Irish Wrecks On-Line - Bandon SS (No. 114b)

*Vessel Type:*	Armed Steamer	*Location:*	Co. Waterford
*Date of Loss:*	13th April 1917	*Place:*	Minehead
*Cause of Loss:*	Torpedoed	*Boat Dive from:*	Dungarvan
*Charted Depth:*	40m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 82
*Height of Wreck:*	5m	*Admiralty Chart No:*	2049
*Hull Material:*	Steel	*Latitude* *(GPS)*:	51° 56' 56.226" North*
*Type of Seabed:*	Gravel	*Longitude* *(GPS)*:	07° 34' 47.976" West*
*Average Visibility:*	15m	*Convert Lat. & Long.* to -	Decimal - CLICK HERE
*Image available?*	Yes - see below	*Diving Experience:*	Experienced

Diving Information:

Lies in 33m, 2.75 miles South-West of.
Bow lies in a East-South-East direction.
Has extensively broken up.
Dive at Slack Water.
NOTE. Permission is required from "www.archaeology.ie/licences/divesurvey-licence" to dive this wreck.

Historical Information:

Built in 1910 by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle, and owned by City of Cork Steam Packet Co.Ltd.
She measured 81.07 x 11.32 x 5.28 metres and grossed 1,456 tons.
Powered by a 3 cylinder triple-expansion steam engine which generated 394 hp.
Armed with 1 x 3 pounder stern gun.
Was bound Liverpool for Cork with a 1,050 tons of coal and general cargo when she was torpedoed in the engine room by UC-44.
The captain was P.F. Kelly.
The captain and 3 out of a crew of 32 were all that survived.

S.S. Bandon

© by kind permission of Olive Coleman - History of the Port of Cork Steam Navigation web site

Click HERE for INFOMAR* Side-Scan image

Source Publications:

"Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam 1824 - 1962"

by
Charles Hocking

London Stamp Exchange 1989 - ISBN: 0948130474

"Irish Wrecks Database"

by
Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling

"Shipwreck Index of Ireland"

by
Richard & Bridget Larn

Lloyd's Register - Fairplay Ltd 2002 - ISBN: 1900839970

"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 932 - 1997"

by
Dr. Edward J. Bourke

Edward J. Bourke 1998 - ISBN: 0952302713

"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 1582 - 2000"

by
Dr. Edward J. Bourke

Edward J. Bourke 2000 - ISBN: 0952302721

Other Sources:
*source - Geological Survey of Ireland
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Internet (2020)

Olive Coleman
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Internet (2006)

Eoin McGarry via UK Diving

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Internet (2003)

Last update - 27-Dec-2020