This is the information page about the shipwreck Elsa (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 21.237 N,3 26.596 W (50.207816666667, -3.7034)

 

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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. Aldershot
2. Angelena bm 271
3. Ann marie (possibly)
4. Antonio (probably)
5. Avalon g ii
6. Baychattan
7. Bleamoor (probably)
8. Blue marlin
9. Boma
10. Bretagne
11. Bretton hall
12. Broadmayne (part of)
13. Brunhilda
14. Buesten
15. Bull steamer (possibly)
16. Cheshire
17. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
18. City of swansea (probably)
19. Claverley (possibly)
20. Colorado (possibly)
21. Cornelia
22. Demetrios
23. Dudley rose
24. Eagle
25. Elsa
26. Elsa (possibly)
27. Emma
28. Emsstrom
29. Farn
30. Fiona mary
31. Flourish
32. Galicia
33. Garm (possibly)
34. Gefion
35. General leman (possibly)
36. Girl barbara
37. Glocliffe
38. Glory
39. Greatham
40. Greleen
41. Grelhame (probably)
42. Gro
43. Havbris (probably)
44. Hazelpark (possibly)
45. Heye p
46. Hms benton castle
47. Hms chorley (possibly)
48. Hms crocodile
49. Hms jasper (possibly)
50. Hms loch erinboll (stern part)(probably)
51. Hms newbridge (probably)
52. Hms penylan (e part)
53. Hms penylan (w part)
54. Hms picton castle
55. Hms savage
56. Hmsm d1
57. Irma germaine (possibly)
58. Jade star gypsy
59. Jordan a
60. Karen marie (probably)
61. Kendal castle
62. La blanca (possibly)
63. Laertes
64. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
65. Les mercenaires
66. Lofoten (probably)
67. Lord stewart
68. Marana (bow section)
69. Marie des isles
70. Marjolene
71. Medina
72. Mudstomper (probably)
73. Neches (probably)
74. Newholm
75. North sea (probably)
76. Northville (possibly)
77. Perm (possibly)
78. Peronne
79. Quest
80. Rayder
81. Renilde
82. Riversdale
83. Rota
84. Sarah jayne
85. Sevilla
86. Shirley betty
87. Ster de zee (possibly)
88. Taeping
89. Talvaldis (possibly)
90. Two sisters
91. Uc 49 (probably)
92. Uc 51
93. Waikawa (possibly)
94. Warsaw
95. Yvette bm217

 

Name: ELSA (POSSIBLY)

Length 102.1 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 3581 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,coal

Cause: built in 1904 by tyne iron shipbuilding co ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by norwegian, africa, australia line. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 292 nhp, single shaft. machiney by ne marine engine co. passage sourabaya for christiana via newport. torpedoed by ub 31. (ww1sl, sibi & der krieg zur see).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 45 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: 1918 SUNK ABOUT 5M WNW FROM PYRAMID ON HILL, E SIDE DARTMOUTH. (MASTER, DOCKET M4981). 1918 SUNK IN 502000N, 032930W, 5M WNW FROM DARTMOUTH BN. (LT JONES, RNR, DOCKET M4722). H525/18 SUNK IN 502000N, 032500W, APPROX. CONSIDERED NON-DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION. (C-IN-C DEVONPORT, DOCKET M06044). THIS POSN ACCEPTED. H6025/39 22.8.39 WK LOCATED IN 502112N, 032628W, OR 044.5DEGS, 11.01M FROM START PT BY SONAR ONLY. POSN ACCURATE WITHIN 2C. GEN DEPTH 26FMS. (HMS GLEANER). INS AS NDW PA. NC 2454. H2502/51 24.4.51 NOT FOUND. (HMS SEAGULL). DELETED. BR STD. H2923/83 3.10.84 EXAM'D 06.6.84 IN 502112N, 032630W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 38.1, FOUL AT 38.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 38.4 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS. LENGTH 66MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS. LIES 051/231DEGS. BROKEN IN 2 PIECES WITH DEBRIS SCATTERED NEARBY. (GARDLINE SURVEY LTD, HI 202). INS AS SW 38MTRS. BR STD. 9.2.99 LOCATED IN 5021.262N, 0326.611W [WGD] USING DGPS. (HMS MIDDLETON, ROUTE SURVEY DTD 6.1997). NCA. 1.5.13 EXAM'D 20.1.13 IN 5021.237N, 0326.596W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 38.1 IN GEN DEPTH 45MTRS. SCOUR 2.5MTRS DEEP RUNS 110MTRS ALONG 028/208 DEGS. IN TWO PARTS WITH LENGTHS 31.6MTRS LYING 070/250 DEGS & 24.9MTRS LYING 025/025 DEGS. OVERALL AREA OF WK 53.2 BY 29MTRS. SMALL PIECE OF DEBRIS CLOSE S. (NETSURVEY, HI 1369). RETAIN SW 38MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, IN TWO PIECES, SCOUR RUNS 028/208 DEGS

Position: 50 21.237 N,3 26.596 W

 

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