This is the information page about the shipwreck Conovium (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 52.563 N,4 43.712 W (54.100166666667, -4.5481166666667)

 

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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. Abydos
2. Afton
3. Amber rose
4. Aurora
5. Bessie
6. Briar
7. Calista (probably)
8. Carmelite (possibly)
9. Citrine
10. Clan macmaster
11. Clwyd (probably)
12. Conargo
13. Conovium (probably)
14. Cressado
15. Crois bhride
16. Darro
17. Don boscoe
18. Downshire (possibly)
19. Downshire (probably)
20. Dundalk
21. Fenella ann
22. Florence
23. G-azjy
24. Ginger
25. Grinder
26. Hms racehorse
27. Jane brown
28. Lily
29. Liverpool
30. Madge wildfire
31. Mary heeley
32. Mayfield
33. Melfort
34. Mfv polaris
35. Moonlight
36. Moonlight (possibly)
37. Noel du marin
38. Opal (possibly)
39. Our lassie
40. Pt1 or pt2
41. Ringwall
42. Saint mirren (possibly)
43. Sarpfos
44. Seagull
45. Speedwell
46. Thracian
47. Treveal
48. Tumi joy 2
49. Tuskar
50. U 1024 (probably)
51. U 246
52. Waltham (probably)
53. William hanbury

 

Name: CONOVIUM (PROBABLY)

Length 36.2 meter, width: 6.3 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 152 ton
Load: coal

Cause: ex-heppens. built in 1897 by ak ges-'neptun', rostock. owned at time of loss by h e jarrett. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 44nhp, single shaft. passazge garston for dundalk. broke down duing passage. was hailed by ss aspen, who stood by until vessel steamed off to the ne. early pm there was a severe sw gale. assumed foundered. severl bodes were washed up on the cumbrian coast. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1996

Water depth above wreck: 60 meter, Height above seabed: 70 cm

Known since: 1996, last detected: 1996

Details measurements/cartography: HH208/400/02 3.4.96 HH208/400/02 3.4.96 WK, LEAST DEPTH BY SOUNDING 54.8MTRS, IN 535233.9N, 044343W [WGD]. LENGTH 34MTRS, WIDTH 5MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. (NP 1008, HN DTD 27.3.96). BR STD. HH090/705/01 12.6.96 HH090/705/01 12.6.96 EXAM'D 24.3.96 IN 535233.8N, 044342.7W [WGD] USING DPS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 55.5 IN GEN DEPTH 60MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 4.6MTRS. LENGTH 40MTRS, WIDTH 6MTRS. LIES 070/250 DEGS. SIGNIFICANT MAGNETIC ANOMALY. UPRIGHT AND INTACT IN AN AREA OF RIPPLES. (NP 1008, HI 705). BR STD. HH100/351/11 2.7.96 HH100/351/11 2.7.96 LOCATED 14.6.96 ON INVESTIGATION OF A FISHERMANS FASTENER. ABOUT 40MTRS LONG AND 5MTRS HIGH. LIES IN 61MTRS OF WATER. MAY BE A PADDLE TUG FROM WW1. (A CORKHILL). 20.2.07 20.2.07 STANDS ABOUT 5MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 62MTRS. INTACT AND UPRIGHT. COMPOUND ENGINE AND BOILERS AFT, ALL SIGNS OF SUPERSTRUTURE HAVE DISAPPEARED. SINGLE HOLD IS FULL OF DOMESTIC COAL. SHIP'S WHEEL STILL PRESENT IN 2005. CONSIDERED TO BE CONOVIUM BY LOCATION, DIMENSIONS AND CARGO OF COAL. (A CORKILL, EMAIL DTD 20.2.07). NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT AND INTACT

Position: 53 52.563 N,4 43.712 W

 

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