This is the information page about the shipwreck Elvie, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 54.163 N,5 50.68 E (53.6365833, 6.0043)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: ELVIE
Length 46.3 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 397 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid
Cause: Passage beckingham for bremen. capsized after cargo shifted, later sank. crew saved by helicopter. (ll).
Year of registration: 1987
Water depth above wreck: 32 meter
Known since: 1987, last detected: 2021
Details measurements/cartography: H2114/83 6.4.87 SW 21.3MTRS [11FMS] IN 535414N, 055040E [EUR]. (NETH CG TLX 5.3.87 & NETH NM 174/87). 14.8.89 NAME GIVEN AS 'ELVIE', WK SW 21MTRS IN 535414.3N, 055040.4E [EUR]. (NETH WK RECORDS, JAN '88 EDN, NO.M3 2523). 13.10.05 SHOWN AS SW 21MTRS [LAT] IN 5354.19N, 0550.58E [WGD] ON BA 1633 [EDN 1 DTD 13.10.05, COPRODUCTION].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 54.163 N,5 50.68 E