Abandon ship all you rats

River Weaver area again, so easy to walk along the access road to Dutton Locks. this sunk ship is just over the new access bridge and is called the MV Chica

The MV Chica, a boat that is nearly 120 years old and now is semi-submerged in the River Weaver which wanders through Cheshire. It started to list and sink in 1993.

The MV Chica started its life in Norway in 1894 with the name Flora. In 1940 she was commandeered by Germans for World War II duty, and renamed Bjorg Haukaas. In 1965 she became the Lill Tove and, after being bought by the Straight Shipping Company in Gibraltar in 1977, was renamed Chica in 1981.

Chica is now abandoned and a talking point for all who walk, cycle, jog, row, sail or chug past Dutton Lock on the Weaver Navigation river.