This is the information page about the shipwreck Hopper f, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 22.284 N,2 57.681 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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.
Name: HOPPER F
Length 50.3 meter, width: 9.1 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 496 ton
Cause: built in 1924 by ferguston bros ltd, port glasgow. owned at time of loss by the london, midland & scottish railway. one boiler, triple expansion engine of 90nhp, single shaft. detonated a magnetic mine, capsized and sank. later dispersed. (sibi).
Year of registration: 1941
Water depth above wreck: 2 meter
Known since: 1941, last detected: 20210317
Details measurements/cartography: 13.5.41 LIVERPOOL WRECK RECORDS: 13.5.41 SUNK HDG SE HALF EAST (MAG) (APPROX). STERN 320FT 167DEG FROM SW CORNER OF STH DINGLE JETTY. BUOY PLACED TO MARK. 14.5.41 CAPSIZED AND ALTERED POSN, HEADING ABOUT NNE. STERN 191DEG APPROX 370FT FROM STH END OF DINGLE JETTY. OCT 1941 DISPOSAL OPS IN PROGRESS. 5.12.42 REDUCED TO 7FT BELOW LBD (SWEPT), WK BUOY REMOVED. POSN 532216N, 025738W. DEPTH OVER BOTTOM 6FT BELOW LBD. H1917/41 31.5.41 POSN 532215N, 025740W OR 191DEG 370FT FROM FG LTS ON SE END S DINGLE JETTY. G CAN BUOY CLOSE W OF WK. - PFNM 1261/41. H1917/41 31.5.41 TFNM 1262/41 FOR BUOY. H1917/41 22.12.42 WRECK DISPERSED. CANCEL T & P NMS. 1.5.73 SHOWN AS WK 1FM 1FT IN 532217N, 025736W ON 3477 & 3490. H5282/71 24.2.75 DELETE. (MD & HC 1974). BR STD. H2437/76 31.12.79 SHOWN AS WK 1.6MTRS ON SURVEY [K4111/9]. BR STD. 2.6.82 SHOWN ON SURVEY [K8022/8]. NFA. SEP 2021/000126176 11.5.21 EXAM’D BY BDC; IN 5322.279N, 0257.680W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 2.53MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 7MTRS, LENGTH 47.5MTRS, WIDTH 14.3MTRS, HT 4.2MTRS, ORIENTATION 027/207 DEGS. NFS (MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR COMPANY SURVEY, 2021). NFA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 22.284 N,2 57.681 W