This is the information page about the shipwreck Ely, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 3.823 N,2 21.548 E (51.1325, 2.5103666666667)

 

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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. Bourrasque
2. Bowsprite (bow section)
3. Brighton
4. Bruno heinemann (z.8)
5. Calypso
6. Clan macalister
7. Clan macneil (possibly)
8. Cmb 71a
9. De wandilaar
10. Douaisien (possibly)
11. Ely
12. Estafette
13. Etendard
14. Fenella (possibly)
15. Fennella
16. Fl5
17. Floride (probably)
18. Foudroyant
19. Foudroyant (possibly)
20. G 96
21. Ganko
22. Halo (probably)
23. Hms basilisk
24. Hms blackburn rovers (possibly)
25. Hms brighton queen
26. Hms gracie fields
27. Hms grenade
28. Hms keith
29. Hms king orry
30. Hms redcar
31. Hms skipjack
32. Hms st abbs
33. Hms st achilleus (possibly)
34. Hms westella
35. Hms whitley
36. Horst
37. Hs 97 (possibly)
38. Jaguar
39. Jonrix
40. Kestrel
41. Keulse vaart iv
42. L'urtiga (possibly)
43. Le copain d'abord
44. Lorina
45. Lorina (possibly)
46. M 345 (possibly)
47. Madimba (probably)
48. Marie
49. Mariner (possibly)
50. Marthe
51. Melrose
52. Mona's queen
53. Neerlandais
54. Normannia
55. P 319
56. Paris (possibly)
57. Port nicholson (probably)
58. Portrieux
59. Prinses astrid
60. R.93 (possibly)
61. Robert-clara
62. Sabrina
63. Saint camille
64. Sea hunter
65. Sigurds faulbaums
66. St corentin
67. St fagan
68. St pierre (aft section)
69. St pierre (fore portion)
70. Sterre der zee
71. Toquet
72. Torpilleur branlebas
73. Trifels
74. Tringa
75. Uc 63
76. V 201 (possibly)
77. Vlaanderen (probably)
78. Wielingen ii (possibly)
79. Wolf
80. Zeester

 

Name: ELY

Length 120.1 meter, tonnage 4123 ton
Load: chemicals,vehicles

Cause: capsized and sank after being towed to dunkirk by tug jean bart, following collision in thick fog with m tanker anreas. passage mexico for antwerp. (ll).

Year of registration: 1959

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 67 cm

Known since: 1959, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: SANK IN POSN 047DEG, 2.65C FROM DUNKIRK E JETTY. H1697/59 14.2.59 VESSEL LYING FLAT ON PORT SIDE ON SANDY BOTTOM WITH HEAD ENE. STARBOARD SIDE PLATING AND 2.5 STRAKES OF BOTTOM PLATING, ALSO 2 OUTER STRAKES OF STBD SIDE DECK EXPOSED AT HW. (LL 1.2.59). H1697/59 14.4.59 DW IN 510350N, 022133E, WITH RG CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(2)G.9S. (PARIS NM 59 07 19(T)).

- NM 730/59. HH1697/59 4.4.60 NOW ST IN 510350N, 022135E, WITH RG CAN LT BUOY, FL.G. (PARIS NM 60 10 22). BR STD. H5034/61 8.8.61 NOW ST DRIES 2.1MTRS. (PARIS NM 61 41 01).

- NM 2530/61. H1697/59 19.2.62 NOW WK 2.1MTRS. (PARIS NM 61 52 10).

- NM 384/62. H1697/59 16.5.62 BUOY NOW R CAN LT BUOY, GPFL(3)R.12S, RAREFL. (OSTENDE NM 7 58 62).

- NM 1088/62. H3221/65 28.7.66 SHOWN AS DWP 2.1MTRS ON FR CHARTS. LC 323. H5034/61 6.10.66 NO LONGER EXISTS. (OSTENDE NM 20 171 66).

- NM 1885/66. H5304/61 12.4.67 SWEPT CLEAR AT 12MTRS. LT BUOY REMOVED. (PARIS NM 1215(P)/67). CHARTED AS F.

- NM 783/67. H2981/78 1.8.79 CHARTED AS F IN 510350N, 022135E. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H1271/80 22.10.81 NOW CHARTED AS WK 12MTRS IN 510350N, 022136E. H2884/85 16.7.86 NOW WK 10.4MTRS IN 510352N, 022138E. (BREST NM 86 19 23).

- NM 2311/86. 7.11.88 FR WK RECORDS NO.21612151 & FR 7057 [1987 EDN] SHOW WK 10.4MTRS. LOCATED IN 1985 BY V/S & MAGNETOMETER. 15.10.96 SHOWN AS WK 10.7MTRS [MLS] ON BELGIUM 102 REPROMAT [MAY'96]. NC 1873. [WGD] POSN: 5103.823N, 0221.584E. SEP 2015/000224397 06.11.15 SHOWN AS WK 10.4MTRS IN 5103.823N, 0221.548E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7057. [ED4, 2015]. AMEND TO DW 10.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN. SEP 2016/000098018 25.04.16 SHOWN AS FOUL IN 5103.823N, 0221.548E [WGD] ON FRENCH 7057. (ED4, COR 08.03.2016). AMEND TO FOUL.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 51 3.823 N,2 21.548 E

 

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