Irish Wrecks On-Line - Brisk HMS (No. 122)

*Vessel Type:*	Destroyer	*Location:*	Co. Antrim
*Date of Loss:*	2nd October 1917	*Place:*	Rathlin Island
*Cause of Loss:*	Torpedoed	*Boat Dive from:*	Ballycastle
*Charted Depth:*	42m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 5
*Height of Wreck:*	4m	*Admiralty Chart No:*	2798
*Hull Material:*	Steel	*Latitude:*	55.17 North
*Type of Seabed:*		*Longitude:*	06.16 West
*Average Visibility:*		*Diving Experience:*	Very Experienced

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Diving Information:

Bow section has been plotted on an echo sounder.
Lies 1.5 miles South West of Black Head, Church Bay, off Bull Point.
Dive at Slack Water. Tide very strong.
Consult local knowledge before attempting a dive.
There is a fee to use the slip at Ballycastle Harbour.

Historical Information:

"H" Class Destroyer built in 1910 by John Brown Shipbuilders, Glasgow, she was powered by steam turbines generating 13,000hp giving her a maximum speed 27 knots.
She measured 246 x 25.25 x 15.5ft., and grossed 780 tons.
Her guns - two 4", two 12 pounders, two 21" torpedo tubes.
Was on escort duty with convoy HH24 to the North of Rathlin, the same convoy that "HMS Drake" was escorting.
She was deployed to escort some of the scattered ships through Rathlin Sound when she was torpedoed by U-79, 1.5 miles South-West of Bull Point.
The blast blew the ship in two. The bow section sank immediately, the stern section remaining afloat long enough to be towed to Londonderry.
Thirty-one men were lost.

Source Publications:

"Shipwreck Index of Ireland"

by
Richard & Bridget Larn

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

"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 932 - 1997"

by
Edward J. Bourke

Edward J. Bourke 1998 - ISBN: 0952302713

"The Fighting Ships in the Royal Navy"

by
E.H.H. Archibald

Blandford Press 1984 - ISBN: 0713713488

"The Harsh Winds of Rathlin"

by
Tommy Cecil

Impact Printing 1990 - ISBN: 0948154659

Last update - 19-Oct-2005