[1] On 13 December 1763, under the command of Captain Joseph Sherbourne and en route from Lisbon to Falmouth, she was driven ashore by a gale.

[2] The wreck made legal history, when in 1765 an iron trunk containing bullion was recovered.

[3] The wreck was discovered by local diver Colin Martin in 1994 following changes in the seabed and was identified by means of recovery of the ship's bell.

[1][4] The finder was subsequently licensed to excavate under archaeological supervision with the intention of displaying finds in a local shipwreck museum.

In 2016, Cotswold Archaeology was commissioned by Historic England to use marine assessment to investigate the possible de-designation on three designated wreck sites, including the Hanover.