Eli: Sea Of The Hebrides
Motor Ship (20th Century), Motor Vessel (20th Century)
Site Name Eli: Sea Of The Hebrides
Classification Motor Ship (20th Century), Motor Vessel (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) '144 Degrees 12 Miles From Skerryvore Lighthouse'; Eli
Canmore ID 102542
Site Number NL90NE 8001
NGR NL 95822 06988
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/102542
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NL90NE 8001 unlocated
NLO: Skerryvore [name: NL 840 263].]
Formerly entered as NL90NW 1 and NL90NW 9171 at cited location NL 9302 0719 (N56 9.5 W6 54), and as NL90NW 8001 at cited location NL c. 93 07 [N56 9 W6 57].
Quality of fix = PA
Horizontal Datum = OGB
General water depth = 58
Circumstances of Loss Details
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The vessel, built 1931, was bombed and sunk by German aircraft off Skerryvore, whilst en-route from Philadelphia to Greenock and London.
Sources: World War II Shipping Loses, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea, Lloyd's World War II Shipping Loses.
Surveying Details
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A position of 56 09 30N, 006 54 00W, or 144 degrees, 12 miles from Skerryvore Lighthouse.
Source; Trade Division List.
This bearing and distance also given in World War II Loses and Lloyd's World War II Loses.
8 March 1967. The wreck was presumably not located as it does not feature in the area survey report by HMS VIDAL, 8 November 1966.
Hydrographic Office 1995.
(Classified as Motor Ship: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 10 september 1940). Eli: this vessel was bombed and sunk by aircraft 144 degrees 12 miles from Skerryvore Lighthouse.
Registration: Grimstad. Built 1931. 4332grt. Length; 114m. Beam: 16m.
(Location of loss cited as N56 9.5 W6 54.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location of loss that is cited by Whittaker. Skerryvore Lighthouse (NL82NW 1) is at NL 8384 2629.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 May 2008.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 528
Name : ELI
Latitude : 560930
Longitude : 65400
Date Built : 1931
Registration : GRIMSTAD
Type : MOTORSHIP
Tonnage : 4332
Tonnage Code : G
Length : 114
Beam : 16
Draught : 8m
Position : Position Approximate
Loss Day : 10
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1940
Comment : Bombed and sunk by A/C 144 degs 12 miles from Skerryvore Ltho
Reference (19 April 2012)
UKHO Identifier : 002627
Feature Class : Wreck
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.15833,-6.90000
Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.15819,-6.90090
WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 58
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : ELI
Type : MV
Flag : NORWEGIAN
Length : 116.1
Beam : 16.5
Draught : 7.6
Tonnage : 4332
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : STEEL
Date Sunk : 10/09/1940
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1940
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1931 BY ERIKSBERGS MEK VOERKS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY JORGENSENS REDERI A/S. OIL ENGINE OF 474 BHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE PHILADELPHIA FOR GREENOCK & LONDON. BOMBED AND SUNK BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT. (WW2SL, DODS & LL WW2).
Surveying Details : **H1001/40 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 560930N,065400W. (TRADE DIV LIST). NCA.
**H548/67 8.3.67 NOT LOCATED. (HMS VIDAL, ROS DTD 8.11.66). ASSUMED NOT LOCATED, WK CARD RETURNED CANCELLED. POSN FOR FILING ONLY.
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 09/02/2005
