External Reference

Date 28 April 2010

Event ID 602874

Category Documentary Reference

Type External Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/602874

[No location of loss specified]. This vessel was lost E of the Isle of Arran, within the area of the Firth of Clyde known as the Arran Trench, at approximately 0220 hours on 22 November 1990. The accident occurred as the result of the submarine HMS Trenchant, then submerged, colliding with the trawl wires of Antares, causing her to capsize and sink.

The MoD arranged to have the wreck lifted, and she was raised to the surface on 10 December 1990. She was towed to Greenock, where she was examined. She is no longer part of the collection of the Scottish Maritime Museum's collection, having been broken up with the permission of the victims' families in February 2008.

The Scottish Maritime Museum holds a copy of the relevant enquiry proceedings:

'Sheriffdom of North Strathclyde Fatal Accident Enquiry, Under section 1(10 (A) of the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Inquiry (Scotland) Act 1976 - Determination by Robert Colquhoun Hay, Esquire, CBE WS Sheriff Principal of North Strathclyde'.

Antares is no longer part of the Museum's collection - she was broken up

with the permission of the victims' families in February 2008.

Information from Ms Linda Ross (Curator, Scottish Maritime Museum), 28 April 2010.