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| Vessel Type: |
Merchant Ship |
Location: | Co. Antrim |
| Date of Loss: | 26th February 1918 | Place: | Blackhead, Belfast Lough |
| Cause of Loss: | Torpedoed | Boat Dive from: | Whitehead or Groomsport |
| Charted Depth: | 63m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 15 |
| Height of Wreck: | 13m | Admiralty Chart No: | 1753 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude (GPS): | 54 46.476 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Mud/gravel | Longitude (GPS): | 05 38.653 West |
| Average Visibility: | 8 - 10m | Diving Experience: | Very Experienced |
| Picture available? | Yes - Image - click here |
Diving Information:
- Identification confirmed by builder's plate.
- Sitting upright in a South-North direction.
- 50m to the collapsed bridge, 39m to the top of the forward mast.
- Some rigging still there.
- Lots of artifact lying about.
- Boats can be easily launched at the Whitehead slip during the High Water period (2 hours either side of High Water). The slip is left almost exposed at Low Water.
- Alternatively use Groomsport slipway at the other side of the Lough.
- Dive 1 hour to 45 mins. before High Water Belfast.
- Clear water, usually, but sometimes very, very dark.
- There are monofilament nets snagged near the bridge.
Historical Information:
- Built in 1913 by Northumberland Ship Building Co. she was originally named "Frimley", she was purchased by the Anchor Line in 1916, and re-named.
- She was powered by triple-expansion engines, giving her a speed of 10 knots and measured 404.9 x 53.1ft wide and grossed 4,880 tons.
- She also had electric lighting.
- She was torpedoed 1.5 miles East of Black Head, probably by U-19, which claimed to have sunk a 3,000-ton steamer off Belfast that day.
Source Publications:
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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: 0952302712 | ||
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"Shipwrecks
of the Ulster Coast"
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by
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Ian Wilson |
| Impact Printing 1997 - ISBN: 0948154993 | ||
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"The
Anchor Line"
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by
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R.S. McLellan |
| Anchor Line Ltd. 1956 | ||
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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 |
Other Sources:
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Gordon
Leathem B.E.M.
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From his private notebook (2008) |
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Michael
Hamilton
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Castlereagh SAC (1997) |
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UK
Diving
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Internet (Tom Wylie 1999) |
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Last update - 08-Apr-2008
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