Irish Wrecks On-Line - Guide Me II SS (No. 514a)

*Vessel Type:*	Coastal Gun Boat	*Location:*	Co. Dublin
*Date of Loss:*	1918	*Place:*	The Mugglins
*Cause of Loss:*	Collision	*Boat Dive from:*	Dun Laoghaire
*Charted Depth:*	37m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 50
*Height of Wreck:*	2m	*Admiralty Chart No:*	1415 and/or 1468
*Hull Material:*	Steel	*Latitude (GPS):*	53 16.337 North
*Type of Seabed:*	Hard shingle	*Longitude (GPS):*	06 02.450 West
*Average Visibility:*	3m +	*Diving Experience:*	Experienced

No image listed.

Diving Information:

Lies upright in a South-East North-West direction and virtually intact 1.5 miles South East of the Mugglins.

Wheelhouse is demolished and there is a large gash amidships on the starboard side.

Plenty of fish, and congers under the keel.

Discovered in 1990 by Ivan Tunsted.

The deck gun was removed in 1990.

15 minutes from Dun Laoghaire.

Best dived 1 hour before High Water/Low Water.

Historical Information:

Built in Aberdeen in 1907 as a Peterhead F.V. Drifter in 1907 by Hall, Russell & Co., Aberdeen, she was converted into an anti-submarine coastal gunboat during WW1.
She grossed 100 tons and measured 26.31 x 5.63 x 2.76m.
Power was by a 2 cylinder compound steam engine generating 38 h.p.
Her Armament consisted of 1 x 6 pounder gun.
Sunk in collision while on patrol

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 1105 – 1993"

by
Edward J. Bourke

Edward J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN: 0952302705

"Underwater Ireland Guide to Irish Dive Sites"

by
Irish Underwater Council

CFT 1999 - ISBN: 0948283025

Other Sources:

Marlin SAC

–
Internet (1999)

Last update - 07-Feb-2006