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| Vessel
Type: | Steamer
| Location: | Co.
Antrim | | Date
of Loss: | 5th
August 1897 | Place: | The
Maidens | | Cause
of Loss: | Ran
aground | Boat
Dive from: | Ballylumford |
| Charted
Depth: | | Irish
O.S. Map: | Discovery
Series No. 9 | | Height
of Wreck: | | Admiralty
Chart No: | 2198 |
| Hull
Material: | Iron | Latitude
(approx.): | 55°
08' 04" North | | Type
of Seabed: | Rocks | Longitude
(approx.): | 05°
58' 12" West | | Average
Visibility: | | Convert
Lat. & Long.
to - | Decimal
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image available. | | Diving
Experience: | |
- Struck
a rock on the South group of the Maidens.
- Launch
from Ballylumford at any time.
- Not
yet located
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- Grossing
383 Tons, she measured 170 ft. long.
- Departed
Ardrossan at 3am on 5th August for Belfast with coal.
- At
10am, in heavy fog, she ran aground on one of the rocks in the southern group
of the Maidens.
- The
10 crew and Captain Russell abandoned ship so quickly that the Chief Engineer
had no time to blow off steam.
- Eight
minutes later the boilers exploded leaving the ship a total loss.
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| "Underwater
Ireland Guide to Irish Dive Sites" |
by | Irish
Underwater Council | | CFT
1999 - ISBN: 0948283025 |
| Peter
Steel | - | North Irish Lodge, Islandmagee (1999) |
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Last
update - 15-Jan-2002
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