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| Vessel Type: |
Tramp Steamer |
Location: | Co. Down |
| Date of Loss: | 14th September 1918 | Place: | Ballyhalbert |
| Cause of Loss: | Torpedoed | Boat Dive from: | Portaferry |
| Charted Depth: | 50m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 21 |
| Height of Wreck: | 12m | Admiralty Chart No: | 2093 and/or 2156 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude (GPS): | 54 41.631 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Mud | Longitude (GPS): | 05 23.273 West |
| Average Visibility: | 6 - 10m | Diving Experience: | Very Experienced |
| No image listed. |
Diving Information:
- Sits vertically and almost intact with bow to North.
- Hole in starboard side.
- Dive at slack High Water Belfast.
Historical Information:
- Built in 1906 by Furness & Withy of West Hartlepool.
- She grossed 3,821 tons, 2488 net, and measured 340 x 47.1 x 27.4ft. and was powerd by a 3 cylinder triple-expansion steam engine which generaled 317 h.p.
- She was fitted with a 4 inch stern gun.
- She was torpedoed by UB-64 whilst carrying 4,158 tons of coal, 808 tons of coke from the Clyde to Naples.
Source Publications:
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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 1582 - 2000"
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by
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Edward J. Bourke |
| Edward J. Bourke 2000 - ISBN: 0952302721 | ||
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"Shipwrecks
of the Ulster Coast"
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by
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Ian Wilson |
| Impact Printing 1997 - ISBN: 0948154993 |
Other Sources:
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Alan
Wright
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Castlereagh SAC (1985) |
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Michael
Hamilton
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Castlereagh SAC (1997) |
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Royal
Navy
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Hydrographic Department(1970) |
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UK
Diving
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Internet (John Robinson 1999) |
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Vic
Foster
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Castlereagh SAC (1996) |
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Last update - 18-Jan-2005
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