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HMS Elk, Plymouth
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| Location
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50:18
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4:10 W |
| Type
of dive |
Wreck
dive from a boat. Use the marks along with an echo
sounder. Wreck is mostly intact, sitting upright, bows pointing
NW |
| Standard
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Sports
and above. Use a shotline to guide divers to the wreck. |
| Depth
range |
30 -
32 m. Deepest area on sand under bows and stern. |
| Tidal
conditions |
Can
dive at most states of the tide, worst periods at HW and LW (Devonport);
especially ideal on neap tides.
The Elk was a 181 ton trawler built in 1902, 108 feet
long. It operated as a minesweeper in the 1st World War and
again in the 2nd. Hit a mine 27th Nov 1940.
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