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| Vessel Type: |
Cargo Liner |
Location: | Co. Kerry |
| Date of Loss: | 15th January 1903 | Place: | Dingle Bay |
| Cause of Loss: | Caught fire | Boat Dive from: | Dingle or Inch |
| Charted Depth: | 15m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 70 |
| Height of Wreck: | 4m | Admiralty Chart No: | 2789 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude: | 52 05 26 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Longitude: | 10 03 15 West | |
| Average Visibility: | Diving Experience: | Experienced Novice |
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Diving Information:
- Lies in a West-South-West direction near Inch Bar.
- Relatively intact..
Historical Information:
- Built in 1900 by Palmers & Co. she grossed 5,657 tons and measured 452.0 x 52.2 x 28.3 ft. and was owned by Manchester Liners.
- While bound Manchester from New Orleans her cargo of 13,000 bales of cotton ignited as she neared Ireland.
- Her commander, Captain W.P. Couch, took the vessel into Dingle Bay and anchored a mile off Inch Bar to fight the fire.
- The remainder of the cargo – 100 barrels of turpentine, soap, pitch pine and bulk maize helped fuel the blaze. As a last resort he scuttled the ship in shallow water (41 ft. at the stern, 36 ft amidships) in a West-South-West direction.
- Attempts were made to salvage her by Mr. Ensor of Queenstown but she was declared a total loss.
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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"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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Last update - 10-Feb-2006
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