This is the information page about the shipwreck Hera, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 12.013 N,4 54.293 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. Alexander kennedy
4. Almond branch (possibly)
5. Andola
6. Andromeda
7. Arab
8. Arvor
9. Atlantis (possibly)
10. Atlantis (possibly)
11. Bamse (probably)
12. Bay of panama
13. Beatrice (possibly)
14. Bellucia
15. Ben asdale
16. Ben rein
17. Benito
18. Bjornvik (possibly)
19. Brest
20. Bretonne (probably)
21. Cape finisterre (probably)
22. Carasa (possibly)
23. Carmarthen
24. Caroline
25. Carolus
26. Caroni river
27. Caroni river (part of)(probably)
28. Centurion (possibly)
29. Cieszyn
30. Citrine
31. City of ghent
32. Clan apline
33. Clan malcolm
34. Cromdale
35. Czar
36. Dionne marie
37. Dispatch (possibly)
38. Eastfield
39. Elisabeth (possibly)
40. Epsilon
41. Erato
42. Eric calvert (possibly)
43. Eskdale
44. Forde
45. Foylemore (possibly)
46. Gap
47. Godolphin
48. Gunvor
49. Hanover
50. Hansy
51. Happy returns (possibly)
52. Hera
53. Hmcs trentonian
54. Hmml 380
55. Hms almond (after part)
56. Hms almond (bow part)
57. Hms brandlebas
58. Hms comet
59. Hms gloaming
60. Hms lady of the isles
61. Hms narwhal
62. Hms primrose
63. Hms rinovia
64. Hms roche bonne
65. Hms torrent
66. Hmy sappho (possibly)
67. Hnlms brielle
68. Hugin
69. Ilston
70. Jersey queen (possibly)
71. John
72. John taylor
73. Julie anne ii (part of)(possibly)
74. Juno
75. Kantoeng (part of)
76. Karen marie
77. Kerris reed
78. King harry (probably)
79. Kremsertor
80. Krosfond
81. Kwester
82. La suippe
83. Lady dalhousie
84. Lake edon
85. Le vieux tigre
86. Leander
87. Leon martin (part of)
88. Lord snowden (probably)
89. Lucent (possibly)
90. Lydie
91. Mary
92. Mefjord (possibly)
93. Mina cantiquin
94. Mitera marigo
95. Mohegan
96. Mosel
97. Mountby
98. Mourne (probably)
99. N g petersen
100. Normand
101. Nyassa
102. Ocklinge
103. Omer denise
104. Orfordness
105. Par time and tide bell
106. Pearl (possibly)
107. Pegasus
108. Penelope jane (possibly)
109. Pindos
110. Plantaganet
111. Poljames
112. Poljames
113. Ponus
114. Port chalmers
115. Queen (possibly)
116. Rigmor (possibly)
117. Robert
118. Rock island bridge
119. Rosehill
120. Shoal fisher
121. Silver laurel
122. Siracusa
123. Spital
124. Spyridion vagliano
125. Stanwood
126. Tagona
127. Tregenna (possibly)
128. Twilight water
129. U 95
130. Ub 106 (possibly)
131. Ub 112 (possibly)
132. Ub 113
133. Ub 128 (possibly)
134. Ub 86 (possibly)
135. Ub 97 (possibly)
136. Ula
137. Veritas
138. Ville de thann (bow section)(possibly)
139. Ville de thann (stern section)(possibly)
140. Violet
141. Volnay
142. War tune
143. Warnow (possibly)
144. Wilhelmina maria
145. Wyndcliffe
146. Zebra

 

Name: HERA

Length 84.1 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 7.3, tonnage 2084 ton
Load: fertiliser: natural and products

Cause: ex- richard wagner. built in 1886 by j c tecklenborg. owned at the time of loss by rhederi akt. ges. von 1896. passage pisagua, chile for falmouth. was driven ashore in a thick weather with heavy southerly gale and subsequently sank near portscatho. 19 men lost. (dods & sibi).

Year of registration: 1978

Water depth above wreck: 12 meter, Height above seabed: 120 cm

Known since: 1978, last detected: 2012

Details measurements/cartography: H1270/73 7.6.78 H1270/73 7.6.78 REPD TO STAND 5MTRS HIGH IN GEN DEPTH 17MTRS. (BSAC WK SHEET 003). INS AS USCPA 12MTRS IN 501205N, 045355W [OGB]. BR STD. HH100/351/18 5.4.02 HH100/351/18 5.4.02 LIES IN 5012.019N, 0454.280W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST DEPTH 8.5MTRS AT MLWS. LYING 160/340DEGS, BOWS NNW. LIES IN 3 SECTIONS WITH DEBRIS SCATTTERED WIDELY. HIGHEST POINT IS 'A' FRAME OF WHEELHOUSE AREA. (J ROSEVEARE, TELECON 27.3.02). NCA. HH100/351/18 9.4.02 HH100/351/18 9.4.02 WHEELHOUSE/A FRAME SECTION STANDS 6.5MTRS HIGH, NO OTHER WRECKAGE STANDS GREATER THAN 3.6MTRS ABOVE SEABED. (J ROSEVEARE, E-MAIL DTD 6.4.02). AMEND TO WK 7.5MTRS IN POSN ABOVE. BR STD. 19.2.13 19.2.13 EXAM'D 30.7.12 IN 5012.006N, 0454.267W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 9.8 IN GEN DEPTH 12.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. BROKEN UP WITH LENGTH OF MAIN PART 57MTRS, HT 2.7MTRS. MAIN PART LIES 120/300 DEGS. (EGS, FOR CHANNEL COASTAL OBSERVATORY, HI 1403). LARGE PIECE OF WRECKAGE LIES SOME 40MTRS NE WITH MINOR PIECES BETWEEN. AMEND WK 9.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. 6.2.14 6.2.14 SHOWN WITH LEAST DEPTH IN 5012.013N, 045.293W [WGD] IN BATHY DATA. AMEND POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: BROKEN, MAIN PART ON SIDE WITH BOWS NW

Position: 50 12.013 N,4 54.293 W

 

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