Wreck: Erato (Steam ship)
This is the information page about the shipwreck Erato, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 56.019 N,5 7.071 W (49.933650, -5.117850)
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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.
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Shipwreck details
Name: ERATO
Length 91.7 meter, width: 13.1 meter, draught: 6.1, tonnage 2041 ton
Load: ballast
Cause: built by clyde sb & eng co ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by ellerman wilson line ltd. two boilers, triple expansion engine of 217nhp, single shaft. passage dunkirk for barry roads. sank within five minutes following an explosion. may have struck a mine laid by uc-69. crew recovered by patrol vessel. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 75 meter, Height above seabed: 143 cm
Known since: 1917, last detected: 2005
Details measurements/cartography: SUNK 4M SE FROM LIZARD. (BMVS). H02246/56 26.3.56 CHARTED AS NDW IN 495540N, 050640W. 8.5.78 NOW CHARTED AS WK USC PA 50MTRS. [TONNAGE KNOWN]. NC 2565. 25.8.00 WK LOCATED IN 4955.977N, 0507.021W [WGD]. TO BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED. (G POUND/G FURSE TELECON 24.8.00). GIVES [OGB] POSN: 4955.94N, 0506.95W. NCA YET. HH091/059/01 5.4.05 EXAM'D 20.8.04 IN 4956.019N, 0507.071W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 68.0 IN GEN DEPTH 75.3MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 112MTRS, WIDTH 27MTRS, HT 7.3MTRS. LIES 143/323 DEGS. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, COLLAPSED. (GARDLINE, HI 1059). AMEND WK 68MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED
Position: 49 56.019 N,5 7.071 W
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