Antony (SS)

Steam Liner in Ireland, dating from 1917

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 li

Type:

Steam Liner

Period:

1917

Coordinates:

52.00°N, 7.01°W

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