This is the information page about the shipwreck Empire heritage, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 32.558 N,7 43.037 W (55.799933333333, -7.9008)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. Boma
2. Carrickatine
3. Empire heritage
4. Fv geneveive
5. Gaelic
6. Hms anchusa (possibly)
7. Hms anchusa (probably)
8. Hms charles astie (possibly)
9. Hms laurentic
10. Hms nathaniel cole (possibly)
11. Hms transylvania
12. Hmsm d6 (possibly)
13. Hmsm d6 (possibly)
14. Justicia
15. Kalliopi s.
16. Manchester commerce (probably)
17. Oldfield grange (part of)(pos
18. Pandion
19. Pinto (probably)
20. Rath cormaich
21. Roscommon
22. Tritonia (possibly)
23. U 155
24. U 170
25. U 218
26. U 2506
27. U 281
28. U 45 (possibly)
29. U 637
30. U 743
31. U 778
32. Ub 89 (probably)
33. Vesltelv (possibly)
34. Widwud (possibly)

 

Name: EMPIRE HERITAGE

Length 176.8 meter, width: 22.3 meter, draught: 15.5, tonnage 15702 ton
Load: vehicles,flammable liquids and gases,oil

Cause: ex-tafelberg '43. built in 1930 by armstrong whitworth & co ltd, newcastle-upon-tyne. onwed at time of loss by the ministry of war transport. six boilers, two triple expansion engines of 1079nhp, twin shaft. passage new york for liverpool and the clyde. torpedoed & sunk by u 482. 60 men lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1944

Water depth above wreck: 66 meter, Height above seabed: 130 cm

Known since: 1944, last detected: 2005

Details measurements/cartography: 8.9.44 8.9.44 POSN 553200N, 074245W BY ASDIC & OIL PATCH. VESSEL WAS TORPEDOED IN STARBRD SIDE & SANK IN 10 MIN. (ESCORT GROUP 5, 8.9.44). CHART AS NDW.

- NM 2047/44. 30.11.44 30.11.44 SONAR CONTACT IN 553300N, 074500W. OIL. (ROWLEY AUBD 317/20) H1173/66 20.5.66 H1173/66 20.5.66 EXAM'D IN 553230N, 074258W. LEAST E/S DEPTH 139FT IN GEN DEPTH 215FT. NO SCOUR. (HMS DALRYMPLE, 8.10.65). CHART AS WK 23FMS [42MTRS]. NC 2723. H3740/69 16.10.74 H3740/69 16.10.74 POSN 553230N, 074258W. (RISDON BEAZLEY MARINE). H2175/81 12.1.81 H2175/81 12.1.81 EXAM'D 28.3.80 IN 553233N, 074259W USING RO/RO HIFIX [2 LOP] & DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 44 IN GEN DEPTH 66MTRS. DCS3 HT OF MAIN PART OF WK 14MTRS, BUT A MAST STANDS 20MTRS. LENGTH 170MTRS, LYING 120/300 DEGS. (HMS HYDRA, HI 21/79-80). RETAIN AS WK 42MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 1.5.02 1.5.02 WK LIES PARTIALLY TWISTED WITH STERN INVERTED ON SANDY SEABED. FOUR BLADED PROP IN POSN. SIX DOUBLE-ENDED SCOTCH BOILERS AND TWO TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES VISIBLE. FWD ARE NUMEROUS BUCKET DUMP TRUCKS, SOME LOADED WITH TYRES, SCATTERED ON THE SEABED. MORE TANKS AND SUPPLIES LIE IN HOLDS. BOW IS SMASHED AND LIES TO PORT. LARGE ANCHOR IN PLACE. (DIVER MAGAZINE MAY 2002). NCA. HH100/351/21 28.11.03 HH100/351/21 28.11.03 DIVED IN 5532.539N, 0743.040W [WGD]. DEPTH TO WK 50MTRS BY DIVER'S GAUGE, GEN DEPTH 69MTRS. LEAST DEPTH IS TO THE VERY TOP OF TWO DERRICKS THAT RISE HIGH FROM THE WK, UPRIGHT TOWARDS THE SURFACE. SHERMAN TANKS SCATTER THE SEABED WHICH IS OF WHITE SAND WITH SCATTERED GRAVEL. IDENTITY CONFIRMED BY OBVIOUS CARGO. (L BISHOP, EMAIL DTD 28.11.03). PREVIOUS REPORT IN 'DIVER' CONFIRMED AS BEING BY MR BISHOP. AMEND TO WK 52MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.4.07 25.4.07 WK LOCATED IN 5532.558N, 0743.037W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 65MTRS. LENGTH 155MTRS, WIDTH 37MTRS, HT 6.9MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 130/310 DEGS. GENERALLY INTACT WITH BOWS SE. LINE OF DEBRIS EXTENDS SOME 100MTRS NNW FROM SE (BOW) END. SCOUR AROUND WK. DERRICKS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BY DIVERS NOT EVIDENT ON M/B IMAGES. RETAIN AS WK 52MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 25.2.14 SEP 2014/000357199 25.2.14 LEAST DEPTH 57.45MTRS. (GSI). AMEND WK 57MTRS.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, STERN INVERTED, BOWS SE, SCOUR AROUND WK

Position: 55 32.558 N,7 43.037 W

 

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