This is the information page about the shipwreck Lady anstruther (probably), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 54.669 N,0 19.044 E (53.6109, 0.26485)

 

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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. Acklamd (possibly)
2. Agnes
3. Airdrie (possibly)
4. B o borjesson
5. Bellerophon
6. Benmacdhui
7. Brema
8. British councillor
9. British prince
10. Briton (possibly)
11. Cadmus
12. Canada
13. Caroline
14. Chant 63
15. Chloris (possibly)
16. Corhampton
17. Corinth (possibly)
18. Cyclope
19. Dana (possibly)
20. Diana
21. Diana
22. Dido
23. Dryade
24. Dryburgh (part of)(possibly)
25. Elfrida
26. Empress (probably)
27. Feltre
28. Flourish
29. Forest queen
30. Francis
31. Georgios
32. Gerhardt (possibly)
33. Giuseppe
34. Gluckauf (possibly)
35. Grangemouth
36. Hannah louisa
37. Harnis (probably)
38. Helmsman (probably)
39. Hms benvolio
40. Hms botanic
41. Hms dirk
42. Hms fairy
43. Hms falcon (stern section)
44. Hms kos xvi (probably)
45. Hms warland (possibly)
46. Homer
47. Horsted
48. Hugh taylor
49. Ida
50. Ionic (probably)
51. J b paddon
52. Jane (possibly)
53. Janet helen (possibly)
54. Jersey (probably)
55. John rettig (probably)
56. Kalo (probably)
57. Kieldrecht (possibly)
58. Kilrea (probably)
59. Kimberley (possibly)
60. Kingston cameo
61. Knuthenborg
62. Ladas (possibly)
63. Lady anstruther (probably)
64. Laurel (possibly)
65. Leonora
66. Lifeguard (possibly)
67. Lightship no 83
68. Lismore
69. Lyra (bow section)
70. Magdalyn ann
71. Maggie
72. Magnolia
73. Manchester engineer (probably)
74. Marian francis
75. Markersdall (probably)
76. Merchiston
77. Modig
78. Modiva (possibly)
79. Nitedal
80. Norfolk coast
81. Onward (possibly)
82. Ophir ii (possibly)
83. Orsa
84. Otis tetrax
85. Our lorraine
86. Paraciers
87. Peebles (possibly)
88. Portia
89. Realf
90. Revello
91. Revi
92. Revigo (possibly)
93. River don (part of)(probably)
94. Saltoun
95. Sea pearl
96. Sna iii
97. Sota eduardo
98. Stanburn
99. Storm drift
100. Tees
101. Togston (possibly)
102. Uc 39
103. Uc 47
104. Uc 75
105. Umbe
106. Upminster (possibly)
107. Varangmalm (possibly)
108. Vechstroom
109. Ville de valenciennes
110. Wayside flower (possibly)
111. Whitemantle (possibly)
112. Winga

 

Name: LADY ANSTRUTHER (PROBABLY)

Length 50.9 meter, width: 8.1 meter, draught: 3.2, tonnage 527 ton
Load: armament

Cause: Built in 1922 by dublin shipbuilders ltd, dublin. owned at time of loss by nobel explosive co glasgow (ici explosives ltd). one boiler, triple expansion engine of 9 nhp, single shaft. machinery aft. sank following collision with ss keila in dense fog. (c racey).

Year of registration: 1947

Water depth above wreck: 44 meter, Height above seabed: 230 cm

Known since: 1980, last detected: 20160321

Details measurements/cartography: H7722/47 16.8.47 SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 535500N, 002000E. (SS KEILA, 16.8.47). H1942/76 9.3.81 EXAM'D 17.7.80 IN 535440N, 001908E [OGB] USING HIFIX/6 [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 39.2 IN GEN DEPTH 44.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 5.5MTRS, LENGTH 80MTRS. APPARENTLY 'THREE CASTLE' SHIP, LYING 048/228DEGS, PARTIALLY BURIED. (SOISS, HI 65/80). BR STD. 6.5.04 [EUT] POSN: 5354.682N, 0019.027E. NE 121. 21.10.09 DIVED 10/11.10.09 IN 5354.682N, 0019.027E [WGD]. 3 ISLAND SHIP POSSIBLE TORPEDO DAMAGE IN ENGINE ROOM AT AFT OF VESSEL. UPRIGHT ON SEABED, STERN, MIDSHIPS AND BOW SECTIONS INTACT. NO CARGO SEEN. BOWS SW, 2 ANCHORS IN SITU. TWIN WINDLASS TYPE WINCHES WITH 4 WINDING HUBS ON EACH WINCH AT MIDSHIPS & BOW. 1 CYLINDRICAL TYPE BOILER SEEN. AN ENGLISH MUG DATED 1944 RECOVERED FROM FORWARD HOLD. PHOTOS AND SKETCH SUPPLIED. (ANDY DOWSLAND, E-MAIL DTD 12.10.09) CONSIDER THIS IS LADY ANSTRUTHER. (C RACEY, E-MAIL DTD 13.10.09). NCA. SEP 2016/000053291 12.10.16 EXAM'D 21.3.16; IN 5354.669N, 0019.044E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 39.45MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 44MTRS, LENGTH 56.3MTRS, WIDTH 8.3MTRS, HEIGHT 6.7MTRS, ORIENTATION 230/050 DEGS. SCOUR DIMENSIONS LENGTH 13MTRS, TOWARD 340 DEGS. WRECK SITS ON ITS HULL AND IS UPRIGHT WITH STERN, MIDHIPS AND BOWS INTACT. JUST AFT OF THE MIDSHIPS BOILER IT HAS BROKEN OFF AND PARTLY COLLAPSED. LISTS TO PORT. THERE IS A STRONG MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1473). AMEND NDW 39MTRS IN REVISED POSITION.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: UPRIGHT, STERN, MIDSHIPS BOWS INTACT

Position: 53 54.669 N,0 19.044 E

 

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