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| Vessel Type: |
Armed Steam Coaster |
Location: | Co. Cork |
| Date of Loss: | 13th March 1917 | Place: | Galley Head |
| Cause of Loss: | Torpedoed | Boat Dive from: | Red Strand |
| Charted Depth: | 18m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 87 |
| Height of Wreck: | 3m | Admiralty Chart No: | 2092 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude: | 51.32.20 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Rocks, gullies & kelp | Longitude: | 08.55.47 West |
| Average Visibility: | 6 - 10m | Diving Experience: | Experienced Novice |
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Diving Information:
- Lies off Currigduff Rock in Dirk Bay which lies between Galley Head and Dunowen Head.
- Wreck is badly broken up. Decks have collapsed.
- Largest items are the boilers.
- Abounds with Ling, cod, bream and some congers.
- Some steel shells and large bombs lying around. Do not touch!
- Launch from the beach at Red Stand. A 4x4 is strongly recommended.
Historical Information:
- Built in 1913 by Calendon Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd., Liverpool, and owned by F. Leyland & Co. Ltd. of Liverpool, she measured 122.07 x 15.95 x 10.66 metres grossed 6,327 tons.
- She was armed with a 1 x 4.7 inch stern gun.
- While bound New York for Liverpool with general cargo and bagged grain she was struck by a mine, laid by UC-43, in the engine room while four miles south of Galley Head.
- Attempts were made by Captain W. Brown to get her to the shore at Red Strand, but she grounded on Carrigduff Rock.
- Many salvage attempts took place to retrieve her £1,000,000 cargo of copper ingots, bombs, artillery and automobiles.
- During a storm she slipped of the rock into deeper water.
- Six crew died in the engine room.
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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"Diving
the Norwegian"
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by
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Clive Hawkins CFT's |
| "SubSea" Autumn 2000 | ||
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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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Last update - 05-Dec-2005
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