This is the information page about the shipwreck Hero, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 24.345 N,6 53.4 E (54.3673, 6.7025667)

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: HERO

Length 114.6 meter, width: 19.2 meter, draught: 5.8, tonnage 3468 ton
Load: foodstuffs: solid

Cause: 12.11.77 passage esbjerg for grimsby. repd taking in water in engine room & trailer deck during storm force winds. took on list, was abandoned on 12.11.77 and sank next day. one man lost. (ll).

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H3966/76 1.12.77 REPD SUNK IN 542400N, 065400E APPROX. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED). NAVAREA I 418/77 ISSUED. H3966/76 22.12.77 REPD AS DW IN 542410N, 065400E APPROX. (NETH NM 3728(P)/77 & HAMBURG NM 4558(T)/77). NCA YET. H3966/76 2.2.78 POSN NOW GIVEN AS 542125N, 065328E. (LL 25.1.78). NCA. H2064/75 16.3.78 WK SW 17MTRS [9FMS 2FT], IN 542423N, 065324E. (HAMBURG NM 597/78).

- NM 746(P)/78. H2064/75 8.5.78 E CARD LT BUOY, VQ(3) LAID CLOSE E OF WK. (HAMBURG NM 1492/78).

- NM 1154(P)/78. H2128/70 30.8.78 NOW SWEPT CLEAR AT 19.6MTRS [10FMS 4FT]. BUOY WITHDRAWN. (HAMBURG NM 2801/78).

- NM 2108/78. HH328/470/01 2.10.92 AMENDED TO WK SW 25.5MTRS. (GERMAN NM (21)50/38/92).

- NM 3059/92. 23.11.06 SHOWN IN 5424.345N, 0653.400E [WGD] ON GERMAN 50 [INT 1045] [JUN 2003 EDN, LARGEST SCALE ADOPTION]. NE 1423. SEP 2015/000158093 19.1.16 SHOWN AS DW 25MTRS IN 5424.345N, 0653.400E [WGD] ON DE221000 [ED7.0, DTD 10.07.15]. AMEND TO DW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 54 24.345 N,6 53.4 E

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