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Year of Loss within alphabetic Location (117)

Loop Head to Spanish Point

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LOOP HEAD

Year Name of Vessel Type of Vessel Cargo Comments Ref.
1794 FLORA CORK BRIG UNKNOWN NEAR; LISBON FOR LIMERICK
b c d
1796 BON VISAGE SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN IN KILLBAHA BAY; ST. UBES FOR LIMERICK
c
1814 AURORA BRIG UNKNOWN SANK NEAR; BELFAST FOR AMERICA
b c e
1818 LONSDALE SALTCOATES SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN FOUNDERED OFFSHORE; LIMERICK FOR GREENOCK
b c d
1819 MINERVA BRIG - 168 tons UNKNOWN NEAR LIGHTHOUSE; NEWFOUNDLAND FOR LIMERICK
b c d
1821 HOPE BRIG - 146 tons UNKNOWN NEAR; LONDON FOR LIMERICK
b c d
1821 UNKNOWN SAIL VESSEL TIMBER ON KILBAHA ROCKS,
b c
1822 UNKNOWN LARGE SAIL VESEL SPIRITS & TOBACCO NORTH OF; POSSIBLY SALVAGED
b c d
1826 ALBION HULL SAIL VESSEL TIMBER BETWEEN LOOP HEAD & KILBAHA; MIRAMICHI FOR HULL
c
1848 GANGES ABERYSTWYTH SCHOONER - 67 tons UNKNOWN FOUNDERED OFF; FROM ABERYSTWYTH
b c e
1871 UNKNOWN GREEK COASTER UNKNOWN OFF,
b
1906
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GREENOCK 4 MASTED STEEL BARQUE - 2,150 tons 3,500 TONS WHEAT STRANDED & WRECKED AT HORSE ISLAND; OREGON FOR LIMERICK
b c e
1913 MARY MILFORD HAVEN KETCH - 103 tons BUILDING MATERIALS STRANDED & WRECKED 3 MILES NORTH-EAST OF; BRIDGWATER FOR GALWAY
b c e
1917 PENHALE FALMOUTH STEAMER - 3,712 tons SUGAR TORPEDOED BY U-46, 80 MILES WEST-NORTH-WEST OF; HALIFAX FOR QUEENSTOWN
c
1917 OS NORWEGIAN VESSEL - 900 tons COAL 20 MILES NORTH OF; LLANELLY FOR KRISTINSAND
e
1917 WARNER GLASGOW ARMED STEAMER - 1,273 tons BALLAST TORPEDOED BY U-38 OFFSHORE
c
1918 EUPION LONDON STEAM TANKER - 3,575 tons OIL TORPEDOED BY UB-123, 10 MILES WEST OF; PHILADELPHIA FOR LIMERICK
a b c e
1941 FORT RICHEPANSE MOTORSHIP - 3,485 tons UNKNOWN BOMBED & TORPEDOED 480 MILES WEST OF,
a
1971 TRUSTFUL FISHING VESSEL BALLAST OFF,
b
1999 IOLAN CHLEIRE SCHULL TRAWLER BALLAST SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH FRENCH TRAWLER "ASHLING" WEST OF,
f
2000 EN ORIENT FRENCH TRAWLER BALLAST SWAMPED 60 MILES OFF,
b f
2003 SHEARWATER II FISHING VESSEL BALLAST SANK UNDER TOW 58 MILES WEST-NORTH-WEST OF,
b

 

LURGA ROCKS

Year Name of Vessel Type of Vessel Cargo Comments Ref.

1847

UNKNOWN SAIL VESSEL TURF NONE
b

 

MAL BAY

Year Name of Vessel Type of Vessel Cargo Comments Ref.
1783 UNKNOWN LARGE SAIL VESSEL RUM, SUGAR & COTTON FOUNDERED; FROM WEST INDIES
b c d
1783 WILLIAM GALWAY SAIL VESSEL BARK & EMPTY GLASS BOTTLES STRANDED & WRECKED; BRISTOL FOR GALWAY
b c f
1795 UNKNOWN WEST INDIAMAN COFFEE, RUM & SUGAR FROM WEST INDIES
c
1796 HOPE SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN NEAR; CHARLESTON FOR LONDON
c
1816 CYRUS SAIL VESSEL COAL

NEWCASTLE FOR LIMERICK
b c d e
1816 MELANTHO BRIG - 173 tons WHEAT STRANDED & WRECKED; LIMERICK FOR BARCELONA
b c d e
1821 PACIFIC LIMERICK FULL RIGGER - 390 tons TIMBER RAN ASHORE; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; FOR LIMERICK
b c d e
1823 GLENALDALE LIVERPOOL SLOOP - 75 tons UNKNOWN CARGO PART SALVAGED; AFRICA FOR LIVERPOOL
b c d
1833 MARIA SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN LIVERPOOL FOR LIMERICK
b c e
1835 SARAH MARGARET SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN GALWAY FOR NEW YORK
b
1849 ANDREW WHITE BRIG - 241 tons UNKNOWN STRANDED & WRECKED
b c e
1850 SUCCESSOR SUNDERLAND SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN STRUCK REEF BETWEEN MUTTON & SEAFIELD
c e
1854 NEPTUNE PORTUGESE SAIL VESSEL COAL BETWEEN MUTTON ISLAND & SEAFIELD; LIVERPOOL FOR LISBON
b f
1861 ARIOSTO SUNDERLAND SNOW - 295 tons BALLAST WRECKED AT LITTLE CREEK
b c e
1907 LEON XIII FRENCH FULL RIGGER - 2,089 tons WHEAT AT SARSFIELD POINT; PORT PIRRIE FOR LIMERICK
b c e
1965
 MOLLIA IRISH MOTOR TRAWLER - 67 tons BALLAST CAUGHT FIRE & SANK 6 MILES OFF MUTTON HEAD
c

