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Name Unknown
Vessel Type:
Large American Trader
Location:
Co. Antrim
Date of Loss:
March 1798
Place:
The Maidens
Cause of Loss:
Struck rocks
Boat Dive from:
Ballylumford
Charted Depth:
15m
Irish O.S. Map:
Discovery Series No. 9
Height of Wreck:
Scattered
Admiralty Chart No:
2198 and/or 2199
Hull Material:
Wood
Latitude (GPS):
54
°
57' 03.24" North
Type of Seabed:
Rocks
Longitude (GPS):
05
°
44' 24.6" West
Average Visibility:
5 - 10m
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Diving Experience:
Experienced Novice
Diving Information:
Lies on the North side of Allen Rock in same area as the
Smuggling Cutter
.
Badly broken up.
Rarely dived. Artifact still to be found.
Dive 30 mins. before High or Low Water at Belfast.
Launch from Ballylumford Harbour.
Historical Information:
Lost with all hands.
No other information available.
Source
Publications
:
"Irish Wrecks Database"
by
Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling
"Underwater Ireland Guide to Irish Dive Sites"
by
Irish Underwater Council
CFT 1999 - ISBN: 09488283025
Other Sources:
Peter Steel
-
North Irish Lodge, Islandmagee (1999)
Last update -
17-Oct-2000
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