This is the information page about the shipwreck Heathmore, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 3.571 N,6 3.064 W (49.983366666667, -6.30175)

 

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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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54. Serica (possibly)
55. Setiembre (part of)
56. Sirius (possibly)
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Name: HEATHMORE

Length 80.8 meter, width: 11.3 meter, draught: 5.7, tonnage 1864 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore

Cause: built in 1883 by j key, kinghorne. two boilers, compound expansion engine of 187 nhp, single shaft. passage bilbao for london. struck seven stones reef and sank some 15 hours later. crew recovered. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1897

Water depth above wreck: 70 meter, Height above seabed: 80 cm

Known since: 1897, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H0113/45 4.7.45 H0113/45 WK IN 500330N, 060300W. (PLYMOUTH LIST 840/2, 4.7.45). 7.3.45 7.3.45 SONAR CONTACT GIVING GOOD ECHO IN 500330N, 060300W. HEIGHT 24FT. (EG 2). H5051/70 13.1.71 H5051/70 13.1.71 CHART AS NDW. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NC 1148. H2613/78 10.3.78 H2613/78 10.3.78 EXAM'D 9.6.77 IN 500334N, 060301W USING DCS3. USING HF [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65.8 IN GEN DEPTH 71MTRS. SONAR HT 10MTRS. SUBSTANTIAL WK. UPRIGHT AND LYING 090/270 DEGS. LENGTH 120MTRS. POSSIBLY A WARSHIP. (HMS FOX, HI 42A/77). CHART AS WK 60MTRS. BR STD. HH100/351/18 3.9.02 HH100/351/18 3.9.02 LARGE SS DIVED IN CHARTED POSN ON 28.7.02. LARGE MID ENGINE, 2 BOILERS AND 1 DONKEY. CARGO INCLUDED IRON ORE. (G POUND, DIVE REPORT REC'D 15.8.02). NCA. 4.8.11 4.8.11 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. CONFIRMED AS 'HEATHMORE' BY RECOVERED BELL. CARGO IRON ORE. (G POUND, TELECON 28.7.11). NCA. 10.2.14 10.2.14 EXAM'D 4.12.13 IN 5003.571N, 0603.064W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 63.13 IN GEN DEPTH 70MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 86MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS, HT 6.87MTRS. LIES 080/260 DEGS WITH BOWS W. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. GENERALLY COLLAPSED, BOILERS & ENGINE PROMINENT. (MMT, HI 1415). AMEND WK 63MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, INTACT, COLLAPSED, HIGH POINT ON ENGINE

Position: 50 3.571 N,6 3.064 W

 

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