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 (50.802333333333, -1.0303)

 

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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. Ala
2. Angry fish
3. Armenier
4. Arno (possibly)
5. Asborg
6. Axwell
7. Basil-2
8. Bettann (bow section)
9. Bettann (stern section)
10. Camberwell
11. Cambrian
12. Cambrian (part of)
13. Cambrian princess (probably)
14. Campeador 5 (bow section)(probably)
15. Camswan
16. Capable
17. Carbineer
18. Cuba
19. Daylesford
20. Diadem of bursledon (probably)
21. Donegal (possibly)
22. Duddon (probably)
23. Elford
24. Empress queen
25. Excelsior
26. Faith
27. Fallodon
28. Flag theofano
29. Fort yale
30. Fpt iv
31. France aimee (part of)(possibly)
32. Gerarda
33. Germa geisha
34. Glen (possibly)
35. Grace dieu
36. Grip fast
37. Harry sharman
38. Hauler
39. Hedwig lunstedt
40. Highland brigade
41. Hm lct 427 (after part)
42. Hm lct 427 (fwd part)
43. Hms apley (possibly)
44. Hms boxer
45. Hms evadne (possibly)
46. Hms hazard
47. Hms hazardous
48. Hms insolent
49. Hms invincible
50. Hms p12 (stern section).
51. Hms prince leopold
52. Hms sapper
53. Hms undine
54. Hms velox
55. Hmsm a1
56. Inger
57. Irishman
58. Isleworth
59. Kurland
60. Lct 1068
61. Lct 757 (possibly)
62. Leon
63. Lowmount
64. Luis
65. Mary rose
66. Meandros (possibly)
67. Minerva (possibly)
68. Montecrana (possibly)
69. Moonraker (probably)
70. Orion
71. Pearl (probably)
72. Polandia (possibly)
73. Ps ryde
74. Roway
75. Rtc no.9
76. Sinah
77. Sines (possibly)
78. Spearfish
79. Stokes bay pier (remains)
80. Syrinx (part of)(possibly)
81. Teelin head
82. U 1195
83. U 90
84. Ub 21
85. Ub 81
86. Vadne
87. Vanessa (probably)
88. Wapello
89. Weston maid (possibly)
90. Withern

 

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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