Dit is de informatiepagina over het scheepswrak Hms elk (probably), op de waterkaart hieronder zie je het wrak in zijn directe omgeving. De positie van dit wrak is 50 18.431 N,4 10.316 W (50.1442, -4.17415)

 

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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. 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

 

Naam: HMS ELK (PROBABLY)

Lengte 32.9 meter, breedte: 6.4 meter, diepgang: 3.4, tonnage 181 ton

Oorzaak: 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.

Jaar registratie: 1940

Waterdiepte boven wrak: 28 meter, hoogte boven zeebodem: 327 cm

Bekend sinds: 1940, laatst gedetecteerd: 2020

Details metingen/cartografie: 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.
Bron: UK Hydrographic Office

Positie: 50 18.431 N,4 10.316 W

 

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