This is the information page about the shipwreck Heroine (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 40.53 N,2 56.124 W (50.46995, -3.0108833333333)

 

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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. 20
2. Ailsa craig (probably)
3. Algarve
4. Avalanche
5. Bamse (probably)
6. Baygitano
7. Bayonne
8. Berar
9. Bokn (possibly)
10. Boma
11. Borgund i (possibly)
12. Broomhill (probably)
13. Chateau yqem
14. City of swansea (probably)
15. Gibel-hamam
16. Gorizia
17. Grane
18. Greleen
19. Heroine (probably)
20. Hms boadicea
21. Hms buccaneer
22. Hms empress of india (ex renown)
23. Hms harstad
24. Hms hickory
25. Hms landrail (probably)
26. Hms lord hailsham
27. Hms recoil (bow section)(probably)
28. Hms recoil (stern section)(probably)
29. Hms remindo (possibly)
30. Hmsm l24
31. Hmsm sidon
32. Isbjorn
33. L h carl
34. Lct 381
35. Lst 507 (bow section)
36. Lst 507 (stern section)
37. Lst 531
38. Lucinda (possibly)
39. Marguerite (possibly)
40. Martha
41. Minerva (probably)
42. Modavia
43. Moidart
44. Nil desperandum (probably)
45. Nyasaland
46. Pomeranian
47. Radaas (probably)
48. Salsette ii
49. Scaldis
50. Sparkling foam (possibly)
51. St dunstan
52. Tracy
53. Trito
54. Ull (probably)
55. Ursa (probably)

 

Name: HEROINE (PROBABLY)

Year of registration: 1995

Water depth above wreck: 21 meter, Height above seabed: 135 cm

Known since: 1995, last detected: 2010

Details measurements/cartography: HH100/351/09 29.6.95 HH100/351/09 29.6.95 AFTER THE CARGO WAS SALVAGED IN 1853, THE WRECKSITE NOW CONSISTS OF FUSED IRON BALLAST AND FIREBRICKS 12MTRS LONG X 1MTR HIGH, SCATTERED TIMBERS AND PINS IN 504029.5N, 025602.5W [OGB]. (N CHIPCHASE & R LARN). INS AS FOUL. BR STD. HH100/351/10 14.8.95 HH100/351/10 14.8.95 REMAINING WOODEN TIMBERS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED. THEY WERE BURIED BENEATH THE SEABED. BOWS LIE TO THE SE. BRICK PILE AND IRON BALLAST COVER 36MTRS IN CIRCUMFERENCE WITH HEIGHT OF 1MTR. (N R CHIPCHASE). 7.10.10 7.10.10 EXAM'D 23.6.10 IN 5040.530N, 0256.124W [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 21.01 IN GEN DEPTH 21.7MTRS. NO SCOUR. LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 7MTRS, HT 0.70MTR. LIES 135/315 DEGS. (NETSURVEY, HI 1343). RETAIN FOUL IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: WOODEN TIMBERS, IRON BALLAST & PILE OF BRICKS REMAIN

Position: 50 40.53 N,2 56.124 W

 

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