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| Vessel Type: |
Motor Trawler |
Location: | Co. Wexford |
| Date of Loss: | 13th November 1989 | Place: | Baginbun Head |
| Cause of Loss: | Sunk in collision | Boat Dive from: | Slade Harbour |
| Charted Depth: | 26 - 29m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 76 |
| Height of Wreck: | Scattered | Admiralty Chart No: | 2046 and/or 1410 |
| Hull Material: | Wood & steel | Latitude (GPS): | 52 08.456 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Sand and shale | Longitude (GPS): | 06 47.473 West |
| Average Visibility: | 20m | Diving Experience: | Experienced |
| No image listed. |
Diving Information:
- Lies 3 miles South-East of Baginbun Head.
- Lies on her starboard side but is badly broken up.
- Steel wheelhouse, engine and winch are still recognisable.
- Inhabited by congers and loads of fish.
- Best dived at Slack Water.
Historical Information:
- Owned by Oliver Tallon, Clogherhead, she was built in 1989 by the Maritem Boat Yard, Cork and was 68ft. long.
- She was fishing for herring in fog when she collided with MFV Speckled Fort and sank in 13 minutes.
- The prop was salvaged in 1990.
Source Publications:
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"Irish
Wrecks Database"
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by
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Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling |
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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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Edward J. Bourke | |
| Edward J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN: 0952302705 | ||
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SubSea
Article - Spring 2008
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by
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Vincent Furlong, Hook SAC |
| CFT SubSea Magazine ISSN: 0791-475X |
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Last update - 26-Feb-2008
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