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| Vessel Type: |
Steamer |
Location: | Co. Dublin |
| Date of Loss: | 10th October 1918 | Place: | Dublin Bay |
| Cause of Loss: | Torpedoed | Boat Dive from: | Dun Laoghaire |
| Charted Depth: | 33m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 50 |
| Height of Wreck: | 6m | Admiralty Chart No: | 1468 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude (GPS): | 53 18.880 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Sand | Longitude (GPS): | 05 47.710 West |
| Average Visibility: | 3 - 8m | Diving Experience: | Experienced |
| Picture available? | Yes - click here |
Diving Information:
- Virtually intact with bow pointing to the South. Lies 12 miles from shore.
- Launch at the Coal Quay, Dun Laoghaire.
- Best dived 1 hour before High Water/Low Water.
- Subject to severe currents outside slack water.
- Lies in the path of the HSS ferry. Check HSS time-table.
- Permission is required to dive this wreck. The owner, Desmond Brannigan, can be contacted via the Irish Underwater Council (permission is usually given).
Historical Information:
- Built by Cammel Laird Bros. Birkenhead, in 1897 for the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company costing £95,000, she grossed 2,646 tons and measured 378 x 75 x 42ft., twin screws powered by an 8 cylinder triple-expansion steam engine, and was capable of 24 knots.
- During WW1 she was armed with 1 x 12 pounder gun plus 2 signaling guns.
- Bound Holyhead from Kingstown with 680 passengers and crew.
- Hit twice by torpedoes from UB-123, one in the bow and the other in the engine room during bad weather.
- Sank in eight minutes with the loss of 501 lives, most of whom were soldiers and in their bunks.
- Commanded by Captain W. Birch.
- Because of censorship the incident was never fully aired in public.
- Anchor is on display in the National Museum in Dun Laoghaire.
Source Publications:
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"Death
in the Irish Sea - The Sinking of RMS Leinster"
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by
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Roy Stokes |
| Collins Press 1998 - ISBN: 1898256527 | ||
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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 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 |
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Last update - 07-Feb-2006
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