Irish Wrecks On-Line - Frieda SV (No. 405)

*Vessel Type:*	4 Masted Full Rig	*Location:*	Co. Down
*Date of Loss:*	7th November 1916	*Place:*	South Rock
*Cause of Loss:*	Ran aground	*Boat Dive from:*	Portaferry or Strangford
*Charted Depth:*	10m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 21
*Height of Wreck:*	1 - 2m	*Admiralty Chart No:*	2093 and/or 2156
*Hull Material:*	Iron	*Latitude* *(approx.)*:	54° 23' 38.4" North
*Type of Seabed:*	Rocks	*Longitude* *(approx.)*:	05° 25' 39.6" West
*Average Visibility:*	10 - 15m	*Convert Lat. & Long.* to -	Decimal - CLICK HERE
*Image available?*	Yes - see below	*Diving Experience:*	Novice

Diving Information:

Lies at the East end of South Rock.
Sitting upright, with decking collapsed inside the hull.
Best dived in small groups as silt takes a long time to settle.
Still a lot to see.
To date the ship's bell has not been found, but a gun-metal signal bell with brass clapper has been recovered.
Steer 60' towards lighthouse, and use fishfinder on your sounder to locate wreck, as the wreck itself won't show on the screen.
Dive 3 hours before High Water Belfast.

Historical Information:

Built as the "County of Edinburgh" in 1885 by Barclay Curle & Co., Glasgow, for R. & J. Craig of Glasgow.
She grossed 1,995 tons and measured 87.02 x 12.92 x 7.39m.
Sold to German owners in 1904, finally to sold to M. Lundqvist, Wardo, Finland.
Twenty-eight days out from Mobile for Greenock, her cargo of timber shifted in a storm, she hit the South Rock.
Attempts to drag her off failed.
Captain Donner and twenty crew rowed ashore at Kearney.
Prior to this fateful journey she had been flung ashore during a hurricane at Mobile, and had to be refloated.

Source Publications:

"Irish Wrecks Database"

by
Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling

"Shipwreck Index of Ireland"

by
Richard & Bridget Larn

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

"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 932 - 1997"

by
Dr. Edward J. Bourke

Edward J. Bourke 1998 - ISBN: 0952302713

"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 1582 - 2000"

by
Dr. Edward J. Bourke

Edward J. Bourke 2000 - ISBN: 0952302721

"Shipwrecks of the Ulster Coast"

by
Ian Wilson

Impact Printing 1997 - ISBN: 0948154993

Other Sources:

Bryan Lawther

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via Email (2012)

Eugene Davey, Ralph McBride, and Michael Hamilton

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Castlereagh SAC (1994)

Last update - 16-Jun-2012