Site Record

The wreck is now buried in sand.

Event and Historical Information:
The ANT is described as a 47nt wooden Mersey flat (jigger flat) built in 1863. At time of loss on 19 February 1907, the vessel was owned by Clare's Lighterage Co, Lancashire, and was carrying roofing slate from Port Dinorwic to Sankey Bridge under the command of master J Waterworth. The ANT was sheltering from a westerly force 7 gale when it was in collision with the Liverpool registered steamship JANE. The ANT subsequently foundered in the Wild Roads, River Dee.

Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1907 Appendix C table 1 pg142 (610)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, February 2010.