This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms ellesmere, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 3.94 N,5 31.09 W (48.915316666667, -5.6679166666667)

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.

Name: HMS ELLESMERE

Length 44.8 meter, width: 7.9 meter, draught: 4.6, tonnage 580 ton

Cause: torpedoed by submarine. (ww2sl).

Year of registration: 1945

Water depth above wreck: 100 meter

Known since: 1945, last detected: 2021

Details measurements/cartography: 24.2.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT, GOOD POSN WK OF HM SHIP IN 490400N, 053100W. (AUBD 2675A/45, C-IN-C PLYMOUTH, 24.2.45). H0113/45 4.5.45 GOOD SONAR CONTACT IN 490400N, 053100W. (PLYMOUTH LISTS 25.3.45 & 4.7.45). H2979/74 23.2.77 WK REPORTED IN 490403N, 053114W [OGB] USING DECCA. TONNAGE IS 500TONS. (E GILES 3.2.77). 21.12.77 NOT SHOWN ON FRENCH 6680 OR IN FRENCH WRECK RECORDS 1976. H1271/80 9.6.80 INS AS NDW IN 490400N, 053100W [EUR]. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED) BR STD. 20.5.88 SHOWN AS WK USC PD 85.0MTRS IN 490400N, 053100W [EUR] ON FRENCH 6680 [1986 EDN] & IN FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987. BR STD. 25.2.09 SHOWN IN 4903.940N, 0531.090W [WGD] ON FRENCH 6680 [3RD EDN 2003, CORRECT TO NM 42 29 08, 1:150,000, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NC 2647.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 3.94 N,5 31.09 W

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