This is the information page about the shipwreck Povena, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 54 53.957 N,1 19.102 W (54.93705, -1.1630333333333)
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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: POVENA
Length 83.9 meter, width: 12.7 meter, draught: 5.3, tonnage 2104 ton
Load: ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,ore
Cause: built in 1898 by w grey & co, west hartlepool. owned at time of loss by ramon de la sota, bilbao. one boiler, triple expansion engine, single shaft. machinery by central marine engine works ltd, sunderland. passage bilbao for the tyne. struck the white stones, 1.9 miles sse of sunderland n pier lt. was refloated the following tide and attempted to resume passage but foundered shortly after. (r young).
Year of registration: 1998
Water depth above wreck: 16 meter, Height above seabed: 137 cm
Known since: 1998, last detected: 2019
Details measurements/cartography: HH090/796/01 12.1.99 EXAM'D 19.9.98 IN 545357.9N, 011906.7W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR 11.3, FOUL 11.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 11.8 IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 2.5MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 35MTRS. LIES 106/286 DEGS. AREA OF DEBRIS WITH SEVERAL LINEAR AND POINT SONAR CONTACTS. LOCALLY KNOWN AS 'BUTTERWRECK' BY DIVERS. (GARDLINE, HI 796). INS AS SW 11.3MTRS. BR STD. 2.3.07 THIS IS POVENA, IDENTIFIED BY THE BELL ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO. WAS EXTENSIVELY SALVAGED BY A DIVING COMPANY FROM THE TYNE. (R YOUNG). NCA. SEP 2019/000043627 20.3.19 EXAM’D 20.3.19 IN 5453.957N, 0119.102W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 11.70MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 16MTRS. LENGTH 80.9MTRS, WIDTH 27.9MTRS, HT 4.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 137/317DEGS. ENTIRELY BURIED EXCEPT A LINEAR SECTION AND 2 ROUND FEATURES. (MERITAITO, HI 1513). AMEND DW 11.7MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: ENTIRELY BURIED EXCEPT A LINEAR SECTION AND 2 ROUND FEATURES
Position: 54 53.957 N,1 19.102 W