This is the information page about the shipwreck Canova, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 45.52 N,7 28.05 W (51.867, -7.5675)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, 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.
Name: CANOVA
Length 125 meter, width: 14.6 meter, draught: 7.9, tonnage 4637 ton
Load: grain
Cause: built in 1895 by d & w henderson & co. owned at time of loss by liverpool, brazil & river plate steam navigation co (lamport & holt). six boilers, triple expansion engine of 564 nhp, single shaft. passage bahia blanca, brazil for liverpool. torpedoed by u-105. 7 men lost. (llww1, ww1sl & dods).
Year of registration: 1917
Water depth above wreck: 77 meter
Known since: 1917, last detected: 1978
Details measurements/cartography: 1918 SUNK 15 MILES S (MAG) OF MINE HEAD. (M0447). NCA. 10.2.71 10.2.71 INS AS NDWPA IN 514530N, 072800W. BR STD. 13.3.78 13.3.78 AMEND TO WK USCPA 55MTRS. NC 2049.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 51 45.52 N,7 28.05 W