This is the information page about the shipwreck Heron, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 57.623 N,1 7.516 E (51.075983333333, 1.4147)

 

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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. Afghanistan (bow section)
2. Afghanistan (probably)
3. Africa
4. Alcantara
5. Alice
6. Amplegarth
7. Angelus (possibly)
8. Argo
9. Argonaut
10. Atlantic (possibly)
11. Australier (probably)
12. Avoca
13. Bobby
14. Brandenburg
15. Cabo espartel
16. Ceta (stern section)
17. Charente
18. Christianssund
19. City of dresden (possibly)
20. Corhaven
21. De fontaine
22. Dinard
23. Dorothy j (possibly)
24. Durango
25. Efford
26. Eidsiva (probably)
27. Electra
28. Emma
29. Emma (possibly)
30. Empire lough (probably)
31. Empress of fort william (probably)
32. Enero (probably)
33. Eustratios (probably)
34. Excellence pleske
35. Express
36. Falcon (probably)
37. Fearless
38. Flachsee
39. G-asad
40. Grit (probably)
41. Grosser kurfurst
42. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
43. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
44. Halcyon
45. Henry moon
46. Heron
47. Hmhs anglia
48. Hms aragonite (part of)
49. Hms aragonite (part of)
50. Hms aries (possibly)
51. Hms blackwater
52. Hms brazen
53. Hms carlton
54. Hms caulonia
55. Hms city of dundee
56. Hms cleon
57. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
58. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
59. Hms ghurka
60. Hms glen boyne
61. Hms kingston galena
62. Hms marcella
63. Hms myrmidon
64. Hms napia
65. Hms othello ii
66. Hms peridot
67. Hms rodino
68. Hms torbay ii (probably)
69. Hms war sepoy
70. Hms waterfly
71. Hmt gullfoss
72. Holland
73. Hydaspes (possibly)
74. Ilaro
75. James harrod
76. Jokai
77. Josephine willis
78. Kadru
79. Katharina kolkmann
80. Kielce
81. Kirsten skou
82. La somme (probably)
83. Lacer
84. Lady stella
85. Latona
86. Lcp(r) 1961 (possibly)
87. Le tregor
88. Leicester
89. Leila najia
90. Leo
91. Lighter 83
92. Lizzonia
93. Loanda
94. Lusitania
95. Maloja 1
96. Maxwell
97. Milbanke (probably)
98. Monarch
99. Morgenster
100. Mrav
101. Murillo
102. My astor
103. Naranco
104. Negrier
105. Newcastle
106. Niki
107. Norman
108. Northfleet
109. Nunima
110. Ousel (probably)
111. Polgrange
112. Portslade (possibly)
113. Preussen
114. Pulborough
115. River levan
116. Robin hood
117. Roode zee (possibly)
118. Roseburn
119. Rydal hall (possibly)
120. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
121. Saint jean pierre
122. Salbya (possibly)
123. Samida
124. Sea serpent
125. Seine
126. Shenandoah
127. Sierra bravia
128. Sir russell
129. Spanish prince
130. St cecilia
131. St claire (possibly)
132. Strathclyde
133. T s webb
134. Teeswood
135. Texaco caribbean (after section)
136. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
137. Tokufuku maru
138. Toward
139. Traquair (probably)
140. Trooper
141. U 8
142. Ub 108 (possibly)
143. Ub 109
144. Ub 31 ?
145. Ub 38
146. Ub 55 (probably)
147. Ub 56 (possibly)
148. Ub 58 (possibly)
149. Ub 78
150. Ub-33 (probably)
151. Uc 63
152. Uc 77 (possibly)
153. Unity
154. Veerman
155. Vittoria claudia
156. W a scholten
157. Welsh belle
158. Wheatman (possibly)
159. Will and maggie (probably)

 

Name: HERON

Length 76.7 meter, width: 10.5 meter, draught: 5.6, tonnage 1516 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-hollandia-36, ex-heron-35, ex-neptunus. built in 1906 by werf vphn rijkee & co, rotterdam. owned at time of loss by dem n koufos. triple expansion engine, single shaft. passage liverpool for pireaus. general cargo. foundered following collision.

Year of registration: 1930

Water depth above wreck: 29 meter, Height above seabed: 150 cm

Known since: 1930, last detected: 20160912

Details measurements/cartography: H7393/30 12.10.30 LOCATED, BY OROPESA SWEEP AT 67FT, 063DEGS, 6.42M FROM DUNGENESS HIGH LT HO USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 45FT, FOUL AT 46FT. LEAST DEPTH 45FT IN GEN DEPTH 17FMS. (HMS KELLET, 1.11.30). H2760/49 18.5.49 PRESUMED TO BE IN TWO PARTS 505732N, 010731E & 505729N, 010737E. (HMS SHARPSHOOTER, 27.4.49). CHART IN 505732N, 010731E. BR STD. H5824/60 3.3.61 LEAST E/S DEPTH 56FT. (HMS SCOTT, 10.5.60). NCA YET. H2760/49 16.11.61 DRIFT SWEEP CLEAR AT 44FT, FOUL AT 47FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 69FT IN GEN DEPTH 104FT, SCOUR DEPTH 112FT. (HMS SCOTT, 11.5.61). BR STD.. H2760/49 18.1.62 G SPH LT BUOY, IQG. CLOSE SW OF WK. (TH NM 93/61).

- NM 2639/61. H2118/61 26.6.63 DISPERSAL CONTRACT PLACED. (TH LTR 19.6.63). H5824/60 30.9.63 DISPERSED AND CLEAR TO LEAST DEPTH OF 55FT. (TH, 25.7.63).

- NM 2032/63. H4199/78 5.10.78 LOCATED 26.9.77 IN 505735N, 010736E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 22.4MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 31MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 35MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.1MTRS, LENGTH 90MTRS. LYING 160/340DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77). AMEND TO WK 21.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH090/711/01 30.1.97 EXAM'D 4.8.96 IN 505737N, 010731E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 21.7, FOUL AT 22.0MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 27.1 IN GEN DEPTH 36MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10.6MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 15MTRS. LIES 160/340DEGS. IN ONE PIECE, PARTIALLY BURIED. (NP 1016 HI 711). BR STD. HH100/351/17 16.10.01 THIS IS THE 'HERON'. IDENTIFIED BY THE NAME 'NEPTUNUS' ON THE BELL. (T GOODFELLOW, EMAIL DTD 10.10.01). NCA. SEP2016/000091764 19.4.17 EXAM'D 12.9.16; IN 5057.623N, 0107.516E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 22.34MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 29MTRS, LENGTH 82.2MTRS, WIDTH 14.3MTRS, HEIGHT 7.9MTRS, ORIENTATION 150/330 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 180MTRS, 5.9MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 025 DEGS. WRECK IS INTACT AND UPRIGHT. (GARDLINE, HI 1497). AMEND DW 22MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 50 57.623 N,1 7.516 E

 

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