/44 20.11.44 H3259/44; H3135/44 20.11.44 WK IN 501718N, 021930W. (PLYMOUTH LIST; PORTSMOUTH LIST, 15.11.44). H3135/44 27.11.44 H3135/44 27.11.44 WK IN 501700N, 022000W. (PORTSMOUTH LIST, 21.11.44). H113/45 10.4.45 H113/45 10.4.45 SONAR CONTACT IN 501730N, 021930W, APPROX. (PLYMOUTH LIST, 25.3.45). GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 501730N 021930W. POSN GOOD. (AUBD 304/132). SONAR CONTACT IN 501718N, 021930W, APPROX. (AUBD 304/133). H3971/52 30.6.52 H3971/52 30.6.52 INS NDW IN 501718N, 021930W. F6840. H2291/64 18.5.65 H2291/64 18.5.65 EXAM'D IN 501706N, 021919W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 155 IN GEN DEPTH 179FT. NO SCOUR. WEAK SONAR REURNS FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. ALL REPD NSC CONTACTS IN THIS VICINITY CONSIDERED TO BE THIS WK. (HMS SCOTT, 9.5.64). AMEND TO WK 26FMS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 7.7.73 7.7.73 AMEND TO WK 48MTRS NC 2519. HH090/533/01 28.5.93 HH090/533/01 28.5.93 EXAM'D 5.3.93 IN 501705N, 021916.5W [WGD] USING HYPERFIX [3 LOPS]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 49.4 IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.2MTRS, LENGTH 110MTRS, WIDTH 60MTRS. LIES, WELL BROKEN UP AND ORIENTATED 160/340 DEG. MAGNETOMETER INDICATED FERROUS CONTENT OF 5800 TONS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 533). AMEND TO WK 49MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H090/961/01 18.12.03 H090/961/01 18.12.03 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (GARDLINE, HI 961). NCA. 21.9.09 21.9.09 CONFIRMED AS ELMCREST. BELL RECOVERED 12.9.09. (A DUNSTER, LTR DTD 16.9.09). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WELL BROKEN UP

Position: 50 17.083 N,2 19.275 W

 

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