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of Loss within alphabetic Location (120
wrecks) Bailey
Lighthouse to Drogheda |
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Year | Name
of Vessel | Type
of Vessel | Cargo | Comments | Ref. |
1849 | SIMPSON | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | AT
LIGHTHOUSE | b
c e | 1867 | LIZZIE | LUGGER | BALLAST | FOUNDERED
3 MILES OFF, | c |
1872 | PERRI | CUTTER
- 6 tons | CREW | OFF, |
b |
1880 | BROTHERS | DUBLIN
BRIGANTINE - 78 tons | MANURE | FOUNDERED
NEAR; LIVERPOOL FOR DUBLIN | b
c | 1880 | VIGILANT | DUBLIN
FISHING CUTTER - 41 tons | BALLAST | FOUNDERED
NEAR, | c |
1881 | NO
NAME | DUBLIN
SAIL VESSEL - 2 tons | UNKNOWN | FOUNDERED
AFTER COLLISION 0.5 MILES SOUTH BY WEST OF, | c |
1890 | FLYING
DART | GLASGOW
IRON PADDLE TUG - 9 tons | BALLAST | FOUNDERED
OFF NORTH WALL; KINGSTOWN FOR DUBLIN | b
c e | 1902 | | STEAM
COLLIER - 798 tons/200ft. | COAL | 2
MILES EAST OF LIGHTSHIP; IN 20m; HAS BEEN DIVED; LIVERPOOL FOR DUBLIN |
| 1908 | MARY | HOWTH
FISHING LUGGER - 1 ton | BALLAST | FOUNDERED
1 MILE NORTH-EAST OF LIGHTHOUSE | c |
1912 | ZELIA | LIVERPOOL
STEAMER - 387 tons | COAL | FOUNDERED
15 MILES EAST OF; GARSTON FOR DUBLIN | b
c | 1917 | | ADMIRALTY
ANTI-UBOAT STEAM DRIFTER- 79 tons | CREW,
1 x 12 POUNDER GUN | MINED
BY UC-75 NEAR; LIES IN 22M; HAS BEEN DIVED | b
c g 4 | 1964 | ROSS
CARBAIRE | TRAWLER | FISH | STRUCK
ROCKS | b
d |
Year | Name
of Vessel | Type
of Vessel | Cargo | Comments | Ref. |
1699 | UNKNOWN | SPANISH
SAIL VESSEL | UNKNOWN | BETWEEN
BALBRIGGAN & HOWTH, | b |
1760 | UNKNOWN | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | BETWEEN
BALBRIGGAN & HOWTH; LIES IN 50m | - |
1783 | UNKNOWN | MAN
O'WAR | UNKNOWN | NONE |
- |
1786 | UNKNOWN | SLOOP | 4,000
ROOFING SLATES | ON
BEACH | b
c f | 1798 | ACTIVE | LIVERPOOL
BRIG | UNKNOWN | STRANDED
AT BLACKROCK; POSSIBLY SALVAGED | b
c e | 1803 | EXPERIMENT | BERWICK
BRIG - 137 tons | COAL | NEAR;
FROM AYR | b
c d | 1803 | GENERAL
JOHNSON | SAIL
VESSEL - 35 tons | UNKNOWN | STRANDED
& WRECKED NEAR; FROM WEXFORD | b
c d | 1806 | BETTY | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | WENT
ASHORE; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; LIVERPOOL FOR DUBLIN |
b |
1813 | AMEILIA | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | RAN
ASHORE & WRECKED; LIVERPOOL FOR RIO | b
