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| Vessel Type: |
Steamer |
Location: | Co. Donegal |
| Date of Loss: | 1924 | Place: | Buncrana |
| Cause of Loss: | Sprang a leak | Boat Dive from: | Buncrana |
| Charted Depth: | 10m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 3 |
| Height of Wreck: | 2.6m. | Admiralty Chart No: | 2723 |
| Hull Material: | Iron | Latitude: | 55 08 19 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Longitude: | 07 29 29 West | |
| Average Visibility: | Diving Experience: |
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Diving
Information:
Historical
Information:
- Built in 1881 by R. Craggs & Sons, Middlesborough, she measured 37.08 x 6.45 x 2.62m. and grossed 220 tons.
- Powered by a 2-cylinder compound engine generating 35hp.
- Registered in Stockton, she was owned by E.T. Elias, Fenwick Street, Liverpool.
- Hit rocks when leaving berth at Port-Na-Long with a cargo of granite blocks and sprang a leak.
- Towed into Lough Swilly but sank off Buncrana.
Source Publications:
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Royal
Navy
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by
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Hydrographic Department (1970) |
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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 1105 – 1993"
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by
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Edward J. Bourke |
| Edward J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN: 0952302705 |
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Last update - 08-May-2003
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