Irish Wrecks On-Line - Anna Toop SS (No. 104a)

Diving Information:

Lies outside the bank south-east of Arklow close to the Arklow No. 4 buoy.
Sitting upright she is almost intact.
Her screws have been salvaged.
Some artifacts lying around, but must be reported to Receiver of Wrecks if recovered.
Subject to strong currents and swirling sand outside slack water.
Consult local knowledge.

Historical Information:

Built at Troon in 1893 and registered at Cardiff at the time of loss, she grossed 446 tons and measured 120ft. She had wooden masts/Derricks .
Had a cargo of steel plates bound Port Talbot for Londonderry.
Managed to sail off the bank on the 22nd. but filled with water and sank.
The crew were rescued by the Arklow Lifeboat.
Most of the steel plates were salvaged.
She had an Estonian Captain and an Estonian/Latvian crew.
There is reportedly a WW1 German U-Boat lying close by.

S.S. Anna Toop

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Source Publications:

*"Shipwreck Index of Ireland"*	by	Richard & Bridget Larn
		*Lloyd's Register - Fairplay Ltd 2002 - ISBN: 1900839970*
*"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 1105- 1993"*	by	Dr. Edward J. Bourke
		**Edward J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN: 0952302705**
*"The Arklow Sub" article*	by	Roy Stokes
		*SubSea Magazine (Winter 2001)*

Other Sources:

**source - Geological Survey of Ireland*	Internet (2020)
*Michael Montgomery*	Castlereagh SAC (2006)
Richard Beith (ex-crew member)	via E-mail (2003)

Last update - 08-Nov-2020