Ryhope, Bovic

HER Number

13835

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Ryhope, Bovic

Place

Ryhope

Map Sheet

NZ45NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Fishing Vessel

Site Type: Specific

Trawler

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

109-ton, Royal Navy Armed Trawler ran aground after a collision 5th May 1917. Located very close to the coast, approximately 2 miles north of Seaham. Another entry on the NMR database for this ship is given as NZ 56 SW 61 (1366709). This entry gives the location of the Bovic as 3 miles SE of Souter Point. A construction date is also given as 1896.

Easting

445480

Northing

558790

Grid Reference

NZ445480558790

Sources

National Monuments Record (908711 &1366709); Ian T. Spokes Wreck Database; Richard and Bridget Larn 1997 Shipwreck index of the British Isles, volume 3. The east coast of England : Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland Section 6, County Durham (CF); 1988 British vessels lost at sea 1914-18 and 1939-45 Section II Page(s)22; J J Colledge 1989 Ships of the Royal Navy, volume 2: navy-built trawlers, drifters, tugs and requisitioned ships from the fifteenth century to the present Page(s)39; Hydrographic Office wreck index 09-MAR-1993