Wreck: Anna toop (Steam ship)

This is the information page about the shipwreck Anna toop, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 44.103 N,5 56.963 W (52.567183333333, -5.9917833333333)


 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง, 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.

 

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Shipwreck details

Name: ANNA TOOP

Length 49 meter, width: 7.5 meter, draught: 3.3, tonnage 446 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products

Cause: 21.1.58 ex-anna ii '50, ex-anna '40, ex-river avoca '37, ex-glenshesk '34, ex-calchfaen 1893. built in 1893 by ailsa shipbuilding co, troon, ayrshire. owned at time of loss by a w topp & co ltd. one boiler, compound expansion engine, single shaft. machinery aft by ross & duncan, glasgow. passage port talbot for londonderry. went shore on the s arklow bank on 21.1.58. was refloated 21.9.1959 but sank while being towed off by trawlers. (sii).

Year of registration: 1958

Water depth above wreck: 37 meter, Height above seabed: 22 cm

Known since: 1958, last detected: 2017

Details measurements/cartography: H759/58 25.2.58 REPD TO LIE 298DEG, 1C FROM NO 4 BLACKWATER BUOY, IN 23FMS. (IRISH LIGHTS, 24.1.58). INS AS NDW. 24.1.58 POSN 524420N, 055555W. (MASTER, RFA EMPIRE NETTA). 1.12.72 AMEND TO WK USC 15FMS. NE 1410. H1935/80 8.10.82 EXAM'D 1.11.81 IN 524405N, 055655W [OGB] USING RO/RO HIFIX/6 [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 34 IN GEN DEPTH 37MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 2MTRS. DCS3 HT 5MTRS, LENGTH 50MTRS APPROX. LYING NNE/SSW. LONG SCOUR EXTENDS SOME 90MTRS TO THE SW OF WK. NOT FULLY EXAM'D DUE PROXIMITY OF ARKLOW BANK. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 3). AMEND TO WK 32MTRS. BR STD. 8.11.91 SOI POSN: 5244.083N, 0556.917W. NE 1787. HH100/351/19 17.6.03 DIVED IN LISTED POSN. INTACT & UPRIGHT WITH CENTRE BRIDGE MISSING. LIES N/S WITH BOW N. SEABED OF HARD SHALE AND SAND. (R STOKES). NCA. SEP2017/000040527 28.03.17 EXAM'D 13.02.17 IN 5244.102N 0556.963W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 33.6 MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 37 MTRS. LENGTH 49.7 MTRS, WIDTH 7.9 MTRS, HT 6 MTRS APPROX. (R.V.KEARY H102-KRY16_02-001, 13.02.17)AMEND DEPTH TO 33 MTRS, POSN AMENDED.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT & UPRIGHT, CENTRE BRIDGE MISSING

Position: 52 44.103 N,5 56.963 W

 

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