This is the information page about the shipwreck Hoveringham 2, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 18.042 N,4 2.727 W (53.3825, -4.2246833333333)

 

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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.

 

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Name: HOVERINGHAM 2

Length 48.8 meter, width: 9.3 meter, draught: 4, tonnage 471 ton
Load: sand

Cause: ex-galst '67. built in 1954 by kalmar varv-cal. owned at time of loss by hoveringham gravels ltd. 3 cylinder oil engine, single shaft. passage liverpool bay for por penrhyn. sprang a leak and later capsized near penmon quarry. crew recovered. (sibi)

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 2 meter, Height above seabed: 82 cm

Known since: 1971, last detected: 2019

Details measurements/cartography: H1464/60 26.2.71 LIES ON SIDE & COVERED AT HW. POSN 204DEGS, 9C FROM PERCH RK TR, OR 531754N, 040242W. SALVAGE ATTEMPTS ABANDONED. (LLOYDS 203 & HOVERINGHAM GRAVELS LTD). CHART AS ST.

- NM 315/71. H3566/71 20.3.72 POSN 154DEGS, 3C FROM CHY, OR 531801N, 040240W MARKED BY G CONL BUOY CLOSE S. (HBR MASTER CAERNARVON, 29.2.72).

- NM 602/72. H2417/74 1.9.75 IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE CARGO OF SAND WILL AFFECT THE LIMITS OF THE SAND BANKS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE STRAIT. (COMMENT IN REPORT OF SURVEY BY HMS BULLDOG DATED 10.8.73). 11.2.94 ST, WHICH APPEARS TO BE LYING ON PORT SIDE, BOW INSHORE, SHOWN IN 531802N, 040239W [OGB], MARKED BY G CONL BUOY CLOSE SE ON AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY DTD 14.8.91 INDEX NO.1983/171 PHOTOSCALE 1:25,000. BR STD. HH212/410/04 24.3.95 REPORTED AS BEING CONSPIC. (CAPTAIN LLOYD HUGHES, RV 'PRINCE MADOG'). NCA. HH212/410/08 18.4.02 BUOY MISSING FOR OVER A YEAR. (R MORRIS, LTD DTD 23.2.02). NCA. 29.3.04 EUT POSN: 5318.046N, 0402.723W. BA 1463 [MAY'02 EDN]. SEP 2019/000022832 11.02.2019 EXAM'D 02.02.2019; CHARTED WRECK "HOVERINGHAM 2" REPORTED UNCOVERED DURING HIGH TIDE PERIODS. (M/S NORTHERN WIND, CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, H102 HI1573 004) AMEND WATLEV TO PARTLY SUBMERGED AT HIGH WATER. SEP 2019/000245915 14.01.20 EXAM'D 24.04.2019; IN 5318.042N, 0402.727W [WCD]. LEAST WCD DEPTH -6.39 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 2MTRS. LENGTH 49.8MTRS, WIDTH 10.12MTRS, HEIGHT 7.3MTRS, ORIENTATION 82/278 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 43.5MTRS, WIDTH 25.2MTRS, 1.3MTRS DEEP TOWARDS 233 DEGS. WRECK LYING ON ITS SIDE. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY AB, HI1573 ) INS STRANDED WRECK -6.4 DRYING IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: LYING ON PORT SIDE, BOW INSHORE. SOME SCOUR IN FRONT AND BEHIND WRECK.

Position: 53 18.042 N,4 2.727 W

 

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