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| Vessel Type: |
Steam Collier |
Location: | Co. Dublin |
| Date of Loss: | 5th June 1917 | Place: | Lambay Island |
| Cause of Loss: | Torpedoed | Boat Dive from: | Howth Harbour |
| Charted Depth: | 36m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 50 |
| Height of Wreck: | 6m | Admiralty Chart No: | 1468 and/or 44 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude: | 53 33 02 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Longitude: | 05 55 03 West | |
| Average Visibility: | 6 - 10m | Diving Experience: | Experienced |
| No image listed. |
Diving Information:
- Lies 3 miles North-East of Lambay Island.
- Lying upright but starting to break-up.
- Some artifacts such as portholes remaining.
- Dive at slack high.
- Occasionally buoyed.
- Lots of nets snagged on the wreck.
- Owned by Nautilus SAC. Permission to dive required.
Historical Information:
- Built 1888 by J. L. Thompson & Son, Sunderland she measured 86.56 x 11.60 x 5.53m. and grossed 2,013 tons.
- She was powered by a 3 cylinder triple-expansion steam engine which generated 201 h.p.
- Was bound France from Troon with coal when she was torpedoed by U-96.
- The wreck is charted but the position is inaccurate.
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 932 - 1997"
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by
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Edward J. Bourke |
| Edward J. Bourke 1998 - ISBN: 0952302713 | ||
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"Shipwrecks
of the Irish Coast 1105 - 1993"
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by
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Edward J. Bourke |
| Edward J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN: 0952302705 |
Other Sources:
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UK
Diving
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Internet (Chris Troy 1994) |
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Last update - 07-Feb-2006
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