Irish Wrecks On-Line - Minnehaha SS (No. 630a)

*Vessel Type:*	Liner	*Location:*	Co. Cork
*Date of Loss:*	7th September 1917	*Place:*	Baltimore
*Cause of Loss:*	Torpedoed	*Boat Dive from:*	Baltimore Harbour
*Charted Depth:*	90m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 88/89
*Height of Wreck:*	10m	*Admiralty Chart No:*	2424
*Hull Material:*	Steel	*Latitude:*	51.17.82 North
*Type of Seabed:*	Silt	*Longitude:*	09.17.88 West
*Average Visibility:*	10 - 20m	*Diving Experience:*	Very experienced Tri-Mix

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Diving Information:

Permission is needed to dive this wreck from the Office of Public Works.
Lies 12 miles South-East of Fastnet Rock.
Sits upright and mostly intact although some sections are now beginning to collapse.
Funnels and winches clearly still there. Portholes still intact.

Historical Information:

Built in 1900 by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast and was owned by Atlantic Transport Co. Ltd.
She grossed 13,714tons and measured 183.06 x 19.93 x 12.01 metres.
Her two propellors were driven by an 8 cylinder quadruple-expansion steam engine (8 boilers) which produced 1,227h.p. giving haer a speed in excess of 18 knots.
Bound London for New York with general cargo and passengers, she was torpedoed by U-48.
43 crew were lost.
Commanded by Captain F.H. Claret

Source Publications:

"Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam 1824 - 1962"

by
Charles Hocking

London Stamp Exchange 1989 - ISBN: 0948130474

"Irish Wrecks Database"

by
Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling

"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 Irish Coast 1105 – 1993"

by
Edward J. Bourke

Edward J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN: 0952302705

Other Sources:

Timmy Carey (Blackwater SAC)

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SubSea Magazine (2004)

Last update - 08-May-2006