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 (51.0759833, 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. Durango
24. Efford
25. Eidsiva (probably)
26. Electra
27. Emma
28. Emma (possibly)
29. Empire lough (probably)
30. Empress of fort william (probably)
31. Enero (probably)
32. Eustratios (probably)
33. Excellence pleske
34. Express
35. Falcon (probably)
36. Fearless
37. Flachsee
38. G-asad
39. Grit (probably)
40. Grosser kurfurst
41. Grosser kurfurst (possibly)
42. Gwendoline (part of)(possibly)
43. Halcyon
44. Henry moon
45. Heron
46. Hmhs anglia
47. Hms aragonite (part of)
48. Hms aries (possibly)
49. Hms blackwater
50. Hms brazen
51. Hms carlton
52. Hms caulonia
53. Hms city of dundee
54. Hms cleon
55. Hms drumtochty (possibly)
56. Hms falmouth iii (possibly)
57. Hms ghurka
58. Hms glen boyne
59. Hms kingston galena
60. Hms marcella
61. Hms myrmidon
62. Hms napia
63. Hms othello ii
64. Hms peridot
65. Hms rodino
66. Hms torbay ii (probably)
67. Hms war sepoy
68. Hms waterfly
69. Hmt gullfoss
70. Holland
71. Hydaspes (possibly)
72. Ilaro
73. James harrod
74. Jokai
75. Josephine willis
76. Kadru
77. Katharina kolkmann
78. Kielce
79. Kirsten skou
80. La somme (probably)
81. Lacer
82. Lady stella
83. Latona
84. Le tregor
85. Leicester
86. Leila najia
87. Leo
88. Lizzonia
89. Loanda
90. Lusitania
91. Maloja 1
92. Maxwell
93. Milbanke (probably)
94. Monarch
95. Morgenster
96. Mrav
97. Murillo
98. My astor
99. Naranco
100. Negrier
101. Newcastle
102. Niki
103. Norman
104. Northfleet
105. Nunima
106. Ousel (probably)
107. Polgrange
108. Portslade (possibly)
109. Preussen
110. Pulborough
111. River levan
112. Robin hood
113. Roode zee (possibly)
114. Roseburn
115. Rydal hall (possibly)
116. S.folkestone gate (ltv no.75)
117. Saint jean pierre
118. Salbya (possibly)
119. Samida
120. Sea serpent
121. Seine
122. Shenandoah
123. Sierra bravia
124. Sir russell
125. St cecilia
126. Strathclyde
127. T s webb
128. Teeswood
129. Texaco caribbean (after section)
130. Texaco caribbean (forward section)
131. Tokufuku maru
132. Toward
133. Traquair (probably)
134. Trooper
135. U 8
136. Ub 108 (possibly)
137. Ub 109
138. Ub 31 ?
139. Ub 38
140. Ub 55 (probably)
141. Ub 56 (possibly)
142. Ub 58 (possibly)
143. Ub 78
144. Ub-33 (probably)
145. Uc 63
146. Uc 77 (possibly)
147. Unity
148. Veerman
149. Vittoria claudia
150. W a scholten
151. Welsh belle
152. Wheatman (possibly)
153. 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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