c d | 1815 | FAME | SAIL
VESSEL | GENERAL | NEAR;
GREENOCK FOR DUBLIN | c |
1815 | YOUNG
JAMES | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | NEAR;
LIVERPOOL FOR DUBLIN | c |
1823 | BRITANNIA | BRIDGWATER
SAIL VESSEL | UNKNOWN | NEAR, |
c |
1826 | FANCY | WORKINGTON
SLOOP | COAL | DRIVEN
ASHORE NEAR; WORKINGTON FOR THE SKERRIES | c |
1831 | LOVELY
SILVIA | YARMOUTH
SAIL VESSEL | BARLEY,
OATS & HERRING | STRANDED
& WRECKED NEAR, | b
c f | 1833 | ELIZABETH | RINGSEND
SAIL VESSEL | UNKNOWN | NONE |
a |
1833 | HARRY
COX | ARDGLASS
SAIL VESSEL | UNKNOWN | NONE |
a |
1838 | UNKNOWN | WOODEN
PADDLE STEAMER | UNKNOWN | BELFAST
FOR DUBLIN | b
c f | 1839 | UNKNOWN | SCHOONER | BAGGED
FLOUR | STRANDED
& WRECKED NEAR, | b
c f | 1844 | SHAMMON | BRIG
- 161 tons | UNKNOWN | 1
MILE NORTH OF | 1 |
1850 | MAID
OF GALLOWAY | IRON
PADDLE STEAMER | UNKNOWN | BURST
BOILER NORTH OF HARBOUR; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; LIVERPOOL FOR GOOLE |
c
d e | 1850 | RIGBY | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | LIVERPOOL
FOR BALLYSHANNON | a |
1852 | SENHOUSE | WHITEHAVEN
BRIG | COAL | ON
SANDBANK OFF, | b
c d e | 1852 | YOUNG
ENGLANDER | GLASGOW
BARQUE - 409 tons | PASSENGERS | ON
CARDY REEF; BREMORE BAY, SINGAPORE FOR LIVERPOOL |
b
c d e | 1853 | AGNES | BRIG | IRON
ORE | FOUNDERED
0.25 MILES OFF BEN HEAD | b
d e | 1853 | | LIVERPOOL
BRIG - 236 tons | GENERAL | FOUNDERED;
2 MILES NORTH OF, | b |
1857 | TRIUMPH | SCHOONER | COAL | POSSIBLY
SALVAGED; WIGGAN FOR DUBLIN | b
c e | 1859 | MARY
OF CARNAVON | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | NONE |
b
e |
Year | Name
of Vessel | Type
of Vessel | Cargo | Comments | Ref. |
1861 | ANNE | SCHOONER | UNKNOWN | ON
ROCKS AT NEWHAVEN POINT NEAR TOWER | b |
1861 | ST.
GEORGE | DROGHEDA
SCHOONER | UNKNOWN | 3
MILES NORTH OF AT BALLYNAGERATH BAY | b
c e | 1873 | SARAH
(or SARAH ANN) | RUNCORN
SCHOONER - 100 tons | COAL | AT
BLACK ROCKS; FROM GARSTON |
b c e | 1873 | UNKNOWN | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | OFF, |
b |
1875 | BELLE
HILL | AMERICAN
IRON BARQUE - 800 tons | TEA,
SPICES, TEXTILES, BRANDY & WINE | POSSIBLY
SALVAGED; LIVERPOOL FOR KINGSTOWN | a
c e | 1876 | SUPRISE | DUBLIN
FISHING LUGGER - 27 tons | BALLAST | STRANDED
& WRECKED 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF BALBRIGGAN | b
c | 1877 | ST.
