Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 937507
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/937507
UKHO Identifier : 002610
Feature Class : Wreck
Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck
State : DEAD
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 56.95000,-7.58333
Horizontal Datum : UNDETERMINED
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.95000,-7.58333
WGS84 Origin : Undefined
Position Quality : Unreliable
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 29
Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide
Name : ANNIE JANE
Type : SV
Flag : BRITISH
Length : 73.2
Tonnage : 1294
Tonnage Type : Gross
Cargo : EMIGRANTS
Date Sunk : 28/09/1853
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Original Detection Year : 1853
Original Source : Other
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1853 IN QUEBEC. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY HOLDERNESS. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR MONTREAL. STRUCK BY A HUGE WAVE IN ROUGH WEATHER OFF BARRA I WHICH CAUSED THE POOP DECK TO COLLAPSE UNDER THE WEIGHT OF WATER, CRUSHING AT LEAST 200 TO DEATH IN AN INSTANT. BROKE UP WITHIN 10 MINUTES. 348 LIVES LOST OUT OF 450 PASSENGERS AND CREW. (DODS, SIBI).
Surveying Details : **SINKING POSN GIVEN AS 565700N, 073500W APPROX. (DODS, SIBI).
Charting Comments : POSN FOR FILING ONLY
Date Last Amended : 14/02/2005
