Irish Wrecks On-Line - Ulrica SV (No. 900)

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.

S.V. Ulrica

Randal Armstrong Collection

all external copyright respectfully acknowledged

S.V. Ulrica

© Sandy Roberts - by permission

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 1582 - 2000"*	by	Dr. Edward J. Bourke
		Edward J. Bourke 2000 - ISBN: 0952302721
"Shipwrecks of the Ulster Coast"	by	Ian Wilson
		*Impact Printing 1997 - ISBN: 0948154993*
*"Underwater Ireland Guide to Irish Dive Sites"*	by	Irish Underwater Council
		*CFT 1999 - ISBN: 0948283025*

Other Sources:

*Randal Armstrong*	-	Castlereagh SAC (1979)
*Peter Steel*	-	North Irish Lodge, Islandmagee (1999)
*UK Diving*	-	Internet (Stephen Rutherford 1999)

Last update - 18-Jan-2005