Cargo Steamer

• Lies 2 miles South-West of Bull Point.
• Lying upright in the main tidal stream running North-West.
• Large hole in starboard side and forward bridge has collapsed.
• Very silty and dark.
• Only 20 minutes slack water at the turn of the tide, and only during neaps.
• Best dived 15 minutes before HW Belfast.
• Very dangerous. A Mixed Gas dive.

• Built by Irvine’s Shipbuilding & Dry-dock Co., West Hartlepool six months prior to her sinking. She grossed 2,372 tons and measured 350 x 51.1 x 24 ft. and was owned by the Gulf line Ltd.
• Bound Liverpool from Norfolk, Virginia with cotton, steel and alcohol, she was part of Convoy HH24 escorted by "H.M.S. Drake".
• After the "Drake" was hit, the convoy dispersed and the "Lugano" found herself in Rathlin Sound.
• The same submarine that attacked the Drake, "U-79", had layed mines across the channel from Bull Point.
• After striking one of these mines she sank rapidly but the crew were all able to get off safely.