Irish Wrecks On-Line - Clemintine SY (No. 200)

*Vessel Type:*	Steam Yacht	*Location:*	Co. Antrim
*Date of Loss:*	1918 approx.	*Place:*	Cushendun Bay
*Cause of Loss:*	Foundered	*Boat Dive from:*	Cushendun
*Charted Depth:*	6m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 5 & 9
*Height of Wreck:*	3m	*Admiralty Chart No:*	2199
*Hull Material:*	Iron	*Latitude* *(approx.)*:	55° 07' 47" North
*Type of Seabed:*	Sand	*Longitude* *(approx.)*:	06° 02' 15" West
*Average Visibility:*	5 - 10m	*Convert Lat. & Long.* to -	Decimal - CLICK HERE
*Image available?*	Yes - see below	*Diving Experience:*	Novice

Diving Information:

Mainly broken sections, the largest being the boiler.
A large proportion was salvaged, and what is left is well embedded in the sandy bottom.
Should be dived on an incoming tide as the slip is left high and dry at Low Water.
Use 65 degrees x 500yds from Church.

Historical Information:

She is thought to be a former the Belgian Royal Yacht.
She foundered on rocks at Red Bay, when in service for the Royal Navy. Much of it was salvaged by Murray Bros. of Waterfoot.
One of the Murray Brothers was attacked by a conger, estimated at over 20ft. long. He is said to have never dived again as a result.
The main shaft was sold to the lime works in Glenarm.
Post Script
Recent research suggest her name was acually "S.Y. Clementina", built in 1887, grossing 625 tons and was converted to an armed auxilary at some point. Although only a difference of one character ("a" as opposed to "e") it could prove to be a totally different vessel.
The photo on the link above is the "S.Y. Clementina" (ex-Sultana, ex-Rondine).

© by kind permission of The Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division

Thought to be the "S.Y. Clementine" - subject to confirmation

Source Publications:

"Shipwrecks of the Ulster Coast"
by Ian Wilson

Impact Printing 1997 - ISBN: 0948154993

Other Sources:

Royal Navy

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Hydrographic Department (1970)

Randal Armstrong

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Castlereagh SAC (1980)

Michael Montgomery

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Castlereagh SAC (2006)

Last update - 08-Jun-2006