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(The Pins)
| Vessel Type: |
Swedish Barque |
Location: | Co. Down |
| Date of Loss: | 1700 approx. | Place: | Strangford Lough |
| Cause of Loss: | unknown | Shore Dive from: | Ballyhenry Bay |
| Charted Depth: | 12m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 21 |
| Height of Wreck: | 2m | Admiralty Chart No: | 2156 |
| Hull Material: | Wood | Latitude (GPS): | 54 23.35 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Sand and silt | Longitude (GPS): | 05 33.50 West |
| Average Visibility: | 5 - 10m | Diving Experience: | Novice |
| No image listed. |
Diving Information:
- Sitting upright on a sloping bottom, the hull (most of it) still quite discernible.
- The lower part of the hull is sheathed in brass, and the planking is held together with two foot brass pins, half an inch thick - hence its nickname, "The Pins".
- Bottom shelves towards the main stream of the narrows.
- Watch out for the current if straying further from the wreck.
Historical Information:
- Real name is thought to be the "Zarina", from the Baltic.
- Cause of loss and other details are lost in the mists of time.
- Confusion over the name of this wreck - some sources say it is the large 2 master schooner "Nimble" referred to elsewhere in this book.
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: 0952302713 | ||
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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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Randal
Armstrong
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Castlereagh SAC (1979) |
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Last update - 31-Jan-2003
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