This is the information page about the shipwreck Hanover, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 20.109 N,5 10.885 W (50.335150, -5.181417)

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.

Name: HANOVER

Year of registration: 1977

Water depth above wreck: 3 meter

Known since: 1977, last detected: 2014

Details measurements/cartography: H1282/77/116 26.4.77 REPD LOST AT HANOVER COVE NEAR CLIGGA. (P R JONES, 25.2.77). POSN APPROX 502012N, 051100W FOR FILING ONLY. 24.3.97 LIES AT HANOVER COVE AT A DEPTH OF 20 FEET (PLUS 15 FEET OF SAND). HER MOSTLY INTACT CARGO ESTIMATED TO BE WORTH ú50,000,000 STERLING. FIRMLY IDENTIFIED BY THE BELL AND A GOLD RING FOUND ON THE SITE. RING BELONGED TO THE WIFE OF THE MASTER, JOSEPH SHERBURN, WHO PERISHED IN THE STORM. EXCAVATION LIKELY TO BE COMMENCED IN APRIL 1997. (NAUTICAL MAGAZINE, FEB 97). NCA. 16.11.00 AREA WITHIN 250MTRS RADIUS OF 5020.075N, 0510.823W [OGB] DESIGNATED AS RESTRICTED UNDER THE PROTECTION OF WRECKS ACT, 1973. (M DEAN, ADU, EMAIL DTD 16.11.00). POSN AND RADIUS CONFIRMED. (SI 1718/1997). INS REST'D AREA, WK NOT CHARTED. BR STD. SEP 2007/000005452 18.1.07 REST'D AREA NOT SHOWN ON BA 1149 [EDN 5 DTD 31.1.02]. BA 1149 IS STS TO SHOW AREA. INS AS NOTE 'HISTORIC WRECK'.

- NM ACTION. 21.11.11 NOT WITHIN NAVIGABLE AREA. (FUGRO OSAE, HI 1157). NCA. 10.7.12 [WGD] POSN: 5020.109N, 0510.885W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Rest'D area 150m radius.

Position: 50 20.109 N,5 10.885 W

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