This is the information page about the shipwreck Anu (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 56 26.93 N,2 36.03 W (56.522716666667, -2.3277666666667)

 

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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. Anu (probably)
2. Arizona
3. Asta (probably)
4. Aurora
5. Avondale park (possibly)
6. Bay fisher
7. Clan shaw (part of)
8. Clan shaw (part of) (possibly)
9. Clara gwynne
10. Clint
11. Denmore
12. G-atse
13. Herrington
14. Hms beathwood (probably)
15. Hms columba (probably)
16. Hms embley
17. Hms northumbria
18. Hms success
19. Hoche
20. Isla may
21. Island magee
22. Maggie smith (possibly)
23. Mallard
24. Margaret rae
25. Phaeacian
26. Primrose
27. Protecor
28. Ptarmigan
29. Sneland 1
30. Storjen
31. Strathisla
32. Uc 41
33. Ugie (possibly)
34. Valhallah

 

Name: ANU (PROBABLY)

Length 76.2 meter, width: 11 meter, draught: 5.5, tonnage 1421 ton
Load: general and mixed goods

Cause: ex-wylo, ex-excelsior '39, ex-billio. built in 1883 by j readhead & co, south shields. owned at time of loss by h saarna & g h dalgren. one boiler, compound expansion engine of 135nhp, single shaft. passage gothenburg for aberdeen & dundee. cargo paper. mined. (sibi).

Year of registration: 1940

Water depth above wreck: 22 meter, Height above seabed: 13 cm

Known since: 1940, last detected: 20220625

Details measurements/cartography: H0260/40 8.8.40 POSN 562639N, 023654W. PLOTS IN AREA CHARTED AS DANGEROUS. NCA. H0260/40 5.5.41 INS AS NDW IN 562639N, 023654W.

- NM 965/41. H3706/42 13.8.43 DELETE. BR STD. H3704/69/ 29.9.69 SMALL WK EXAM'D IN 562654N, 023541W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 65 IN GEN DEPTH 70FT. SCOUR DEPTH 76FT. ABOUT 200FT LONG. LIES 045/225 DEG. (HMS BEAGLE, HI 44/69). INS AS WK 10FMS 4FT. BR STD. H5202/69 15.11.72 INS BY NM.

- NM 2186/72. 7.9.77 AMEND TO WK 19.8MTRS. NC 190. H100/351/02 13.12.89 DIVED IN 562706N, 023548W. COMPLETE WK, SMALL TRAWLER TYPE. STANDS ABOUT 3MTRS HIGH. (G L WADSWORTH, 22.11.89). NCA. HH091/061/01 27.1.04 EXAM'D 17.11.03 IN 5626.952N, 0236.028W [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEEP INCONCLUSIVE PROBABLY DUE TO WEED OR FISHING GEAR. LEAST E/S DEPTH 19.8 IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. SCOUR 1.2MTRS DEEP. LENGTH 38MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. DCS3 HT 1.8MTRS. LIES 160/340 DEGS WITH BOWS TOWARDS 340 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT, UPRIGHT WITH SLIGHT LIST. (NP 1016, HI 1061). RETAIN AS WK 19.8MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. RSDRA2023000009230 31.01.23 EXAM'D 25.06.2022 IN 5626.930N, 0236.030W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 19.69MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 22MTRS. LENGTH 37.2MTRS, WIDTH 7.1MTRS, HEIGHT 4MTRS, ORIENTATION 013/193 DEGS. WELL-PRESERVED STANDING UPRIGHT ON THE SEABED. (CLINTON MARINE SURVEY, HI 1731 - H525 - 3016). AMEND DW 19.6MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: Well-preserved standing upright on the seabed

Position: 56 26.93 N,2 36.03 W

 

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