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| Vessel Type: |
Cargo Steamer |
Location: | Co. Cork |
| Date of Loss: | 20th November 1885 | Place: | Duncannon Bay |
| Cause of Loss: | Struck reef | Boat Dive from: | Baltimore |
| Charted Depth: | 38m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 88 & 89 |
| Height of Wreck: | 4m | Admiralty Chart No: | 2424 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude (GPS): | 51.30.489 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Rocks & sand | Longitude (GPS): | 09.46.439 West |
| Average Visibility: | 10 - 15m | Diving Experience: | Experienced |
| No image listed. |
Diving Information:
- Lies 0.5 miles south of Bird Island mostly in 30 - 38m.
- Badly broken up from 100 years worth of storms.
- Is in sections at different depths but broken wide open.
- Propellor, engine & boiler are still there.
- - This wreck comes under the Irish "100 year protection rule".
- - Permission is required to dive this wreck.
Historical Information:
- 390 ft. in length she grossed 2930 tons and was powered by 350hp inverted engines.
- Was bound Boston for Liverpool in thick fog when she struck the reef.
- She later slipped back into deeper water and progressively broke into sections.
- Cargo consisted of 54 passengers and cattle.
- Passengers and crew escaped.
Source Publications:
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"Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during
the Age of Steam 1824
- 1962"
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by
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Charles Hocking |
| London Stamp Exchange 1989 - ISBN: 0948130474 | ||
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"Irish
Wrecks Database"
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by
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Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling |
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"Shipwrecks
of the Irish Coast 932 - 1997"
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by
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Edward J. Bourke |
| Edward J. Bourke 1998 - ISBN: 0952302713 | ||
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"Shipwrecks
of the Irish Coast 1105 - 1993"
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by
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Edward J. Bourke |
| Edward J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN: 0952302705 | ||
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"Underwater
Ireland Guide to Irish Dive Sites"
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by
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Irish Underwater Council |
| CFT 1999 - ISBN: 0948283025 |
Other Sources:
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Diveireland
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Internet site (2000) |
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Divernet
Wreck Tour 42
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by
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John Liddiard |
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Last update - 05-Dec-2005
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