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| Vessel Type: |
Cargo Steamer |
Location: | Co. Down |
| Date of Loss: | 20th July 1940 | Place: | Bangor |
| Cause of Loss: | Mined | Boat Dive from: | Bangor |
| Charted Depth: | 15m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 15 |
| Height of Wreck: | Scattered | Admiralty Chart No: | 1753 |
| Hull Material: | Steel/Iron | Latitude (GPS): | 54 41.860 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Sandy | Longitude (GPS): | 05 40.386 West |
| Average Visibility: | 3 - 8m | Diving Experience: | Experienced Novice |
| No image listed. |
Diving Information:
- Lies directly off Bangor Pier Light with bow lying in a South-West direction.
- Was dispersed as a hazard and is now mainly scattered plates.
- Viz usually only a few feet. A good spot for lobsters.
- Launch from the new slip at Bangor.
- Can be dived at almost any state of the tide, but best 1 hour before High Water Belfast.
Historical Information:
- Owned by the Pool Shipping Co., built 1927 by W. Gray & Co.. Order No. 139243, 4,886 Gross, 2,995 Net, 8,695 tons Dead weight.
- She measured 390.0 x 55.0 x 26.4 feet, powered by triple-expansion three cylinder steam engine, by Central Marine Works, West Hartlepool, generating 439nhp giving a speed of 11 knots.
- On a voyage from Rosario to Glasgow with a cargo of 7,908 tons of grain.
- After leaving her mooring in Belfast Lough, she struck a mine and sank off Bangor Pier Light, with the loss of 11 lives.
- She was blown up because she was a hazard to other shipping.
Source Publications:
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"Dictionary
of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam 1824 - 1962"
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by
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Charles Hocking |
| London Stamp Exchange 1989 - ISBN: 0948130474 | ||
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"Irish
Wrecks Database"
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by
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Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling |
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"Ropner
Shipping Co. 1874 - 1974"
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by
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Leonard Gray |
| World Ship Society | ||
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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 Ulster Coast"
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by
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Ian Wilson |
| Impact Printing 1997 - ISBN: 0948154993 | ||
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"Travels
of the Tramps Vol. 3"
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by
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Norman L. Middlemis |
| Shield Publications 1992 - ISBN: 1871128080 |
Other Sources:
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Gordon
Leathem B.E.M.
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From his private notebook (2008) |
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Royal
Navy
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Hydrographic Department (1970) |
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UK
Diving
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Internet (Tom Wylie 1999) |
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Vic
Foster
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Castlereagh SAC (1996) |
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Last update - 08-Apr-2008
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