This is the information page about the shipwreck Elsa, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 18.009 N,3 30.64 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. Amelie-suzanne
3. Angelena bm 271
4. Ann marie (possibly)
5. Antonio (probably)
6. Avalon g ii
7. Ave
8. Baychattan
9. Belle ile (possibly)
10. Bleamoor (probably)
11. Blue marlin
12. Boma
13. Bretagne
14. Bretton hall
15. Broadmayne (part of)
16. Brunhilda
17. Buesten
18. Bull steamer (possibly)
19. Cantabria
20. Catherine allen
21. Christoffel colombus (possibly)
22. Claverley (possibly)
23. Colorado (possibly)
24. Cornelia
25. Demetrios
26. Dudley rose
27. Eagle
28. Elsa
29. Elsa (possibly)
30. Emma
31. Emsstrom
32. Farn
33. Fiona mary
34. Flourish
35. Galicia
36. Garm (possibly)
37. Gefion
38. Girl barbara
39. Glocliffe
40. Glory
41. Greatham
42. Greleen
43. Grelhame (probably)
44. Gro
45. Haugastol (possibly)
46. Havbris (probably)
47. Hazelpark (possibly)
48. Herzogin cecilie
49. Heye p
50. Hildegard (possibly)
51. Hms benton castle
52. Hms chorley (possibly)
53. Hms crocodile
54. Hms jasper (possibly)
55. Hms newbridge (probably)
56. Hms penylan (e part)
57. Hms penylan (w part)
58. Hms picton castle
59. Hms savage
60. Hmsm d1
61. Irma germaine (possibly)
62. Jade star gypsy
63. Jordan a
64. Karen marie (probably)
65. Kendal castle
66. Laertes
67. Lb 332 or lb 362 (possibly)
68. Les mercenaires
69. Liberta
70. Lofoten (probably)
71. Lord stewart
72. Marana (bow section)
73. Marie des isles
74. Medina
75. Mudstomper (probably)
76. Neches (probably)
77. Newholm
78. North sea (probably)
79. Northville (possibly)
80. Perm (possibly)
81. Peronne
82. Placidas faroult
83. Quest
84. Rayder
85. Riversdale
86. Rota
87. Sarah jayne
88. Sevilla
89. Shirley betty
90. Soudan
91. Stanhope
92. Ster de zee (possibly)
93. Taeping
94. Talvaldis (possibly)
95. Two sisters
96. Uc 49 (probably)
97. Uc 51
98. Uskmoor (probably)
99. Visborg (possibly)
100. W.s.w. one
101. Waikawa (possibly)
102. Warsaw
103. Yvette bm217

 

Name: ELSA

Length 102.1 meter, width: 1 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 3581 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,coal

Cause: built in 1904 by the tyne shipbuilding co. owned at time of loss by norwegian african australian line. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 292 nhp, single shaft. machinery by the ne marine engine co, newcastle-upon-tyne. passage sourabaya for christiana, via falmouth. torpedoed by ub-31. crew recovered. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1939

Water depth above wreck: 38 meter, Height above seabed: 118 cm

Known since: 1939, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: H6025/39 22.8.39 WK, LEAST DEPTH OVER 16FMS, IN 501800N, 033035W. (HMS GLEANER). - FNM ACTION. H2502/51 25.1.52 WK IN 501758N, 033030W. DEPTH OVER WK 15FMS. HEIGHT ABOVE SEABED 24FT. (HMS SEAGULL, 1950). AMEND TO WK 15FMS. BR STD. H6025/39 8.10.52 LEAST DEPTH NOW 13FMS. (HMS SCOTT, 1952). AMEND TO WK 13FMS. BR STD. H2137/54 21.7.70 NOW CHARTED AS WK 23MTRS. NC 1634. H2396/77 9.3.77 WK IN 501801N, 033039W USING DECCA. LENGTH ABOUT 440FT BY SONAR. LYING ABOUT NNW/SSE. NEARLY UPRIGHT. STANDS ABOUT 25FT HIGH. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 99FT. GEN DEPTH 120FT. VERY DEEP SCOUR, PERHAPS OVER 25FT. THIS WK WAS USED TO TRAIN DIVERS - VERY LITTLE KNOWN ABOUT IT. PROBABLY MUCH DIVED BY SUB-AQUA ENTHUSIASTS. SURVEY BY SONAR, E/S AND DIVERS. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE LTD, 10.2.77). NCA. H5982/82 15.2.83 TWO WKS SHOWN IN 501752N, 033031W AND 501754N, 033016W USING DECCA ON KINGFISHER CHART, K(SW)3 [1982 EDN]. NCA. H1310/87/43 30.11.87 WELL-PRESERVED, REASONABLY INTACT, WK IN 501757N, 033024W. DEPTH TO FO'C'SLE 42MTRS. SHELL CASES APPROX 3", SEEN ON DECK AFT, ARE DATED 1917. (CDR D M H LINGARD, 20.11.87). NCA. 14.5.07 UPRIGHT, BROKEN MIDSHIPS. (DIVER MAGAZINE, MAY 2005). NCA. 18.4.13 EXAM'D 6.1.13 IN 5018.009N, 0330.640W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.2 IN GEN DEPTH 38.0MTRS. LEAST W/C DEPTH 30.82MTRS. SCOUR 10MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 124 DEGS TOWARDS 044 DEGS AND 138MTRS TOWARDS 214 DEGS. LENGTH 95.1MTRS, WIDTH 16.5MTRS, HT 6.0MTRS. LIES 118/298 DEGS WITH BOWS ESE. INTACT. (EMU, HI 1374). AMEND WK 30.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, SCOUR RUNS NE & SW

Position: 50 18.009 N,3 30.64 W

 

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