This is the information page about the shipwreck Hercules, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 0.545 N,1 23.109 W (55.009083, -1.385150)

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: HERCULES

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 18 meter, Height above seabed: 93 cm

Known since: 1941, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H01074/40 13.1.41 DW IN 550035N, 012245W. (ADMIRALTY).

- NM 62/41. H01074/40 3.11.48 LOCATED IN 550031N, 012302W. DEPTH OVER IS 38FT. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER)

- NM 2423/48. H01074/40 24.11.48 G CONL BUOY LAID CLOSE NE OF WK. (TH NM 243/48)

- NM 2616/48. H01074/40 24.4.50 DISPERSED TO 48 FT & BUOY WITHDRAWN. (TH LTR 2515/50)

- NM 729/50. H2433/71 22.4.71 WAKE ECHO OBTAINED ON CHARTED POSN OF THIS WK DURING AREA SONAR SEARCH. (ISS, ROS DTD 31.12.70). 15.5.73 NOW SHOWN AS WK 14.1MTRS [LAT]. NC 152. HH090/796/01 5.1.99 EXAM'D 30.8.98 IN 5500.545N, 0123.109W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.3 IN GEN DEPTH 17.8MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.5MTRS. LENGTH 32MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS. LIES 093/273DEGS. BURIED WK WITH SURROUNDING DEBRIS. NOT POSSIBLE TO SWEEP DUE TO LOCAL CURRENTS. (GARDLINE, HI 796). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: PROBABLE BURIED WK WITH SURROUNDING DEBRIS

Position: 55 0.545 N,1 23.109 W

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