Antony (Ss) Wreck

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Antony (ss) Wreck Location
Marine Coordinates (DMM) 		52 0.115 N,7 0.307 W
Latitude, Longitude
Decimal Degrees
  • Latitude: 52.001910
  • Longitude: -7.005120
Name ANTONY (SS)
Type liner
Date Sunk Mar 17, 1917
Original Source Brady, McKeon, Lyttleton, Lawler 2012, 68-9; GSI Wreck Data; Hocking 1989, 38; Larn & Larn 2002; Lloyd's List 37, 756, Wed. 16th Oct. 1935 15; Roche 1993, 120, 131; Stokes 1996; UKHO Wreck Data 1996; Williams 1997, 46; www.uboat.net.
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Wreck No: W03173, Place of Loss: Wexford, Hook Head, 14km SW of., Source of Coordinate: GSI_215, Description: UKHO wreck No.010300194. GSI Wreck No. 215. 6446/6500-ton 10-year-old steam liner owned by the Booth S.S. Co. Ltd., Liverpool, classed 100 A1 by Lloyd’s. Built in 1907 by Hawthorn Leslie and Co. of Newcastle at a cost of £123,000. Powered by 850nhp triple expansion engines and was capable of 14 knots and was armed with a 6 inch QF stern gun. En route from Para to Liverpool with a cargo of rubber / general cargo. Captain was A. W. Stoker when torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine UC-48. 55 lives were lost, captain survived. Without warning the ANTONY was struck by a torpedo from the UC-48 at 2.30pm on the port side and the engine was at once stopped. The Antony was abandoned immediately, but 55 lives were lost during the course of evacuation, with only 75 survivors eventually landed at Cobh, Co. Cork. The liner was torpedoed twice more and bombarded with several shells, causing it to catch fire and sink. The Antony was one of four vessels sunk over a two-day period off the Wexford and Waterford coasts by UC-48. The wreck of the Antony measures 133m in length, 20m in width and 6m maximum height, with an average height of 2.2m. The vessel is orientated NNW–SSE on the seafloor. She appears to be partly buried and/or broken up as it was partially salvaged at some point, exposing some of its cargo of rubber. The Antony lies in two main pieces and many dives are needed on each piece to get one’s bearings. She lies in 57m of water on one side, with her bilge keel facing up. Most of her triple-expansion steam engines stick out clear of the hull plating. Two of her five boilers can clearly be seen poking their way through tears in the hull’s steelwork, wide enough for the adventurous diver to visit inside. What is most striking to the diver is the seemingly endless rows of round portholes studded along the almost horizontal hull plating when swimming down towards the small debris field between the wreck and the seabed. ----------------------------

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Where is the ANTONY (SS) wreck located?

The ANTONY (SS) wreck is located at coordinates 52 0.115 N,7 0.307 W.

When did the ANTONY (SS) sink?

The ANTONY (SS) sank on Mar 17, 1917.

What type of wreck is the ANTONY (SS)?

The ANTONY (SS) is classified as a liner.

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