JOHN | FISHING
SMACK - 27 tons | BALLAST | OFF |
b |
1877 | WELSFORD | MARYPORT
BRIG - 106 tons | COAL | 2
MILES OFF LOWTHER LEDGE; MARYPORT FOR DUBLIN | b
c | 1879 | BILLOW | ABERDEEN
SCHOONER - 51 tons | COAL | STRANDED
& WRECKED; GLASGOW FOR BALBRIGGAN | b
c e | 1879 | LADY
LILFORD | ARDROSSAN
BRIG - 104 tons | COAL | AT
LONGLEG; ARDROSSAN FOR DUBLIN | b
c e | 1881 | CANADIAN
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | AT
BEN HEAD | e |
1881 | JOHN
PATTON | AMERICAN
FOUR MASTED - 1,157 tons | SALT
& GENERAL | AT
THREE NUNS ROCKS; LIVERPOOL FOR NEWORLEANS | b
c e | 1881 | UNKNOWN | CANADIAN
SAIL VESSEL | UNKNOWN | AT
BEN HEAD | b
c e | 1883 | OSPREY | DUBLIN
FISHING CUTTER - 37 tons | BALLAST | STRANDED
& WRECKED ON CARDY ROCKS | b
c | 1898 | ELLEN
& MARY | DUBLIN
FISHING CUTTER - 50 tons | BALLAST | ON
CARDY ROCKS | b
c | 1899 | MARY
ELLEN | BELFAST
BRIGANTINE - 89 tons | COAL | STRANDED
& WRECKED ON BEACH; WHITEHAVEN FOR BALBRIGGAN |
b
c | 1903 | HART | BALBRIGGAN
YAWL - 22 tons | BALLAST | AT
CARDY ROCKS | b
c | 1910 | MATCHLESS | LUGGER
- 15 tons | UNKNOWN | SOUTH
OF PIER | b |
1911 | ROSEBUD | CUTTER
- 6 tons | UNKNOWN | OFF, |
b |
1915 | PRIDE
OF ERIN | DUBLIN
MOTOR FISHING VESSEL - 26 tons | BALLAST | CAUGHT
FIRE 3 MILES SOUTH-EAST OF, | c |
Year | Name
of Vessel | Type
of Vessel | Cargo | Comments | Ref. |
1812 | SWANSEA | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | POSSIBLY
REFLOATED; CHEPSTOW FOR DUBLIN | b
d e | 1838 | UNKNOWN | FISHING
VESSEL | BALLAST | FOUNDERED |
c
f | 1838 | GAINSBOROUGH | IPSWICH
BRIG - 139 tons | WINE,
RUM, WOOL & COTTON | AT
CARRICK HILL | b
c e f | 1842 | BRITISH
QUEEN | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | STRANDED
& WRECKED NEAR, | b
c f | 1842 | GLOBE | GLASGOW
BRIG - 190 tons | UNKNOWN | NEAR;
DEMERERA FOR CLYDE | b
c f | 1853 | ANNY | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | NONE |
b |
1858 | WESER | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | STRANDED;
POSSIBLY SALVAGED; FROM HAMBURG | b |
1861 | PERSEVERANCE | SCHOONER
- 97 tons | COAL | ON
SPIT; ARDROSSAN FOR DUBLIN | b
c e | 1865 | LADY
HOBART | LIVERPOOL
FULL RIGGER - 781 tons | COAL | OFF;
LIVERPOOL FOR BERMUDA | b
c e | 1875 | EVE | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | OFF, |
b |
1881 | FANNY | BALDOYLE
DANDY - 18 tons | BALLAST | NEAR;
BALDOYLE FOR HOWTH | c |
1882 | ELIZABETH | BRIG
- 135 tons | COAL | ON
BALDOYLE BANK; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; FOR DUNDALK | b
c e | 1905 | ELWOOD | SAIL
VESSEL - 91 tons | COAL | ON
BALDOYLE SPIT; LIVERPOOL FOR ST. IVES | b
c e |
Year | Name
of Vessel | Type
