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 (53.665666666667, -3.093)

 

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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. Admiral nelson
2. Agnes
3. Albatross
4. Albert
5. Albert (part of)
6. Albert (part of)
7. Alcides
8. Alice
9. Alice davies
10. Anatolian
11. Angola
12. Angola (part of)(possibly)
13. Ann sumner
14. Ann widnal
15. Anne
16. Anne elizabeth
17. Ant
18. Architect
19. Armagh
20. Auchenarden
21. Auspicious
22. Avon
23. Avon
24. Azalea
25. Bactria
26. Bayswater (possibly)
27. Bella
28. Bengar
29. Berwyn
30. Bessie
31. Blairnevis
32. Blanche (possibly)
33. Boston
34. Boubolina
35. Bradda
36. Brazilian
37. Buenos ayres
38. Burbo tower (remains)
39. Burbo tower (remains)
40. Burbo tower (remains)
41. Burbo tower (remains)
42. Burgedin
43. Calderon
44. Cameronian
45. Carl august
46. Caroline
47. Carrie
48. Cascapedia
49. Castle queen
50. Catherine
51. Catherine
52. Chase
53. Christina shearer
54. Chrysopolis
55. City of st andrews
56. Colin russell
57. Collingwood
58. Colombus
59. Colorado
60. Concord
61. Coniston (probably)
62. Coral bank
63. Corbet
64. Cornish coast
65. Corrientes
66. Counsellor iii
67. Countess of devon
68. Croydon
69. Cumbrae
70. Denbigh coast
71. Denham
72. Ditton
73. Douglas
74. Douglas
75. Dunmail
76. Dunvegan castle
77. Ebeneezer
78. Ebenezer
79. Ebenezer
80. Edward finch
81. El oso
82. Elephant
83. Eliza bonstead
84. Elizabeth
85. Elizabeth dal
86. Elizabeth lathom
87. Ellan vannin
88. Ellen sarah
89. Ellen southwold
90. Emelie
91. Emmeline
92. Empress eugenie
93. Endymion
94. Eros
95. Ester ann
96. Esther
97. Eurymedon
98. Eversfield
99. Fairlie and jane
100. Fairy
101. Flamingo
102. Four brothers
103. Frolic
104. Gannochy
105. Geofredo (part of)
106. Geofredo (part of)
107. Geofredo (part of)
108. Germania
109. Gladstone
110. Gorsethorn
111. Grappler
112. Gratitude
113. Gwydir
114. Hannah
115. Hannah landles
116. Harmony
117. Hawkesbury
118. Hebe
119. Hebe (possibly)
120. Helen
121. Henry j smith
122. Herlief
123. Hero
124. Heron 2
125. Hms cochrane
126. Hopper f
127. Hopper number 6
128. Hvideorn
129. Ibis
130. Ida
131. Ida
132. India
133. Ionic star
134. Irene chalmers
135. J b kee
136. J c swindlehurst
137. J w t
138. James and grace gregory
139. Jerseymoor
140. Jessie
141. Jessie brown
142. John & ann
143. John bull
144. John pierce
145. John w elliot
146. Juno
147. Jura
148. Kelvindale
149. Lady irene of menai
150. Laura
151. Leeds (probably)
152. Lelia
153. Letty
154. Lionel george
155. Little burbo beacon
156. Lizzie morton
157. Lochmonar (fwd part)
158. Lochranza castle
159. Lord delamere
160. Lord delamere (possibly)
161. Lylie
162. Major
163. Mancunium
164. Mantura
165. Margaret
166. Marion
167. Marn
168. Mary
169. Mary agnes
170. Mary ann
171. Mary ann
172. Mary jane
173. Mary kate
174. Mary olivia
175. Matador
176. Mayflower (part of)
177. Mersey
178. Mid jordan beacon
179. Miner
180. Mona 2 (possibly)
181. Munster
182. Murielle
183. My lady
184. Nautilus
185. Nazarine
186. Nelson
187. Neptune
188. Nestos
189. Nickolai
190. North jordan bn
191. Ocean home
192. Old england
193. Olive branch
194. Orizava (or urizaza)
195. Osctilia
196. Ousebridge
197. Outer east dolphin
198. Parker
199. Pegu (bow section)
200. Pegu (stern)
201. Penryn
202. Perseverance
203. Perseverance
204. Peru (probably)
205. Phoenician
206. Pigeon
207. Planet
208. Polly williams
209. Ponce
210. Primrose
211. Progress
212. Prudence
213. Queen
214. Queens tower
215. Rambler
216. Raoul et aurelie
217. Rescue
218. Ringsend
219. Rissa
220. Robert & elizabeth
221. Robert marsden
222. Robert seymour
223. Roelas
224. Rosebud
225. San toy
226. Sandmail
227. Sarah
228. Seaville (part of)
229. Seaville (part of)
230. Selina
231. Severn
232. Sir george grey
233. Skate ii (debris from)(probably)
234. Slasher
235. Smelter
236. Sons of the sea
237. Sparling
238. Speke (possibly)
239. Sportsman
240. Spurn
241. Star of hope
242. Sulairia
243. Sultan
244. Sunda
245. Superb
246. Susahana or susanah
247. Swan
248. Tacoma city (part of)
249. Tacoma city (southern part)
250. Talbot
251. Tancred
252. Tarbert
253. Telmo
254. The lady mostyn
255. Thomas
256. Thomas
257. Thomas davies
258. Thorn
259. Thornton
260. Tongue beacon
261. Trentham hall
262. Trial
263. Ullapool
264. Ulstermore
265. United states
266. Valeria
267. Vanguard
268. Vesta
269. Victory
270. Ville de llanes
271. W.m.j
272. Walter
273. Walter dean
274. Wasp
275. Weazel
276. William huskisson
277. William rawcliffe
278. Woodville
279. Ystroom (probably)
280. Zealandia

 

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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