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| Vessel Type: |
Heavy Trawler |
Location: | Co. Donegal |
| Date of Loss: | 1st October 1981 | Place: | Burtonport |
| Cause of Loss: | Struck rocks | Boat Dive from: | Burtonport Harbour |
| Charted Depth: | 28m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 1 |
| Height of Wreck: | 4m | Admiralty Chart No: | 1883 and/or 2792 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude (Decca): | 55 00 46 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Sand and rocks | Longitude (Decca): | 08 28 66 West |
| Average Visibility: | 10 - 15m | Diving Experience: | Experienced |
| No image listed. |
Diving Information:
- Lying on starboard side, in one piece, 100m South-East of Bullignamirra Rock.
- Alternative launch site is Arland Strand.
- Now well encrusted with life and frequented by fish.
- Dangerous site if North-West swell coming in.
Historical Information:
- Steel fishing boat, she was built in 1967 by Lodose Varf A/B., Lodose and measured 38.22 x 8.05 x 3.78m and owned by Aloysius Bonner of Burtonport.
- She was powered by an 8 cylinder oil engine.
- Holed herself on Bullignamirra Rock off Arland Strand on Halloween night.
- Three out of her crew of eight survived.
- The skipper, Francis Byrne and his son were amongst those lost.
Source Publications:
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"Dive
Sites"
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by
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Ivor McCaw |
| NIFSAC "Viz" Magazine (1988) | ||
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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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"Underwater
Ireland Guide to Irish Dive Sites"
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by
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Irish Underwater Council |
| CFT 1999 - ISBN: 0948283025 |
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