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 (50.200217, -4.904883)

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.

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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