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| Vessel Type: |
Armed Steamer |
Location: | Co. Waterford |
| Date of Loss: | 13 April1917 | 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: | 51 58 00 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Gravel | Longitude: | 07 38 00 West |
| Average Visibility: | 15m | Diving Experience: | Experienced |
| Picture available? | Yes - click here |
Diving Information:
- Lies 2.75 miles South-West of.
- Bow lies in a East-South-East direction.
- Has extensively broken up.
- Dive at Slack Water.
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 when she was torpedoed in the engine room by UC-33.
- The captain was P.F. Kelly.
- The captain and 3 out of a crew of 32 were all that survived.
Source Publications:
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"Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during
the Age of Steam 1824
- 1962"
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by
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Charles Hocking |
| London Stamp Exchange 1989 - ISBN: 0948130474 | ||
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"Irish
Wrecks Database"
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by
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Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling |
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"Shipwreck
Index of Ireland"
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by
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Richard & Bridget Larn |
| Lloyd's Register - Fairplay Ltd 2002 - ISBN: 1900839970 | ||
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"Shipwrecks
of the Irish Coast 932 - 1997"
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by
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Edward J. Bourke |
| Edward J. Bourke 1998 - ISBN: 0952302713 | ||
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"Shipwrecks
of the Irish Coast 1582 - 2000"
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by
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Edward J. Bourke |
| Edward J. Bourke 2000 - ISBN: 0952302721 |
Other Sources:
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Olive
Coleman
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Internet site (2006) | |
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Eoin
McGarry via UK Diving
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Internet site (2003) |
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Last update - 22-Jun-2006
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