Loss

Date 13 November 1940

Event ID 625081

Category Documentary Reference

Type Loss

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/625081

Quality of fix = PA

Horizontal Datum = UND

Circumstances of Loss Details

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The ANVERS was bombed by aircraft.

Source: World War II Shipping Loses.

Surveying Details

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The site's position is given as 57 43 00N, 001 49 00W.

15 September 1972. The wreck may be in 57 39 45N, 001 43 00W - 4 to 5 miles bearing 045 degrees Rattray Head. The vessel was owned at time of loss by CIE Royale Belgo-Argentine.

Hydrographic Office 1995.

(Classified as steel steamship, with cargo of scrap steel: former names cited as Ekkehard and Elsa Menzell, and date of loss as 13 November 1940). Anvers: this vessel was bombed by aircraft.

[Location] also cited as 4-5 miles 45 degs Rattray Head: ie. N57 40 W01 43.

Registration: Antwerp. Built 1908. 4398grt. Length: 115m. Beam: 16m.

(Location of loss cited as N57 43.00 W1 49.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.