This is the information page about the shipwreck Antonios, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 51.77 N,6 24.254 W (49.947816666667, -6.3925666666667)

 

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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.

 

1. Annie f conlon
2. Antonios
3. Antonios (probably)
4. Ardencraig
5. Beechpark
6. Briardene (possibly)
7. Brigit
8. Brinkburn
9. Brodfield
10. Burgerdijk (probably)
11. Cadeby (probably)
12. Camiola (possibly)
13. Castleford
14. Charles maureaur
15. Cita
16. Delaware
17. Douro
18. Earl of arran
19. Earl of lonsdale
20. Enfant de bretagne
21. Erick rickmers
22. Falkland
23. Forester
24. General roberts (possibly)
25. Hathor
26. Headlands (possibly)
27. Hms association
28. Hms blazer
29. Hms colossus
30. Hms eagle (probably)
31. Hms firebrand
32. Hms romney (possibly)
33. Hollandia
34. Horsa
35. Indian city (possibly)
36. Italia
37. Jean gougy
38. Lady charlotte
39. Little western
40. Magdeleine
41. Mando
42. Mar cor (possibly)
43. Minnehaha
44. Padstow (possibly)
45. Plympton
46. Poleire
47. Prinses maria
48. Rachel harvey
49. Richard davey
50. River lune
51. San bartholomeo (possibly)
52. Schiller
53. Serica (possibly)
54. Setiembre (part of)
55. St vincent (possibly)
56. Sussex
57. Thames
58. Thomas w lawson
59. Toledo (possibly)
60. U 1208 (possibly)
61. U 681 (possibly)
62. Uc 19 (probably)
63. Venus des isles (pz269)
64. Zelda

 

Name: ANTONIOS

Length 98.7 meter, width: 12.5 meter, draught: 5.2, tonnage 2626 ton
Load: granular or powdery material

Cause: built in 1894 by j l thompson & son, sunderland. passage angiers for liverpool. was wrecked on old bess rocks in fog, off pednathise head, western rocks. all lives lost. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1969

Water depth above wreck: 20 meter, Height above seabed: 112 cm

Known since: 1969, last detected: 1973

Details measurements/cartography: 20.8.69 20.8.69 WRECK LOCATED BETWEEN 80 AND 120FT OF WATER ON A STEEP SLOPE. VERY BROKEN BUT WRECK HAS NEVER BEEN SALVAGED. (R LARN, CPO RN, HELSTON). NCA YET. H1270/72 12.9.72 H1270/72 12.9.72 LOCATED JUST S OF OLD BESS, PEDNATHISE HEAD. LIES WNW/ESE, STERN TO ESE IN 90FT, MID PART IN 65FT AND WRECKAGE FORWARD GOES DOWN TO 130FT. REMAINDER BEING IN ROCK GULLY. BROKEN UP. BOILER PROMINENT IN 65FT. (FL LT ROY AND RAF SUB AQUA CLUB, 5.9.72). NCA. H2568/71 14.11.73 H2568/71 14.11.73 AREA FULLY INVESTIGATED. NO TRACE OF WRECK ON E/S. AREA VERY ROCKY AND STEEP. MR COWANS DIVERS REPORT WRECK MAINLY ON NW SIDE OF OLD BESS AND AFTER BOILER MOST PROMINENT PART IN ABOUT 70FT. SUGGEST POSN 495144N, 062412W. (HMS HECATE, ROS DTD 16.7.73). POSN FOR FILING ONLY. [WGD] POSN: 4951.770N, 0624.254W.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 49 51.77 N,6 24.254 W

 

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