of Vessel | Cargo | Comments | Ref. |
1861
| MARY ANNE | BELFAST
SAIL VESSEL | UNKNOWN | POSSIBLY
SALVAGED | b
e |
Year | Name
of Vessel | Type
of Vessel | Cargo | Comments | Ref. |
1774 | FRANCIS | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | NEAR;
BOREAUX FOR DUBLIN | c |
1774 | UNKNOWN | DUBLIN
SLOOP | UNKNOWN | NEAR;
LIVERPOOL FOR DUBLIN | c |
1794 | GUSTAFF
ANDOLPH | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | CAME
ASHORE; LIVERPOOL FOR HAMBURG | c |
1856 | UNKNOWN
x 2 | SAIL
VESSELS | COAL | OFF, |
b |
1862
| ADONIS | WATERFORD
IRON SCREW STEAMER - 458 tons/199ft | GENERAL
& PASSENGERS | OFF
MUGLINS; BELFAST FOR WATERFORD | b
c e | 1875 |
| IRON
CLAD BATTLESHIP - 6,043 tons | CREW | SANK
AFTER COLLISION EAST OF; LIES IN 49m; HAS BEEN DIVED |
b
e |
Year | Name
of Vessel | Type
of Vessel | Cargo | Comments | Ref. |
1766
| EUROPE | SNOW
| COAL | NEAR;
WORKINGTON FOR DUBLIN | b
c f |
Year | Name
of Vessel | Type
of Vessel | Cargo | Comments | Ref. |
1929
| MOUNT BLAIRY | 3
MASTED SCHOONER | UNKNOWN | NONE |
e |
Year | Name
of Vessel | Type
of Vessel | Cargo | Comments | Ref. |
1971
| ISA I | DUBLIN
ANGLING CRAFT - 30ft. | FISHERMEN | OFF
BEACH | b
c e |
Year | Name
of Vessel | Type
of Vessel | Cargo | Comments | Ref. |
1593 | UNKNOWN | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | IN
POOL OF CLONTARF | b |
1774 | LIVELY
JANE (or LOVELY JANE) | SAIL
VESSEL | RUM
& TOBACCO | AT
CLONTARF ISLAND; ANTIGUA FOR LIVERPOOL | b
c d | 1888 | CHARLES
BAL | BELFAST
FULL RIGGER - 1,432 tons | TIMBER | AT
STRAND; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; ST. JOHN'S N.B. FOR BARROW |
b
c e | 1888 | LIGHTER
No. 14 | DUBLIN
SAIL BARGE - 60 tons | BALLAST | INSIDE
BREAKWATER; POSSIBLY SALVAGED | b
c |
Year | Name
of Vessel | Type
of Vessel | Cargo | Comments | Ref. |
1838 | UNKNOWN | SCHOONER | COAL | DROVE
ASHORE | c |
1881
| MARY
ANNE | CANADIAN
BRIG | COAL | ON
SANDBANK OFF, | c
e |
Year | Name
of Vessel | Type
of Vessel | Cargo | Comments | Ref. |
1308 | DALKEY
WRECK | CONWAY
SAIL VESSEL | UNKNOWN | A
CONWAY VESSEL | b
c d | 1537 | UNKNOWN | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | STRANDED
& WRECKED BETWEEN DALKEY & DUBLIN | b
c e | 1570 | UNKNOWN | FLEMISH
SAIL VESSEL - 700 tons | UNKNOWN | STRANDED
& WRECKED BETWEEN DALKEY & DUBLIN | b
c e | 1768 | PENELOPE | AMERICAN
FULL RIGGER - 200 tons | PITCH | NEAR;
CARGO PART SALVAGED; NORTH CAROLINA FOR LIVERPOOL |
b
c f | 1786 | UNKNOWN | WEXFORD
SLOOP | UNKNOWN | NONE |
b
c f | 1790 | UNKNOWN | SAIL
VESSEL | PASSENGERS | NEAR, |
b |
1803 | AID | SAIL
VESSEL | MARBLE
STATUES | SOUTH
OF DALKEY ISLAND | e |
1803 | HOPE | WHITEHAVEN
