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 (49.967, -5.1835166666667)

 

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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. Adams (possibly)
2. Adolf vinnen
3. Andola
4. Andromeda
5. Arab
6. Ardgarry
7. Arvor
8. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
9. Asaba (possibly)(part of)
10. Atlantis (possibly)
11. Atlantis (possibly)
12. Ballarat
13. Bamse (probably)
14. Bay of panama
15. Beatrice (possibly)
16. Bellucia
17. Ben asdale
18. Ben rein
19. Benito
20. Bjornvik (possibly)
21. Brest
22. Bretonne (probably)
23. Brigamara
24. Cape finisterre (probably)
25. Carmarthen
26. Caroline
27. Caroni river
28. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
29. Centurion (possibly)
30. Cieszyn
31. Citrine
32. City of corinth (possibly)
33. City of ghent
34. Clan apline
35. Clan malcolm
36. Corvus
37. Cromdale
38. Cyrenian
39. Czar
40. Dispatch (possibly)
41. Elisabeth (possibly)
42. Epsilon
43. Erato
44. Eric calvert (possibly)
45. Eskdale
46. Eva (possibly)
47. Forde
48. Friday (vrijdag) possibly
49. Ganymede
50. Gap
51. Glendale
52. Godolphin
53. Grip (part of)
54. Gunvor
55. Hansy
56. Happy returns (possibly)
57. Hera
58. Hmml 380
59. Hms almond (after part)
60. Hms almond (bow part)
61. Hms anson
62. Hms brandlebas
63. Hms comet
64. Hms gloaming
65. Hms javelin (stern section)
66. Hms kurd
67. Hms lady of the isles
68. Hms primrose
69. Hms rinovia
70. Hms roche bonne
71. Hms torrent
72. Hmy sappho (possibly)
73. Hnlms brielle
74. Hockwold
75. Ilston
76. Jersey queen (possibly)
77. John
78. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
79. Juno
80. Karen marie
81. Kerris reed
82. Krosfond
83. Kwester
84. La suippe
85. Lady cory-wright
86. Lady dalhousie
87. Le vieux tigre
88. Leander
89. Leon martin (part of)
90. Libourne
91. Loe bar wk
92. Lord snowden (probably)
93. Lorle (probably)
94. Lucent (possibly)
95. Lydie
96. Merle
97. Mervyn (possibly)
98. Mina cantiquin
99. Mitera marigo
100. Mohegan
101. Mosel
102. Mountby
103. Mourne (probably)
104. N g petersen
105. Normand
106. Noya (possibly)
107. Nyassa
108. Ocklinge
109. Omer denise
110. Ospra
111. Panamera
112. Pearl (possibly)
113. Penelope jane (possibly)
114. Pindos
115. Plantaganet
116. Poljames
117. Poljames
118. Ponus
119. Port chalmers
120. Queen (possibly)
121. Rigmor (possibly)
122. Robert
123. Rock island bridge
124. Royal anne galley
125. Santo christo de castello (possibly)
126. Schiedam
127. Secil japan (bow section)
128. Secil japan (stern section)
129. Shoal fisher
130. Spital
131. Spyridion vagliano
132. St anthony (possibly)
133. Stanwood
134. Twilight water
135. U 1018
136. U 399
137. U 95
138. Ub 106 (possibly)
139. Ub 112 (possibly)
140. Ub 128 (possibly)
141. Ub 86 (possibly)
142. Ub 97 (possibly)
143. Uc 66
144. Ula
145. Veritas
146. Vigrid (possibly)
147. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
148. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
149. Violet
150. Volnay
151. War tune
152. Westwood (possibly)
153. Wyndcliffe
154. Zebra

 

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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