This is the information page about the shipwreck Hms eros (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 4.52 N,1 45.108 E (52.1500167, 1.8159667)

 

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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. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Alastair
3. Ambient (probably)
4. Angelus
5. Atlanticos
6. Batavier 5
7. Bonnington court
8. British captain
9. British fortune (probably)
10. Brixton
11. Burtonia (possibly)
12. Bygdo (possibly)
13. Cairnside
14. Carica milica
15. Cedarwood (possibly)
16. Churston
17. Clan monroe
18. Claudia (possibly)
19. Coalgas
20. Corcrest
21. Cormorant
22. Cormount (probably)
23. Coureur des mers
24. Cressdene (possibly)
25. Cresta
26. Dagmar (probably)
27. Denewood
28. Disa (possibly)
29. Dronning maud (possibly)
30. Dulwich
31. Dunwich bank wk
32. Dynamo
33. Edernian
34. El argentino
35. Empire bridge
36. Erna boldt (probably)
37. Estrella (possibly)
38. Eva witte
39. F stobart (probably)
40. Faithful star
41. Farmatyr
42. Firth
43. Fort massac
44. Forth
45. Friargate (possibly)
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Frumenton
48. Gannet (possibly)
49. Gasfire
50. Gena
51. Gerhard
52. Gipsy (possibly)
53. Golconda (possibly)
54. Grantleyhall (possibly)
55. Grenadier (probably)
56. Grisdeale
57. Groenlo
58. Groeswen (probably)
59. H h petersen
60. Harlington (probably)
61. Harlyn (probably)
62. Harriet
63. Hebe
64. Hendon hall
65. Hillglen
66. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
67. Hms adonis (possibly)
68. Hms arethusa
69. Hms donna nook
70. Hms donside (possibly)
71. Hms duchess of hamilton
72. Hms eros (possibly)
73. Hms forward iii
74. Hms franc tireur
75. Hms hastfen
76. Hms hirose (probably)
77. Hms holdene
78. Hms japan
79. Hms jessie nutten
80. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
81. Hms lord airedale
82. Hms ludlow
83. Hms marconi
84. Hms monarch
85. Hms moravia (possibly)
86. Hms nadine
87. Hms new comet (possibly)
88. Hms resono (possibly)
89. Hms river clyde (possibly)
90. Hms river clyde (possibly)
91. Hms sisters melville
92. Hms tervani
93. Hms waveflower
94. Hms whooper
95. Hms william wesney
96. Hmsm e6
97. Hmtb 10
98. Hnlms 227
99. Hornchurch
100. Ignis (possibly)
101. Ingi
102. Ionian (possibly)
103. J c dalble
104. Janny
105. Jim
106. Josefina thorden (after part)
107. Kankakee
108. Kenneth hawksfield
109. Khartoum (possibly)
110. Knarsdale
111. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
112. Koningen emma (possibly)
113. Kwasind
114. Lady salisbury
115. Lapwing
116. Lincairn (possibly)
117. Lisette
118. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
119. Lonhelen (possibly)
120. Lord bute
121. Lowland
122. Magdapur
123. Mangara
124. Maria rosa
125. Marie leonhardt (probably)
126. Mascotte
127. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
128. Mexico
129. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
130. Moidart
131. Morar
132. Nereus
133. Newhaven (possibly)
134. Nico
135. Nicolaos piangos
136. Norhauk
137. Norwich trader
138. Ocean pride
139. Old charlton
140. Ostprussen (possibly)
141. Palembang (probably)
142. Paullette
143. Peik
144. Pescado
145. Petshenga (possibly)
146. Phryne
147. Plawsworth (possibly)
148. Polgarth
149. Profit
150. Protinus (possibly)
151. Quickstep
152. Ravenscraig (possibly)
153. Ren
154. Rhenas (possibly)
155. Rhineland
156. Rochester city
157. Savona (probably)
158. Scimitar
159. Second chance (possibly)
160. Simon bolivar
161. Southford
162. St patrick
163. Stad alkmaar
164. Storm
165. Sunk head tower
166. Sunniside (probably)
167. Taber park
168. Tergestea
169. Terukuni maru
170. Thornaby (possibly)
171. Thyra
172. Torchbearer
173. Uc 11 (possibly)
174. Uc 72 (possibly)
175. Vae victis
176. Vancouver
177. Victorious
178. Volscian (possibly)
179. Warrenpoint
180. Wearside
181. White ghost
182. White lady
183. Wychwood (possibly)
184. Wyetown
185. Yarmouth
186. Yewkyle (possibly)

 

Name: HMS EROS (POSSIBLY)

Length 41.1 meter, width: 7 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 286 ton

Cause: Built in 1907 by cook, welton & gemmel, beverly. originally owned by roberts & ruthven ltd. hired by the admiralty in 1914. single boiler, triple expansion engine of 80hp, single shaft. mined.

Year of registration: 1918

Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 157 cm

Known since: 1918, last detected: 20161213

Details measurements/cartography: H1639/18 27.3.18 INS IN 520445N, 014530E. - FNM 206/18. H7062/18 15.3.19 INS ON CHARTS.

- NM 684/19. H4139/76 20.12.76 NEW WRECK LOCATED IN 25.6.76 IN 520430N, 014540.2E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. SWEPT CLEAR 15.3, FOUL 15.7MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 15.8 IN GEN DEPTH 20.0MTRS. SCOUR 21.6MTRS. MEDIUM SIZED WRECK, 60MTRS LONG. LYING N/S. COULD BE BREAKING UP INTO TWO EQUAL PARTS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 31/76). BR STD. HH090/667/01 14.12.95 LOCATED 24.5.95 IN 520431.16N, 014506.06E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 15.3, FOUL 15.6MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 16.4 IN GEN DEPTH 20.0MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 1.4MTRS. DCS3 HT 5.6MTRS. LENGTH 15MTRS, WIDTH 17MTRS. LIES 000/180 DEGS. MAGNETIC ANOMALY OBSERVED. LYING ON ITS SIDE. (OCEONICS, HI 667). PREVIOUS CHARTED POSN IN ERROR DUE TO PROBABLE UNDETECTED LANE SLIP.

- NM 1567/96. HH100/351/13 24.2.98 A MEDIUM SIZED WRECK, UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED, WITH THE HIGHEST PART STANDING 3MTRS CLEAR OF THE SEABED. THIS HIGH POINT IS THE REMAINS OF THE BRIDGE, WHICH WAS MIDSHIPS. VESSEL HAD TWIN HANDLED TELEGRAPH SO POSSIBLY HAD TWIN ENGINES. EXCEPT FOR A SMALL SECTION OF BRIDGE AREA, APPROX 6MTRS LONG, THE REST OF THE VESSEL HAS COLLAPSED AND STANDS ONLY 1.5MTR CLEAR OF THE SEABED. FWD OF THE BRIDGE IS WELL BROKEN UP AND THE BOW IS PARTLY BURIED. (B HICKINBOTTOM, LTR DTD 23.2.98). NCA. SEP 2016/000091759 18.8.17 EXAM'D 13.12.16; IN 5204.520N, 0145.108E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 15.78MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 23MTRS, LENGTH 29.4MTRS, WIDTH 9.3MTRS, HEIGHT 3.6MTRS, ORIENTATION 157/337 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 81.79MTRS, 1.96MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 011 DEGS. WRECK IS LARGELY INTACT AND PARTIALLY BURIED. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 15.7MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 4.52 N,1 45.108 E

 

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