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Vessel
Type: | Light
Vessel | Location: | Co.
Wicklow | Date
of Loss: | 28th
March 1917 | Place: | Arklow
Bank | Cause
of Loss: | Bombed
by U-Boat | Boat
Dive from: | Arklow
Quay | Charted
Depth: | 53m | Irish
O.S. Map: | Discovery
Series No. 62 | Height
of Wreck: | 7m | Admiralty
Chart No: | 1787
and/or 1468 | Hull
Material: | Steel | Latitude
(approx.): | 52°
40' 16.02" North*
| Type
of Seabed: | Sand
| Longitude
(approx.): | 05°
57' 33.17" West*
| Average
Visibility: | 3
- 8m | Convert
Lat. & Long.
to - | Decimal
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available? | Yes
- see below
| Diving
Experience: | Experienced |
- Lies
close to the South Arklow marker buoy.
- Sitting
upright with damage to her port side.
- Little
superstructure above deck remains.
- Visability
usually very poor due to enormous amounts of sand moved by each tide.
- Any
artifacts recovered be reported to Receiver of Wrecks.
- Consult
local knowledge.
- Permission
should be sought from Irish Lights before diving this vessel.
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- Built
of steel and wood she measured 96 x 22 x 12 feet.
- Was
boarded by the crew of UC-65, a mine laying U-Boat, and explosives placed onboard.
- The
crew were allowed to escape before the charges went off.
- The
explosives failed to sink her so UC-65 shelled her until she sank.
- Uc-65
was commanded by Captain Otto Steinbrinck.
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"L.V.
Guillemot II" - a similar vessel to "L.V. Guillemot I"
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"Shipwreck
Index of Ireland" |
by | Richard
& Bridget Larn | Lloyd's
Register - Fairplay Ltd 2002 - ISBN: 1900839970 |
"Shipwrecks
of the Irish Coast 1105- 1993" |
by | Dr.
Edward J. Bourke |
Edward
J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN:
0952302705 | "The
South Arklow Light Vessel" article |
by | Roy
Stokes | SubSea
Magazine (Summer 2006) | *source
- Geological Survey of Ireland | - | Internet
(2020) |
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Last
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