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Vessel Type:
Sailing Vessel
Location:
Co. Donegal
Date of Loss:
1900
Place:
Dunfanaghy
Cause of Loss:
Struck rocks
Boat Dive from:
Dunfanaghy or Downings
Charted Depth:
10m
Irish O.S. Map:
Discovery Series No. 2
Height of Wreck:
4m
Admiralty Chart No:
2699 and/or 2723
Hull Material:
Iron
Latitude
(approx.)
:
55° 08' 11" North
Type of Seabed:
Sand
Longitude
(approx.)
:
07° 29' 17" West
Average Visibility:
6 - 10m
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Diving Experience:
Novice
Diving Information:
Lies close to the rocks on opposite side to hotel.
Subject to the influence of the swell surging into Dunfanaghy beach.
Historical Information:
On route from Galway to Derry with a cargo of flagstones.
Wreck was discovered by the skipper of the "
Girl Eileen
", Robert Robinson in 1973.
Source
Publications
:
Royal Navy
by
Hydrographic Department (1970)
"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 1105 - 1993"
by
Dr.
Edward J. Bourke
Edward J. Bourke 1994 -
ISBN: 0952302705
Last update -
14-Mar-2002
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