Irish Wrecks On-Line - Overton MV (No. 653)

*Vessel Type:*	Motor Coaster	*Location:*	Co. Antrim
*Date of Loss:*	7th September 1955	*Place:*	The Maidens
*Cause of Loss:*	Struck rocks	*Boat Dive from:*	Ballylumford
*Charted Depth:*	16m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 9
*Height of Wreck:*	3m	*Admiralty Chart No:*	2198 and/or 2199
*Hull Material:*	Steel	*Latitude (GPS):*	54 55.558 North
*Type of Seabed:*	Rocks	*Longitude (GPS):*	05 43.515 West
*Average Visibility:*	8 - 10m	*Diving Experience:*	Experienced Novice

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Diving Information:

Lies on the South-East tip of Saddle Rock.
Badly broken up.
Rarely dived. Artifacts still to be found.
Dive 30 mins. before High or Low Water at Belfast, though the last of the ebb tide is best.
Launch from Ballylumford Harbour.

Historical Information:

Owned by S.W. Coe & Co. Ltd., Liverpool.
Built in 1911, she grossed 426 tons and measured 43.71 x 7.41 x 3.17m.
Bound Liverpool for Larne, with general cargo, she ran onto Saddle Rock. in fog.
Attempts to free her were unsuccessful.
She was sold to John Lee & Co., salvage contractor and scrap merchant of "Lee’s Wreck" fame in Strangford Lough.
On 12th December 1955, in heavy seas she slipped off the rock and sank.

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 - 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)

Royal Navy

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Hydrographic Department (1970)

Last update - 04-Apr-2003