SAIL VESSEL | COAL | ON
MUGLIN ROCK; WHITEHAVEN FOR DUBLIN | b
c | 1803 | MAYFLOWER | WEXFORD
SAIL VESSEL | UNKNOWN | OFF
DALKEY ISLAND | b
c d | 1807 | UNKNOWN | SLOOP | MERCHANDISE
FOR WEXFORD | ON
MUGLINS, | b |
1834 | ESSY | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | DALKEY
ISLAND; BOUND FOR DUBLIN | b
c e | 1855 | VICTORIA | GLASGOW
BARQUE - 70 tons | PIG
IRON & INGOTS | BETWEEN
DALKEY ISLAND & MUGGLINS ROCKS; DUBLIN FOR GLASGOW |
b
c e | 1861 | UNKNOWN | BRIG | UNKNOWN | IN
DALKEY SOUND | b |
1864 | SHAMROCK | SLOOP
- 14 tons | LIMESTONE | 3
MILES NORTH EAST OF THE MUGGLINS | b |
1876 | FAVOURITE | SCHOONER
- 74 tons | MALT | 0.75
MILES EAST OF ISLAND; WEXFORD FOR DUBLIN | b
c e | 1880 | ANNIE
ELIZABETH | NORWEGIAN
SAIL VESSEL - 80 tons | UNKNOWN | AT
LORETO CONVENT | c
e | 1887 | FLYING
HAWK | CLYDE
TWIN SCREW STEAM TUG - 80ft. | BALLAST | SOUTH
SIDE OF ISLAND; LIES IN 10m; HAS BEEN DIVED | b
c e | 1887 | LIGHTER
No. 42B | DUBLIN
SAIL BARGE - 75 tons | UNKNOWN | NEAR;
KINGSTOWN FOR DUBLIN | c |
1897 | CHALLENGER | WATERFORD
CUTTER - 26 tons | BALLAST | DALKEY
ISLAND; BRAY FOR KINGSTOWN | b
c e | 1918 | | ARMED
ANTI-UBOAT STEAM DRIFTER - 100 tons | CREW
& 6 POUNDER DECK GUN | FOUNDERED
AFTER COLLISION OFF MUGGLINS, DALKEY; LIES IN 35m; GUN RECOVERED 1990 |
b
c e g |
Year | Name
of Vessel | Type
of Vessel | Cargo | Comments | Ref. |
1936
| ELSIE ANNE | STEAMER
- 250 tons | 300
TONS COAL | AYR
FOR WEXFORD | d |
Year | Name
of Vessel | Type
of Vessel | Cargo | Comments | Ref. |
1764 | WILLING
MAID | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | STRANDED
& WRECKED | b
c f | 1861
| QUEEN
ADELAIDE | SMACK
- 64 tons | COAL | AT
ROGERSTOWN BAR | b
c e |
Year | Name
of Vessel | Type
of Vessel | Cargo | Comments | Ref. |
1725 | UNKNOWN | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | BETWEEN
MAIDEN TOWER & TRUSS | c |
1749 | UNKNOWN | SAIL
VESSEL | 20,000
DEALS | NEAR;
DRUNTON FOR DUBLIN | c |
1797 | INDUSTRY | IRVINE
SLOOP | UNKNOWN | BETWEEN
DROGHEDA & CLOGHER HEAD; CAPT. ROBERT McELHAGO & 5 CREW DROWNED &
BURIED IN St. PETER'S CHURCH OF IRELAND, DROGHEDA |
2 | 1827 | BRIDGET | SAIL
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | ON
BAR | 3 |
1850
| LANCE | DUBLIN
VESSEL | UNKNOWN | ON
BAR; POSSIBLY SALVAGED | b
d | 1873 | WILSON | SCHOONER
- 117 tons | UNKNOWN | ON
NORTH BULL | 1 |
1888 | DELIGHT | MARYPORT
BRIG - 119 tons | COAL | STRANDED
& WRECKED 0.5 MILES SOUTH OF DROGHEDA BAR;WORKINGTON FOR DUBLIN |
1 |
1940
| | 2
MASTED SCHOONER | FIREBRICKS
& TILES | CAUGHT
FIRE & SANK OFF QUAY; CARGO SALVAGED |
1 |
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