This is the information page about the shipwreck Heros (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 15.623 N,1 24.42 W (55.295866666667, -1.17345)

 

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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. Acclivity
2. Adams beck (probably)
3. Albano
4. Alert (possibly)
5. Annie walker (probably)
6. Baltanglia
7. Bangarth
8. Blairhall
9. British officer (after part)
10. Buka
11. Bullger
12. Cairnglen
13. Cecilia (possibly) (or angela madre)
14. Coquet mouth
15. Cor jesu (possibly)
16. Dolphin (ex-hms pandora).
17. Don (possibly)
18. Dora
19. Driebergen
20. Dutchman
21. Eagle iii
22. Elziena
23. Elziena (possibly)
24. Espire
25. Eston
26. Eugenia chandris & oslofjord
27. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
28. Eugenia chandris (& oslofjord)
29. Eventide
30. Fenella
31. Ferryhill
32. Fingal
33. Firelight (possibly)
34. Gottfried (possibly)
35. Grit
36. Gudbrand (possibly)
37. H c flood (possibly)
38. H c flood (probably)
39. Hanne
40. Hazard (probably)
41. Hekla (possibly)
42. Hercules
43. Heros (possibly)
44. Hesvik (possibly)
45. Hmms 180
46. Hms ben ardna (probably)
47. Hms elise
48. Hms elise (possibly)
49. Hms ethel taylor
50. Hms herring
51. Hms james ludford
52. Hms kopanes
53. Hms mollusc (ex medusa)
54. Hms patia
55. Hms southsea
56. Hms star of devoran
57. Hms william hallet (possibly)
58. Hms witherington
59. Hmsm unity (probably)
60. Hooghammen
61. Hornchurch (probably)
62. Humber
63. Igor
64. Ilios (possibly)
65. Ilious
66. Invergyle
67. John m smart (possibly).
68. Jolly girls
69. Jolly girls (possibly)
70. Jonkoping i (possibly)
71. Kalua
72. Kamma
73. Lafonia
74. Longbird
75. Lunesdale (possibly)
76. Lyng
77. Marcheller (possibly)
78. Marne (part of)(possibly)
79. Mars
80. Morlaix (probably)
81. Nidelven
82. Nike (possibly)
83. Nyula
84. Olimpia/?olympia (possibly)
85. Orion (probably)
86. Oslofjord (& eugenia chandris)
87. Peik (probably)
88. Polleon (possibly)
89. Poltava (possibly)
90. Princess maud (possibly)
91. Protector (possibly)
92. Providence
93. Provider a
94. Prunelle
95. Queen wilhelmina
96. Ragnhild (possibly)
97. Ragni (probably)
98. Recorder (possibly)
99. Regian
100. Renen
101. Richard de larrinaga
102. Rio colorado
103. Rising sun
104. Rosa (possibly)
105. Rotha
106. Sargasso (possibly)
107. Scott miller
108. Snowdrop (possibly)
109. Somali
110. Spey (possibly)
111. Sphynx
112. Spray
113. Strinheim
114. Svava
115. Swiftly
116. Tadorne
117. The tetrarch (probably)
118. Ub 115 (possibly)
119. Upcerne
120. Wearsider

 

Name: HEROS (POSSIBLY)

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 49 meter, Height above seabed: 170 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 1999

Details measurements/cartography: H4214/26 DELETED 2182B. INS AS NDW WK (1918) (PA) ON 1192. H1141/65 31.5.55 AMEND TO WK 24FMS. BR STD. H1141/65 31.5.65 LOCATED IN 551504N, 012634W USING DECCA. LEAST E/S DEPTH 142 IN GEN DEPT 146-150FT. E/S TRACE SHOWS ROUNDED HUMP WITH PEAK ON OTHERWISE FEATURELESS SEABED. NOT EXAMINED FOR LEAST DEPTH. (HMS ECHO, 6.7.64). AMEND TO WK 23FMS. BR STD. 14.3.74 AMEND TO WK 43MTRS. BR STD. HH090/843/01 6.1.00 EXAM'D 2.6.99 IN 5515.623N, 0124.420W [WGS] USING DGPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 45.5 IN GEN DEPTH 49MTRS. NO SCOUR. FOUR SONAR CONTACTS COVER AREA OF 23MTRS BY 14MTRS. DCS3 HT 3.8MTRS. ORIENTATED 170/350 DEGS. NO MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (GARDLINE, HI 843). POSSIBLE DEBRIS. AMEND TO WK 45MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: GROUP OF 4 DCS3 CONTACT, ?DEBRIS

Position: 55 15.623 N,1 24.42 W

 

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