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| Vessel Type: |
4 Masted Square Rigger |
Location: | Co. Down |
| Date of Loss: | 7th January 1897 | Place: | Copeland Islands |
| Cause of Loss: | Ran aground | Boat Dive from: | Bangor or Groomsport |
| Charted Depth: | 10m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 15 |
| Height of Wreck: | Scattered | Admiralty Chart No: | 3709 |
| Hull Material: | Iron | Latitude (GPS): | 54 41.750 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Rocks and gravel | Longitude (GPS): | 05 31.660 West |
| Average Visibility: | 10 - 15m | Diving Experience: | Novice |
| Picture available? | Yes - photograph - click here |
Diving Information:
- Remains lie at Old Lighthouse Island
- Broken plates, old masts, coils of steel rope and parts of the superstructure are virtually all that remain as she was extensively salvaged.
- Bow points to the East.
- Launch boats at Groomsport, or Bangor. The slip at Donaghadee is left high and dry at low tide.
- Best dived during 2 hours before High Water.
Historical Information:
- Built at Barclay, Curle's Glasgow yard in 1884 as an Iron Square Rigger grossing 1,972 tons and measuring 84.25 x 12.54 x 7.31m.
- She was owned by J. Rae & Co. of Liverpool.
- Blown northwards from Dublin Bay in a gale at the end of a 137 day passage from San Francisco.
- An attempt was made to make for Belfast, but the Iron Square Rigger, with grain in her holds, lurched onto Old Lighthouse Island.
- All the crew (28) landed safely, but she was a total loss.
- Was frequently used on the Australia run. Once recorded 370 miles in a day.
Source Publications:
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"Irish
Wrecks Database"
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by
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Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling |
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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 1582 - 2000"
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by
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Edward J. Bourke |
| Edward J. Bourke 2000 - ISBN: 0952302721 | ||
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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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"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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Peter
Steel
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North Irish Lodge, Islandmagee (1999) |
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Randal
Armstrong
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Castlereagh SAC (1979) |
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UK
Diving
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Internet (Stephen Rutherford 1999) |
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Last update - 18-Jan-2005
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