Irish Wrecks On-Line - Fredanja MV (No. 400)

*Vessel Type:*	Motor Coaster	*Location:*	Co. Down
*Date of Loss:*	1st January 1942	*Place:*	Copeland Islands
*Cause of Loss:*	Ran aground	*Boat Dive from:*	Groomsport or Bangor
*Charted Depth:*	23m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 15
*Height of Wreck:*	4m	*Admiralty Chart No:*	3709
*Hull Material:*	Steel	*Latitude (GPS):*	54 40.648 North
*Type of Seabed:*	Rocks and sand	*Longitude (GPS):*	05 30.641 West
*Average Visibility:*	5 - 10m	*Diving Experience:*	Experienced Novice

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Diving Information:

Lies on East side of Copeland Island.

Wreck is almost upside-down and broken in half.

There are two good slips in the area, one at Groomsport and the other at Donaghadee.

Both are usable at any state of tide.

Best dived during Slack Water, 3 hours after High Water Belfast.

Historical Information:

Bound Maryport for Donaghadee. with coal, she ran onto the N.E. end of Copeland Island.
Her engines were put astern and she sailed off the rocks, but turned turtle and sank.
Built in Holland and grossing 277 tons and measuring 37.83 x 6.93 x 2.43 metres, she had been one of the evacuation fleet at Dunkirk in May 1940.

Source Publications:

"Irish Wrecks Database"

by
Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling

"Shipwrecks of the Ulster Coast"

by
Ian Wilson

Impact Printing 1997 - ISBN: 0948154993

Other Sources:

*Randal Armstrong*	-	Castlereagh SAC (1979)
*Vic Foster*	-	Castlereagh SAC (1996)
Willem Bakema	-	via email

Last update - 20-Mar-2006