Irish Wrecks On-Line - Lagan SS (No. 549)

*Vessel Type:*	3 Masted Steamer	*Location:*	Co. Down
*Date of Loss:*	31st March 1946	*Place:*	Belfast Lough
*Cause of Loss:*	Collision	*Boat Dive from:*	Bangor or Groomsport
*Charted Depth:*	30m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 15
*Height of Wreck:*	5m	*Admiralty Chart No:*	1753
*Hull Material:*	Steel	*Latitude (GPS):*	54° 43' 56.04" North
*Type of Seabed:*	Sand	*Longitude (GPS):*	05° 35' 19.38" West
*Average Visibility:*	5 - 8m	*Convert Lat. & Long.* to -	Decimal - CLICK HERE
*Image available?*	Yes - see below	*Diving Experience:*	Experienced

Diving Information:

Lying on her port side in a West - East direction.
Funnel lies beside the hull.
Dive 1 hour before High Water Belfast.
Launch from Groomsport at any time (launch fee required), or Whitehead 2 hours either side of High Water.

Historical Information:

Built in 1903 by the Dublin Dockyard Co., Dublin, she was owned by J. Kelly Ltd., Belfast.
She grossed 364 tons and measured 45.11 x 7.36 x 3.07m.
Powered by a 2 cylinder compound engine generating 69 h.p.
Sunk after a collision with the steamer "S.S. Elmfield" at the mouth of Belfast Lough.

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 Ulster Coast"

by
Ian Wilson

Impact Printing 1997 - ISBN: 0948154993

"Underwater Ireland Guide to Irish Dive Sites"

by
Irish Underwater Council

CFT 1999 - ISBN: 0948283025

Other Sources:

Gordon Leathem B.E.M.

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From his private notebook (2008)

Michael Montgomery

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Castlereagh SAC (2006)

Michael Hamilton

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Castlereagh SAC (1997)

Peter Steel

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North Irish Lodge, Islandmagee (1999)

Vic Foster

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Castlereagh SAC (1996)

Last update - 08-Apr-2008