This is the information page about the shipwreck Antony, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 0.109 N,7 0.305 W (51.867, -6.7975)

 

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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.

 

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2. Antony
3. Ardmore (possibly)
4. Carlo (probably)
5. Coral strand
6. Crispin (possibly)
7. Croghan
8. Dark island
9. Etal manor
10. Feltria (possibly)
11. Garmoyle (part of)(possibly)
12. Girl arlene
13. Hazael 3
14. Hermione (part of)(possibly)
15. Hms vervain
16. Indrani (probably)
17. Kaber
18. Karina
19. Kerick
20. Kingfisher
21. Lincolnshire (probably)
22. Manchester engineer (possibly)
23. Margaret ann
24. Mediterranean (possibly)
25. Michael
26. Ocean searcher
27. Patrick
28. Pinewood (probably)
29. Rhodesia
30. Royal arthur
31. Seahorse
32. Shadinsay
33. St margaret
34. U 1276
35. Wheal geevor

 

Name: ANTONY

Length 127.4 meter, width: 15.8 meter, draught: 8.2, tonnage 6446 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,rubber

Cause: built in 1907 by hawthorn, leslie & co. owned at time of loss by booth ss co ltd, liverpool. five boilers, two triple expansion engines for 850nhp, twin shaft. passage para for liverpool. torpedoed by uc-48. 55 men lost. (sii).

Year of registration: 1917

Water depth above wreck: 53 meter, Height above seabed: 160 cm

Known since: 1917, last detected: 2013

Details measurements/cartography: TORPEDOED 19 MILES W BY N OF CONINGBEG LIGHTSHIP. (DODS). H1279/80 11.8.80 WK LOCATED IN 520007N, 070016W [OGB]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41 IN GEN DEPTH 53MTRS, (HMS FOX, SIGNAL DTD 22.7.80).

- NM 1840/80. H1933/79 10.4.81 EXAM'D 9.7.80 IN 520007N, 070016W [OGB] USING HIFIX/3 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 41 IN GEN DEPTH 54MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 10MTRS, LENGTH 170MTRS, BEAM 30MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEG. HIGH POINT AT N END. GIVES STRONG MAGNETIC RESPONSE. (HMS FOX, HI 51B/79). HH100/351/04 11.1.91 WK POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE ANTONY. BELL TRAWLED UP BY FISHERMAN AND LATER PLATES SHOWING 'BOOTH LINE' LOGO RECOVERED. (M F GIBSON). 9.5.07 WK LOCATED IN 5200.115N, 0700.307W [WGD] USING DGPS. GEN DEPTH 57MTRS. LENGTH 133MTRS, WIDTH 20MTRS, HT 6MTRS. (INSS SURVEY 1999-2005). LIES 160/340 DEGS. NO SCOUR. INTACT. AMEND WK 48MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. 17.7.12 LEAST M/B DEPTH 51.21MTRS. (IRISH WKS LIST). AMEND WK 51MTRS. BR STD. SEP 2014/000158048 6.8.14 EXAM'D 20.5.13 IN 5200.109N, 0700.305W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 44.6 IN GEN DEPTH 53.6MTRS. SCOUR 1.6MTRS DEEP EXTENDS 147MTRS TOWARDS 159 DEGS. LENGTH 133MTRS, WIDTH 22.5MTRS, HT 9.0MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS WITH BOWS SSE. STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT. HIGH POINTS ABAFT THE BEAM AND AFT. (RV CELTIC VOYAGER, INFOMAR CV13_01). COLLAPSED. ?DAMAGE PORT SIDE FWD. AMEND WK 44MTRS IN REVISED POSN.

- NM 3977/14.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: INTACT, COLLAPSED, BOWS SE, ?DAMAGE PORT SIDE FWD

Position: 52 0.109 N,7 0.305 W

 

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