Dies ist die Informationsseite über das Schiffswrack Hms elk (probably), die folgende Wasserkarte zeigt das Wrack in seiner unmittelbaren Umgebung. Die Position des Wracks ist 50 18.431 N,4 10.316 W (50.1442, -4.17415)
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Die Texte zu diesem Schiffswrack sind in englischer Sprache 🇬🇧, da sie vom Hydrographischen Amt des Vereinigten Königreichs (UKHO) auf der Grundlage von Daten u. a. der Hydrographischen Dienste von Deutschland, der Niederlande und Belgien erstellt wurden. Sie enthalten die bekannten Details des Wracks und die Kommentare der Kartographen, die die Position und den Zustand des Wracks im Laufe der Zeit überprüft haben.
Name: HMS ELK (PROBABLY)
Länge32.9 meter, Breite: 6.4 meter, Tiefgang: 3.4, Tonnage 181 ton
Ursache: 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.
Jahr der Registrierung: 1940
Wassertiefe über dem Wrack: 28 meter, Höhe über dem Meeresboden: 327 cm
Bekannt seit: 1940, zuletzt detektiert: 2020
Detailmessungen/Kartographie: 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.
Quelle: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 50 18.431 N,4 10.316 W