This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms elk (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 18.431 N,4 10.316 W (50.1442, -4.17415)

 

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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. Anna
2. Arandora star
3. August conseil (possibly)
4. Australbush (possibly)
5. Bell virtue
6. Birgitte
7. Brenda
8. Brialan
9. Carol anne
10. Chancellor
11. Charlwood
12. Cheapside (possibly)
13. Chelydra (possibly)
14. City of antwerp
15. Constance
16. Dartmeet
17. Die frau metta catharina von flensburg
18. Dutton
19. East point
20. Edam ii
21. Elizabeth caroline
22. Empire harry
23. Encourage
24. Exploiter
25. Fylrix
26. Glen strathallan
27. Hazel claire (possibly)
28. Heron i
29. Hms abelard
30. Hms coronation (part)
31. Hms coronation (part)
32. Hms elk (probably)
33. Hms foyle
34. Hms kingston alalite (probably)
35. Hms lord stonehaven
36. Hms ramillies
37. Hms scylla
38. Hms stockforce (possibly)
39. Hms ullswater
40. Hmsm a7
41. Hmsm h 52
42. Hmsm untiring
43. Hopper barge no.42
44. James eagan layne
45. Kazan
46. Kishmul of ayr
47. Lab
48. Louis shied
49. Marie
50. Mcgregor
51. Medoc
52. Oregon
53. Persier
54. Phoenix
55. Poulmic
56. Reine des flots
57. Rosehill
58. Sabrina
59. Solstice ph199
60. St katharine (probably)
61. Tasmania (possibly)
62. Tinker di
63. Totnes castle
64. U 1063
65. Unicorn
66. W woolvern (possibly)
67. Yewforest

 

Name: HMS ELK (PROBABLY)

Length 32.9 meter, width: 6.4 meter, draught: 3.4, tonnage 181 ton

Cause: built in 1902 by cook, welton and gemmel. owned at time of loss by the admiralty. one 6pdr gun. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. hired as minesweeper 1915-19 and as danlayer 1939. struck a mine and subsequently sank.

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 327 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 2020

Details measurements/cartography: 28.11.40 SANK 185DEGS, 11.4C FROM PENLEE PT, IN 501754N, 041130W [OGB]. (WESTERN APPS, 28.11.40). H1044/40 SANK IN 501854N, 040936W [OGB]. (MINE SWEEPING SUMMARY NO.59). H095/39 20.1.41 SWEEP PARTED 501754N, 041054W [OGB]. (WESTERN APPS LIST, 15.1.41). 24.8.70 MAY BE NDW IN 501809N, 041321W [OGB]. H4979/72 2.1.73 NOTHING FOUND AFTER INTENSIVE E/S AND SONAR SEARCH WITHIN 5C OF 501800N, 041100W [OGB]. (HMS WOODLARK, 1972). H1289/77/374 3.11.77 REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN LOCATED APPROX 1M SSE OF PENLEE PT. (R SCHREYER). H4979/72 11.3.82 WK LOCATED 3.6.81 IN 501824N, 041012W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.8 IN GEN DEPTH 27.8MTRS. SCOUR 28.5MTRS. HULL APPARENTLY INTACT, ABOUT 35MTRS LONG, LYING 340/160DEGS. SUPERSTRUCTURE SHEARED AWAY. DIVERS REPORT NO OBSTNS ABOVE HULL LEVEL. NOT IDENTIFIED. (HMS HECATE, HI 46). CHART AS WK 22.5MTRS.

- NM 775/82. 21.4.83 LOCATED BY DCS3. ABOUT 30MTRS LONG. DIVERS REPORT IT TO BE A CONVENTIONAL SIDE-TRAWLER WITH TRIPLE EXPANSION STEAM ENGINE. NO ARMAMENT. NO NAME SEEN. VISIBILITY WAS 80FT. LITTLE BRASS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN USED IN CONSTRUCTION. THOUGHT THEREFORE TO HAVE BEEN WARTIME CONSTRUCTION IN EARLY 1940'S. (P ODLING-SMEE, PLYMOUTH POLYTECHNIC, TELECON 20 & 21.4.83). PROBABLY THE ELK. NCA. H4979/72 2.8.83 EXAM'D 16.6.83 IN 501823N, 041014W [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. DCS3 HT 4MTRS, LENGTH 32.9MTRS. ORIENTATION 140/320DEGS. (PLYMOUTH POLYTECHNIC, WRECK SEARCH PROJECT). NCA. HH100/351/07 8.7.93 DIVED ON 17.5.93 IN 501818N, 041034W [OGB] USING DECCA. LEAST DEPTH 27 IN GEN DEPTH 30MTRS. NO SCOUR. SUPERSTRUCTURE HAS NOW COLLAPSED. HULL IS STILL INTACT THOUGH SINKING INTO MUD/SAND/SILT BOTTOM AND IS OPEN. WK LIES 50MTRS E OF OF A REEF. (G PEACHAM, 30.6.93). NCA.POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE HH090/985/01 24.12.01 EXAM'D 2.11.01 IN 5018.427N, 0410.315W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 24.2 IN GEN DEPTH 27.9MTRS. SCOUR 0.8MTRS. LENGTH 35MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.55MTRS. LIES 147/327 DEGS WITH BOWS SE. INTACT. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 985). BR STD. SEP 2006/000384694 9.10.06 SHOW AS WK 24.3MTRS ON DIBON PLOT. (HMSML GLEANER, SURVEY 2006). NCA. SEP 2021/00052671 7.10.20 EXAM’D 2020; IN 5018.431N, 0410.316W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.80MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. LENGTH 34.8MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 5.8MTRS. ORIENTATION 327/147 DEGS. TRAWLER WITH INTACT HULL. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI 1679 - H525-17643). AMEND DW 22.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 18.431 N,4 10.316 W

 

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