Irish Wrecks On-Line - Topaz SS (No. 787)

*Vessel Type:*	Cargo Steamer	*Location:*	Co. Louth
*Date of Loss:*	28th December 1891	*Place:*	Dunany Point
*Cause of Loss:*	Ran aground	*Boat Dive from:*	Salterstown Pier or Annagassan
*Charted Depth:*	14m - 16m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 36
*Height of Wreck:*	3m	*Admiralty Chart No:*	1431
*Hull Material:*	Iron	*Latitude* *(approx.)*:	53° 52' 12.73" North
*Type of Seabed:*	Hard mud and sand	*Longitude* *(approx.)*:	06° 10' 34.90" West
*Average Visibility:*	10m	*Convert Lat. & Long.* to -	Decimal - CLICK HERE
*Image available?*	Yes - see below	*Diving Experience:*	Experienced

Diving Information:

Lies 2 miles North-East of Dunany Point.
Sits in an upright position.
Hull remains mostly intact
Boiler is visable and stern is 3m high.
Dive at Slack Water.
NOTE. Permission is required from "www.archaeology.ie/licences/divesurvey-licence" to dive this wreck.

Historical Information:

Built of iron by Thomas B. Seath Rutherglen, of Glasgow, in 1883.
She measured 161 ft. long x 23.25 ft. wide x 11 ft. high.
Fitted with two compound direct-acting vertical inverted engines of 60 h.p. combined.
Gross tonnage was 352.92 tons.
Owned by J.S. Mack of Liverpool she was en-route from Workington to Dundalk with a cargo of steel rails.
In a Force 4 gale she struck Dunany Point but drifted off and sank in deeper water.
Captain John Quirk and her crew of ten took to the lifeboat and survived the ordeal.
In 1892-3 the cargo of steel rails, engines, masts and working gear were salvaged.

Click HERE for INFOMAR* Side-Scan image

Source Publications:

"Irish Wrecks Database"

by
Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling

"Shipwreck Index of Ireland"

by
Richard & Bridget Larn

Lloyd's Register - Fairplay Ltd 2002 - ISBN: 1900839970

"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 1105- 1993"

by
Dr. Edward J. Bourke

Edward J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN: 0952302705

Other Sources:
*Geological Survey of Ireland
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Internet site (2020)

Last update - 08-Nov-2020