Peterborough Merchant: Annat Bank, Montrose Sands, North Sea
Motor Vessel (20th Century)
Site Name Peterborough Merchant: Annat Bank, Montrose Sands, North Sea
Classification Motor Vessel (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Montrose Ness; Scurdie Ness; Montrose Harbour Approach
Canmore ID 115643
Site Number NO75NW 8004
NGR NO 728 571
NGR Description NO c. 728 571
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Angus
- Parish Maritime - Angus
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NO75NW 8004 c. 728 571
N56 42.3 W2 26.8
NLO: Montrose [name: NO 720 572]
Scurdie Ness [name: NO 735 567].
Location formerly entered as NO 7250 5720 [N56 42.3498 W2 26.952], NO c. 73 57 [N56 42 W2 26], and NO c. 72 58 [N56 43 W 27].
Motor Vessel PETERBOROUGH MERCHANT, 104 ton net, of London. Master, H. Taylor. Bound from Clyde to Tyne. Lost 8 Feb 1946, 6.30pm. 1/4 mile north of Montrose harbour entrance, inside Annat Bank, 1 mile from Montrose Ness Lighthouse. Wind north, fresh breeze. Cause of wreck 'Kept too far north approaching the entrance'. Crew 5, all saved. Cargo, zinc plates, 160 ton, value ?6400. 'She belongs to Peterborough Shipping Co and was running for War Transport. It is hoped she may be saved.'
[Contemporary] source: Montrose Ness Lighthouse.
The available account does not specify whether this wreck was refloated or left in situ, and whether any remains were left at the place of stranding. It is not noted by I G Whittaker (1998). A location at NO c. 72 58 may be suggested.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 5 September 2001.
The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. Annat Bank is not noted as such on the 1999 edition of the OS 1:50,000 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 September 2003.
(Location re-entered as NO c. 728 571 [N56 42.3 W2 26.8]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. (Large-scale) UKHO chart BA 1438 notes Annat Bank at (name centred) N56 42.337 W2 26.686 [NO 72866 57190], near the S edge of an extensive sandbank is roughly triangular on plan, lines the NE side of the approach to Montrose Harbour and forms the southern edge of further un-named sandbanks which extend along the coast towards the North.
The Annat buoy lies off the SE point of the sandbank and defines the North side of the entrance to Montrose harbour approach. Montroseness (Scurdie Ness) Lighthouse (NO75NW 48) is situated at NO 73322 56758, and defines the S side of the channel entrance.
Montrose Harbour or the Port of Montrose (NO75NW 44.00) is centred at NO 7123 5121.
Information from Lieutenant Commander N McEachan, Royal Navy (Wrecks Section, UK Hydrographic Office) and RCAHMS (RJCM), 19 October 2011.
