This is the information page about the shipwreck St elwyn, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 0 N,19 0 W (54, -19)

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: ST ELWYN

Length 126.5 meter, width: 17.7 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 4940 ton
Load: coal

Cause: built in 1038 by j l thompson & sons. owned at time of loss by south american saint line. compound engine and lp turbineof 320nhp. passage hull for santos. torpedoed by u-103. 29 men lost. (dods & axis submarine successes).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 1200 meter

Known since: 1940, last detected: 1987

Details measurements/cartography: H01001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 540000N, 190000W. 11.8.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 553000N, 193000W. (WW2SL). SUNK APPROX 500 MILES W OF BISHOP ROCK. (DODS). SINKING POSN ACCORDING TO VESSEL ATTACKED GIVEN AS 553000N, 193000W BUT POSN OF ATTACK ACCORDING TO U-BOAT PATROL REPORT AGREES WITH 1940 POSN OF 540000N, 190000W. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 0 N,19 0 W

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