This is the information page about the shipwreck Hopper number 6, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 23.174 N,2 59.714 W (53.665666666667, -3.093)
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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: HOPPER NUMBER 6
Length 45.7 meter, width: 7.6 meter, draught: 3.7, tonnage 322 ton
Cause: built of iron. vessel sank about 700yds w half s from entrance to brunswick dock dispersed. scoured down into sand below level of surrounding bottom.
Year of registration: 1896
Water depth above wreck: 7 meter
Known since: 1896, last detected: 1975
Details measurements/cartography: 27.4.1896 DISPERSED BY BLASTING BETWEEN 18 - 27.4.1896 BY MERSEY DOCKS & HARBOUR BOARD. SWEPT CLEAR AT 37FT BELOW LBD BY SHIPS DRIFT SWEEP 18-20.3.1959. (LIVERPOOL WRECK RECORDS). H5282/71 24.2.75 WK 10.8MTRS SHOWN IN 532309.5N, 025938W ON MERSEY CHART [1974 EDN]. (MERSEY DOCKS & HARBOUR BOARD). NC 3490. H3437/76 31.12.79 NOT SHOWN ON MERSEY CHART [K4111/9][1979 EDN]. (MD & HC). DELETE. BR STD. HH206/260/01 19.4.94 NOT SHOWN ON MERSEY SURVEY 35-1, BETWEEN LINES OF SOUNDINGS, BUT SHOWN ON MERSEY SURVEY 21-10 [BAY 221] AS 10.8MTRS IN DEPTHS OF 10 TO 12MTRS. (MD & HC SURVEYS DTD 5.11.93 & 13.9.93). RETAIN AS FOUL. NE 3490. 11.6.04 SHOWN AS WK (NO DEPTH SPECIFIED) IN GEN DEPTH 10MTRS ON BA 3490 [EDN 5 DTD 210.12.01]. 16.7.14 SHOWN AS FOUL ON BA 3490 [EDN 7 DTD 2.8.12].
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Position: 53 23.174 N,2 59.714 W