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Vessel Type:

Barquentine

Location: Co. Antrim
Date of Loss: 3rd July 1882 Place: The Maidens
Cause of Loss: Ran aground Boat Dive from: Ballylumford
Charted Depth: 15m Irish O.S. Map: Discovery Series No. 9
Height of Wreck: Scattered Admiralty Chart No: 2198
Hull Material: Wood Latitude (GPS): 54 57.173 North
Type of Seabed: Rocks Longitude (GPS): 05 43.815 West
Average Visibility: 5 - 10m Diving Experience: Novice
No image listed.

Diving Information:

  • Badly broken up, she lies in 5 - 15m of water, beside the "Sumatra" on the  East side of Highland Rock.
  • Launch from Ballylumford Harbour at any time.
  • Dive 30 mins. before High or Low Water Belfast.

Historical Information:

  • A Canadian Barquentine, 341 gross tons, bound Liverpool to Pictou, Nova Scotia, with a cargo of anchors, cables and chains, she ran aground on the East side of Highland Rock, North of the Maidens.

Source Publications:
"Shipwreck Index of Ireland"
by
Richard & Bridget Larn
Lloyd's Register - Fairplay Ltd 2002 - ISBN: 1900839970
"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 932 - 1997"
by
Edward J. Bourke
Edward J. Bourke 1998 - ISBN: 0952302713
"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:
Peter Steel
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North Irish Lodge, Islandmagee (1999)

 


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Last update - 12-Mar-2003

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