This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms eleanor (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 30.112 N,1 40.427 W (50.633333333333, -1.4166666666667)

 

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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. Aalesund (possibly)
2. Abel tasman (part of)(possibly)
3. Advanti
4. Ajax
5. Albert c field (probably)
6. Alexandrovna
7. Aparima
8. Ashmun j clough (possibly)
9. Azemmour
10. Baron garioch
11. Betsy anna
12. Bobbyb
13. Borgny
14. Braedale (probably)
15. Brestois
16. Britannia (probably)
17. Campen
18. Carbon
19. Carentan
20. Castle crag
21. Castlereagh
22. Ceres (possibly)
23. Clan macvey
24. Clarinda
25. Cleddy (probably)
26. Coquetdale (probably)
27. Dulce t
28. Dumfries
29. El kahira
30. Empire crusader
31. Ernest lagouve
32. Espagne
33. Everleigh
34. Excelsior (possibly)
35. Fenna (probably)
36. Fleur de lys
37. Fluent
38. Hartley (possibly)
39. Hms acheron (bow section)
40. Hms acheron (stern section)
41. Hms albion ii
42. Hms assurance
43. Hms eleanor (probably)
44. Hms fame
45. Hms john mitchell
46. Hms michael clements
47. Hms new dawn
48. Hms pomone
49. Hms sargasso
50. Hms warwick deeping
51. Hms waterlily
52. Hmsm swordfish
53. Hmsm upstart
54. Iduna
55. Indutionmare
56. Iona
57. Irex
58. Jgena (possibly)
59. Joannis millas
60. Juno
61. Kong guttorm (probably)
62. Kyarra
63. Lapwing (possibly) or south western
64. Lct 809
65. Lcvp 120
66. Leny (possibly)
67. Lil boat
68. Londonier
69. Luxor
70. Margaret smith
71. Mechanician
72. Messina
73. Michelle
74. Millmer
75. Minca 35
76. Molina
77. Myrtlegrove (probably)
78. Neree (possibly)
79. Nichola (probably)
80. Normandy
81. Nw68
82. Nw96
83. Pool fisher
84. Prinses juliana (part of)(possibly)
85. Reindeer
86. Rosehill (probably)
87. Sally jane
88. Security (possibly)
89. Serrana (bow section)
90. Serrana (stern part)
91. Sheer grace
92. Smyrna
93. Spyros (possibly)
94. Start
95. Surdelo
96. Teamwork
97. Terlings
98. U 122 (possibly)
99. U 480
100. Vari solo sailor
101. Varvassi
102. Venezuela
103. Vera (probably)
104. Vikholmen
105. Waitara
106. War knight
107. Westville
108. Witte zee
109. Woodham

 

Name: HMS ELEANOR (PROBABLY)

Length 82.3 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 1980 ton
Load: armament

Cause: built in 1888 by h s edwards & sons ltd, newcastle. owned at time of loss by the royal navy (eleanor ss co ltd). two boilers, triple expansion engine of 186nhp, single shaft. passage immingham for falmouth & malta. cargo included 200 depth charges type d, 605 mines b.e ordinary, 570 mines spherical iii filled a.p., 30 mines spherical iii filled g.c., & 229 mines b.e. filled. torpedoed by ub-57. one officer survived from crew of 35. (a c crothall, lloyds & sibi).

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 36 meter, Height above seabed: 106 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: H2776/20 20.4.20 SANK IN POSN 9 MILES W BY S 0.5 S FROM ST CATHERINES. (PORTSMOUTH, 19.4.20). CHART AS WK [OLD SYMBOL] (1918) IN 502950N, 012950W. BR STD. H3287/24 12.5.24 AMEND TO DWP. H4607/28 10.8.28 SURVEY MADE IN THE VICINITY BUT NO OBSTRUCTION COULD BE LOCATED. (TRINITY HOUSE, 27.7.28). DELETE

- NM 1258/28. H0807/40 16.12.55 WK LOCATED IN 503002N, 014021W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16 IN GEN DEPTH 19FMS. A/S RESPONSE FAIR. (HMS SCOTT, 31.8.55). CHART AS WK 16FMS [29MTRS] IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2555/74 19.3.74 EXAM'D IN 503002N, 014021W USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 30MTRS. NOT FOULED. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31.2 IN GEN DEPTH 36.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 122MTRS, APPROX. LIES ABOUT 100/280DEGS. GOOD SONAR RESPONSE FROM NE, OTHERWISE POOR. (SCES, H525 NO.4/73). AMEND TO SW 30MTRS. BR STD. 18.2.92 DIVED. LIES E/W, IS MUCH BROKEN UP AND FROM THE MINES CARRIED, IS PROBABLY THE 'ELEANOR'. (M WOODWARD, TELECON). NCA. HH090/962/01 4.12.02 EXAM'D 22.7.02 IN 5030.110N, 0140.427W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 30.5, FOUL 31.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 31 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. SCOUR 1.1MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 20MTRS FROM WK. IN TWO MAIN PARTS WITH LENGTHS 58 & 60MTRS, WIDTHS 33 & 35MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.6MTRS. LIES 110/290 DEGS. (GARDLINE, HI 962). AMEND TO SW 30.5MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2020/000123102 4.10.21 EXAM’D 29.9.20 IN 5030.112N, 0140.427W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 31.52MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. LENGTH 100.4MTRS, WIDTH 17.8MTRS, HT 5.3MTRS. ORIENTATION 105/285 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 27.9MTRS, WIDTH 24.3MTRS, 1.5MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 95 DEGS. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1586). AMEND DW 31MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO MAIN PIECES, LENGTH IS TOTAL

Position: 50 30.112 N,1 40.427 W

 

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