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 53 32.398 N,3 9.963 W (53.539967, -3.166050)

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 29.3 meter, width: 5.2 meter, draught: 3, tonnage 105 ton
Load: stone

Cause: built in 1861 in london. owned at time of loss by j j king, manchester. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 24nhp, single shaft. machinery by r smith. preston. passage port dinorwic for preston. drove on shore on n end of taylors bank in n force 7 and went to pieces. later blown up.

Year of registration: 1892

Water depth above wreck: -1 meter

Known since: 1892, last detected: 1975

Details measurements/cartography: 25.6.1892 REMAINS DISPERSED BY BLASTING BY MDHB ON 25.6.1892, 13.7.1892 & 11.8.1892. DEPTH 4FT ABOVE LBD. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS). SHOWN ON 1951 AS ST DR 4FT. 25.3.75 25.3.75 NOW ST DRIES 1.7MTRS [LAT]. (K3500 NO 10). NC 1951.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 32.398 N,3 9.963 W

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