This is the information page about the shipwreck Elna e, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 52.152 N,5 3.582 W (50.66845, -5.0353833333333)

 

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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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Name: ELNA E

Length 70.1 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 1174 ton
Load: flammable liquids and gases

Cause: sunk by mine near crackington haven whilst en-route cardiff to plymouth. vessel, built 1925, owned at time of loss by d/s a/s forto. 1 life lost. (ww2sl, dods, ll ww2).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter, Height above seabed: 125 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 2000

Details measurements/cartography: H894/41 16.3.41 ELNA E REPORTED SUNK 18M SW OF LUNDY ISLAND & 7-8M OFFSHORE. (FALMOUTH, 16.3.41). GIVES POSN 505200N, 044600W APPROX. NCA YET. H2979/74 27.5.77 FF REPORTED IN 505215N, 050336W USING DECCA. TRAWL LOST. (E GILES, 6.3.77). HH220/470/02 5.1.98 ELNA E LOCATED BY DIVERS IN 505209.5N, 050335.7E [WGD]. IDENTIFIED BY BELL ENGRAVED ELNA E, 1925, BERGEN. CARGO OF COMPACTED COAL BLOCKS. DIVED OCT 1997. STANDS 5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. (G POUND, TELECON, 31.12.97). INS AS USC 60MTRS IN 505207.5N, 050330.7W [OGB].

- NM 419/98. HH090/799/01 2.12.99 NOT LOCATED, DISPROVED. (NP 1008, HI 799). NCA, RETAIN AS CHARTED. 9.12.99 WK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. SUPERSTRUCTURE AND ABOUT HALF OF THE HULL HAS COLLAPSED. (G POUND, TELECON). NCA. HH090/799/01 10.5.00 EXAM'D IN 5052.163N, 0503.602W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 54.9 N GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. DCS3 HT 4.8MTRS. (NP 1008, LTR DTD 11.2.00). AREA OF WELL BROKEN UP WRECKAGE WITH MUCH FISH IN THE VICINITY. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. AMEND TO WK 54MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/799/01 19.5.00 EXAM'D 8.5.00 IN 5052.152N, 0503.582W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55.5 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 74MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.9MTRS. LIES 125/305 DEGS WITH BOWS 305 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. INTACT BUT THE SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS BROKEN UP WITH DEBRIS LYING IN CLOSE VICINITY TO THE HULL. (NP 1008, H525 REC'D 19.5.00). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, WELL COLLAPSED, BOWS NW

Position: 50 52.152 N,5 3.582 W

 

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