Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Elford, op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 38.041 N,0 58.733 W (50.4907, -0.9725167)

 

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De teksten bij dit scheepswrak zijn in het engels 🇬🇧, omdat deze worden opgesteld door het UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) op basis van de gegevens van de hydrografische diensten van onder meer Nederland, België en Duitsland. Ze bevatten de bekende details van het wrak en de opmerkingen van de cartografen die in de loop der tijden de positie en de toestand van het wrak hebben gecontroleerd.

 

1. Angry fish
2. Armenier
3. Arno (possibly)
4. Axwell
5. Basil-2
6. Bettann (bow section)
7. Cambrian princess (probably)
8. Carbineer
9. Cuba
10. Donegal (possibly)
11. Elford
12. Flag theofano
13. Fort yale
14. Fpt iv
15. Gerarda
16. Germa geisha
17. Hedwig lunstedt
18. Hms apley (possibly)
19. Hms evadne (possibly)
20. Hms hazardous
21. Hms prince leopold
22. Hms sapper
23. Hmsm a1
24. Lowmount
25. Montecrana (possibly)
26. Polandia (possibly)
27. Sines (possibly)
28. Spearfish
29. Teelin head
30. U 1195
31. Ub 81

 

Naam: ELFORD

Lengte 77.7 meter, breedte: 11.6 meter, diepgang: 5.2, tonnage 1739 ton
Lading: general and mixed goods,railway: stock and construction materials,vehicles

Oorzaak: Built in 1915 by w pickersgill, sunderland. owned at time of loss by sharp & co ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 299nhp, single shaft. passage chatham for cherbourg. struck a contact mine, probably laid by uc-36. was abandoned but did not immediately sink. crew recovered by patrol trawler. (sibi).

Jaar registratie: 1917

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 17 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 90 cm

Bekend sinds: 1917, laatst gedetecteerd: 2009

Details metingen/cartografie: H3080/17 25.5.17 SUNK IN APPROX 503808N, 005829W. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). H2259/21 12.4.21 DISPERSED. LEAST DEPTH 51FT. (TH).H1720/65 6.11.78 LARGE MOUND & STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY LOCATED IN 503800N, 005844W [OGB] USING DECCA. APPEARS TO BE COMPLETELY BURIED. A LARGE HOPPER SHIP WAS DUMPING IN AREA & HAS CAUSED MANY PEAKS ON E/S TRACE. NO ACTUAL WRECKAGE FOUND. (M WALSH, 20.8.78). CHART AS FOUL. BR STD. H1310/85/26 23.8.85 WK LOCATED IN 503800N, 005840W [OGB] USING DECCA. VESSEL IS MUCH BROKEN BUT THERE IS CONTINUITY OF WRECKAGE. THE STERN LISTS 40DEGS TO STBD. HIGHEST PART ARE BOILERS, ENGINE & STEERING QUADRANT. CARGO OF RAILWAY BOGIES & WHEELS LIE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT WRECKAGE. HEIGHT 18FT IN GEN DEPTH 72FT. BOWS FACE W. WK IS DIFFICULT TO LOCATE AS IT LIES AMONGST ISOLATED CROP OF ROCKS WHICH RISE TO SIMILAR HEIGHT. (M WALSH, 19.8.85). CHART AS NDW IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. H2920/83 18.11.87 SONAR CONTACT OBTAINED CLOSED TO REPORTED POSN. NOT EXAM'D. (HMSML GLEANER, HI 199). NCA. HH091/005/01 5.12.03 EXAM'D 31.7.03 IN 5038.041N, 0058.733W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 13.5, FOUL 13.8MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 13.3 IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.4MTRS. LIES 090/270 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. APPEARS ALMOST COMPLETELY BURIED. LIES IN AREA OF ROCK PINNACLES WHICH RISE TO A SIMILAR HT ABOVE THE SEABED. (NP 1016, HI 1005). AMEND SW 13.3MTRS.

- NM 422/04. HH091/279/01 27.4.09 LOCATED 8.10.08 IN 5038.072N, 0058.571W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 13.77 IN GEN DEPTH 17.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 12.1MTRS, WIDTH 11.0MTRS, HT 5.15MTRS. LIES 190/360 DEGS (SIC). STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. LIES AMONGST AN ISOLATED CROP OF ROCKS, NOT INTACT. (FURGO OSAE, HI 1279). RETAIN SW 13.3MTRS.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LIES AMONGST ISOLATED CROP OF ROCKS

Positie: 50 38.041 N,0 58.733 W

 

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