Salvage Steamer

• Mostly scattered plates and decking.
• There is a large boiler, and a mast sitting at 45 degrees which almost reaches the surface.
• Slack water is a must, and high tide makes for easier entry to water.
• Access is via the carpark 0.5 miles north of Ballygalley Hotel.

• A Royal Fleet Auxiliary salvage steamer and former gun-boat, she was built in 1889 by Scott’s of Greenock, and is reputed to have been commanded for a time by the then future King George V.
• She grossed 805 tons, measured 50.29 x 9.44m. originally with 6 x four inch guns.
• She was assigned to the Coastguard in 1906 and became a cable ship in 1915. She was operating as a salvage ship at the time of loss.
• Nine men drowned when she was wrecked during a snowstorm. The rest were rescued by breeches buoy.
• The bell was recovered as recently as August 1993.