This is the information page about the shipwreck Anchises, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 55 30 N,13 17 W (55.366666666667, -13.3)

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: ANCHISES

Length 150.3 meter, width: 18.3 meter, draught: 11.3, tonnage 10000 ton

Cause: built in 1911 b workman clarke & co. owned at time of loss by alfred holt & co. triple expansion engine of 640nhp for 14 knots. bombed & sunk by german aircraft. 19 lost, 156 survivors. (dods).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 2750 meter

Known since: 1941

Details measurements/cartography: H067/40 H067/40 POSN GIVEN AS 551700N, 125900W. 7.8.87 7.8.87 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 553000N, 131700W. ATTACKED ON 27 & 28.2.41, PRESUMABLY 551700N, 125900W WAS POSN OF FIRST ATTACK. (WW2SL). POSN PLOTS IN APPROX 2750 MTRS. SUNK APPROX 180 MILES WNW OF NORTH ARAN ISLAND, COUNTY DONEGAL. (DODS).
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 55 30 N,13 17 W

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