Irish Wrecks On-Line - Gaelic SV (No. 470)

*Vessel Type:*	Auxiliary Schooner	*Location:*	Co. Donegal
*Date of Loss:*	1952	*Place:*	Melmore Head
*Cause of Loss:*	Struck rocks	*Boat Dive from:*	Downings
*Charted Depth:*	23m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 2
*Height of Wreck:*	2m	*Admiralty Chart No:*	2699
*Hull Material:*	Iron	*Latitude (GPS):*	55 15.004 North
*Type of Seabed:*	Rocks and shale	*Longitude (GPS):*	07 49.638 West
*Average Visibility:*	10m	*Diving Experience:*	Experienced

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Diving Information:

Lies at the foot of a cleft in the rock at Frenchman’s Rock.

Surrounded by deep gullies to 30m.

Auxiliary diesel engine and large plates lying around.

Launch from Dowings Harbour.

Best dived at Slack Water

Historical Information:

Auxiliary diesel engined schooner grossing 224 tons.
Position approximate.
Bound Ards for Garston on the Mersey with silica she struck Frenchman’s Rock and sank within minutes.
The crew of five managed to row a lifeboat to Downings.
She was commanded by Captain James Hagen of Ramelton.

Source Publications:

"Donegal Shipwrecks"

by
Ian Wilson

Impact Printing 1998 - ISBN: 094815456X

"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 1105 – 1993"

by
Edward J. Bourke

Edward J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN: 0952302705

Other Sources:

Royal Navy

Hydrographic Department (1970)

Last update - 29-Apr-2003