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| Vessel Type: |
Cargo Steamer |
Location: | Co. Cork |
| Date of Loss: | 17th November 1896 | Place: | Mizen Head |
| Cause of Loss: | Struck rocks | Boat Dive from: | Crookhaven or Schull |
| Charted Depth: | 24m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 88 |
| Height of Wreck: | Scattered | Admiralty Chart No: | 2184 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude: | 51 28.00 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Rocks | Longitude: | 09 49.20 West |
| Average Visibility: | 10m + | Diving Experience: | Experienced |
| No image listed. |
Diving Information:
- Lies near a rocky outcrop known as ‘Carraig na Coose’ in Dunlough Bay
- Boiler and anchors are the largest pieces.
Historical Information:
- Built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast in 1890, she grossed 3,191 tons and measured 345.6 x 40.9 x 26.7 ft.
- She was powered by a 3 cylinder triple-expansion steam engine which generated 278h.p.
- The African Steam Ship Co. under the Dominion Line had chartered her from the Elder Dempster Line and she was register under the Port of Liverpool.
- Her cargo was timber, flour, bacon, butter, cattle, lead ingots and general.
- She drove ashore in thick fog while bound Montreal for Avonmouth.
- Commander was Captain Williams.
- Nine crew drowned
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 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 - 05-Dec-2005
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