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 (52.150016666667, 1.8159666666667)

 

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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. Annie
6. Atlanticos
7. Batavier 5
8. Blackhill
9. Bonnington court
10. British captain
11. British fortune (probably)
12. Brixton
13. Burtonia (possibly)
14. Bygdo (possibly)
15. Cairnside
16. Carica milica
17. Cedarwood (possibly)
18. Churston
19. Clan monroe
20. Claudia (possibly)
21. Coalgas
22. Corcrest
23. Cormorant
24. Cormount (probably)
25. Coureur des mers
26. Cressdene (possibly)
27. Cresta
28. Dagmar (probably)
29. Denewood
30. Disa (possibly)
31. Dronning maud (possibly)
32. Dulwich
33. Dunwich bank wk
34. Dynamo
35. Edernian
36. El argentino
37. Empire bridge
38. Erna boldt (probably)
39. Estrella (possibly)
40. Eva witte
41. F stobart (probably)
42. Faithful star
43. Farmatyr
44. Firth
45. Fort massac
46. Forth
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Friargate (possibly)
49. Frumenton
50. Gannet (possibly)
51. Gasfire
52. Gena
53. Gerhard
54. Gipsy (possibly)
55. Golconda (possibly)
56. Grantleyhall (possibly)
57. Grenadier (probably)
58. Grisdeale
59. Groenlo
60. Groeswen (probably)
61. H h petersen
62. Harlington (probably)
63. Harlyn (probably)
64. Harriet
65. Hebe
66. Hendon hall
67. Heworth
68. Hillglen
69. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
70. Hms adonis (possibly)
71. Hms arethusa
72. Hms donna nook
73. Hms donside (possibly)
74. Hms duchess of hamilton
75. Hms dundalk
76. Hms eros (possibly)
77. Hms forward iii
78. Hms franc tireur
79. Hms harvest gleaner
80. Hms hastfen
81. Hms hirose (probably)
82. Hms holdene
83. Hms japan
84. Hms jessie nutten
85. Hms john e lewis (possibly)
86. Hms lord airedale
87. Hms ludlow
88. Hms marconi
89. Hms monarch
90. Hms moravia (possibly)
91. Hms nadine
92. Hms new comet (possibly)
93. Hms resono (possibly)
94. Hms river clyde (possibly)
95. Hms river clyde (possibly)
96. Hms sisters melville
97. Hms st seiriol
98. Hms tervani
99. Hms waveflower
100. Hms whooper
101. Hms william wesney
102. Hmsm e6
103. Hmtb 10
104. Hmtb no.11 (possibly)
105. Hnlms 227
106. Hornchurch
107. Ignis (possibly)
108. Ingi
109. Ionian (possibly)
110. J c dalble
111. Janny
112. Jim
113. Josefina thorden (after part)
114. Kankakee
115. Kenneth hawksfield
116. Khartoum (possibly)
117. Knarsdale
118. Koningen emma (part of)(probably)
119. Koningen emma (possibly)
120. Kwasind
121. Lady salisbury
122. Lapwing
123. Lapwing (possibly)
124. Lincairn (possibly)
125. Lisette
126. Little world
127. Lodewijk van nassau (probably)
128. Lonhelen (possibly)
129. Lord bute
130. Lowland
131. Magdapur
132. Mangara
133. Maria rosa
134. Marie leonhardt (probably)
135. Mascotte
136. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
137. Mexico
138. Michail ontchoukoff (possibly)
139. Moidart
140. Morar
141. Nereus
142. Newhaven (possibly)
143. Nico
144. Nicolaos piangos
145. Norhauk
146. Norwich trader
147. Ocean pride
148. Old charlton
149. Ostprussen (possibly)
150. Palembang (probably)
151. Paullette
152. Peik
153. Pescado
154. Petshenga (possibly)
155. Phryne
156. Plawsworth (possibly)
157. Polgarth
158. Profit
159. Protinus (possibly)
160. Quickstep
161. Ravenscraig (possibly)
162. Ren
163. Rhenas (possibly)
164. Rhineland
165. Rochester city
166. Savona (probably)
167. Scimitar
168. Sea king
169. Second chance (possibly)
170. Simon bolivar
171. Southford
172. St patrick
173. Stad alkmaar
174. Storm
175. Sunk head tower
176. Sunniside (probably)
177. Taber park
178. Tergestea
179. Terukuni maru
180. Thornaby (possibly)
181. Thyra
182. Torchbearer
183. Uc 11 (possibly)
184. Uc 72 (possibly)
185. Vae victis
186. Vancouver
187. Victorious
188. Volscian (possibly)
189. Warrenpoint
190. Wearside
191. White ghost
192. White lady
193. Wychwood (possibly)
194. Wyetown
195. Yarmouth
196. 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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