MCS Anneke

KINSALE
ANGLING

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Diving German WW1 minelaying submarine UC-42.

Propellor boss, WW1 German submarine UC 42

Propeller boss of one of WW1 sub UC-42's propellors. She lies sunk approx 5nm south of Roches Point. Photo ©Timmy Carey

Wreck of 1692

Sidescan sonar image of Wreck of 1692 (to be confirmed) discovered by Carroll O'Donoghue, owner/operator of HARPY, in 2015.

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Divers off Old Head

Wreck-diving off the Old Head of Kinsale

Commercial Diving

Commercial Divers working on undersea pipes outside Kinsale harbour.

Recovering Diver

Recovering Diver after ascent from Lusitania wreck.

Kinsale Sunset

Sunset in Kinsale, pictured from the quays.

MCS Anneke

MC Anneke arrived in Kinsale in Summer 2011. She was engaged by an english timber company to recover Burmese Teak from the wreck of the PEGU, a small cargo ship that was torpedoed off Kinsale in 1917.

Burmese teak is impossible to source now, it having been virtually wiped out by forestry. The timbers recovered are allegedly to be used in the restoration of the Cutty Sark whose timbers were badly damaged in an accidental fire in 2007.

Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd purchased this Eurocarrier 2209 'MCS Anneke' in October 2009. After a naming ceremony in Aalst, she rushed off to Denmark for her first job - anchor handling for a cable laying vessel on a windfarm project.

This small trove has timbers of various quality. The small plank is from the PEGU itself - possibly a deck support as iron cantilevel brackets were found at the ends.
Timbers recovered from PEGU wreck.
Timbers recovered from PEGU wreck.
HARPY has worked with MCS ANNEKE on a few occasions on site off Galley Head as she worked on the PEGU wreck.
HARPY alongside MCS ANNEKE
MCS Anneke aground at near low tide alongside the slip of the main pier, Kinsale. The props are well protected by skegs and these craft were designed by her builders DAMEN to withstand grounding.
MCS Anneke grounded.

This small trove has timbers of various quality. The small plank is from the PEGU itself - possibly a deck support as iron cantilevel brackets were found at the ends.

HARPY has worked with MCS ANNEKE on a few occasions on site off Galley Head as she worked on the PEGU wreck.

MCS Anneke aground at near low tide alongside the slip of the main pier, Kinsale. The props are well protected by skegs and these craft were designed by her builders DAMEN to withstand grounding.