 

MATTLE ISLAND

Year Name of Vessel Type of Vessel Cargo Comments Ref.
1800 PERSEVERANCE WEST INDIAMAN RAW COTTON STRANDED & WRECKED; WEST INDIES FOR LIMERICK
b c e
1830 UNKNOWN SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN NONE
b

 

MOYNE

Year Name of Vessel Type of Vessel Cargo Comments Ref.
1839 TAR LIMERICK SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN POSSIBLY SALVAGED
b c e
1839 UNDINE LIMERICK SCHOONER UNKNOWN EAST OF; POSSIBLY SALVAGED
b c e
1850 CAROLINA MARIA SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN NEAR,
b

 

QUILTY

Year Name of Vessel Type of Vessel Cargo Comments Ref.
1798
UNKNOWN FRENCH BRIG CANNON WENT ASHORE
b

1817

MARTIN H.M.S. 6TH RATE MAN O'WAR - 399 tons 16 x 24 POUNDER CARRONADE & 2 x 9 POUNDERS AT LOUGH DONNELL
b c e

 

REINVILLA BAY

Year Name of Vessel Type of Vessel Cargo Comments Ref.

1817

INVERNESS SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN LIMERICK FOR LIVERPOOL
b c e

 

SCATTERY ISLAND

Year Name of Vessel Type of Vessel Cargo Comments Ref.
1588 LA ANNUNCIADA ARMADA SHIP - 703 tons 275 TROOPS & 24 CARRIAGE MOUNTED CANNON SET ON FIRE & ABANDONED
b c e
1691 UNKNOWN FRENCH MAN O'WAR TROOPS HIT ROCKS & CAPSIZED OFF,
-
1795 HIBBERTS LONDON FULL RIGGER - 405 tons GENERAL & 6 x 4 POUNDER CARRIAGE MOUNTED GUNS DROVE ASHORE; JAMAICA FOR LONDON
c
1795 KATTY LIVERPOOL SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN OFF; LIMERICK FOR LIVERPOOL
c
1795 MARTHA & ANN GREENOCK BRIG - 113 tons UNKNOWN OFF; LIMERICK FOR DUBLIN
c
1831 WINDSOR CASTLE SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN MOSTLY SALVAGED
b d f
1838 SHANNON PACKET PACKET VESSEL UNKNOWN POSSIBLY SALVAGED
b
1852 ELIZA PORTMADOG SCHOONER - 59 tons MEAL AT SCATTERY ROADS; SLIGO FOR LONDON
b c e
1894 HELENE IRON BARQUE BAGGED GRAIN STRANDED & WRECKED NEAR; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; LIMERICK FOR SAN FRANCISCO
b c e
1897 UNKNOWN PILOT BOAT CREW OFF,
b
1903 MARTIN GUST FULL RIGGER UNKNOWN AT BELVUE; POSSIBLY SALVAGED
b c e

 

SEAFIELD

Year Name of Vessel Type of Vessel Cargo Comments Ref.

1889

ROSE LIVERPOOL SCHOONER - 87 tons KELP AT PIER; PROBABLY SALVAGED; FOR THE CLYDE
b c e

 

SHANNON ESTUARY

Year Name of Vessel Type of Vessel Cargo Comments Ref.
1690
 UNKNOWN FRENCH FRIGATE CREW & CANNON AT MOUTH OF,
b
1691
 UNKNOWN FRENCH SAIL VESSEL CREW STRUCK ROCK DURING SEIGE OF LIMERICK
b
1691
 UNKNOWN LONGBOAT PAYMASTER'S CHEST & PLATE IN RIVER
b
1786
 COMTE DILLON SAIL VESSEL CONTRABAND AT MOUTH OF; INVOLVED IN SMUGGLING
c
1806
 UNKNOWN CLARECASTLE SAIL VESSEL CORN FOR LIMERICK
f
1814
 ALICE SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN LIMERICK FOR LIVERPOOL
b
1816
 UNKNOWN LARGE SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN AT WHELP ROCK
b
1822
FARMER ABBY SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN AT ENTRANCE TO; CLARE FOR GLASGOW
c
1825
 ADEONA DUMFRIES SNOW - 256 tons UNKNOWN STRUCK HOGSHEAD ROCKS; CARGO SALVAGED; LIMERICK FOR LIVERPOOL
b c
1826
 MOUNTAINEER PADDLE STEAMER PASSENGERS STRUCK MOUNTAINEER ROCK, OFF DRUMINEER
b f
1828
 MYRTLE BRIG - 100 tons UNKNOWN STRANDED & WRECKED
b c d
1832
 AMITY SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN AT MOUTH OF; LIMERICK FOR LONDON
b c f
1832
 CICERO SAIL VESSEL - 434 tons UNKNOWN STRUCK REEVES ROCKS; PART SALVAGED; LIMERICK FOR QUEBEC
b c d f
1835
 DEFIANCE LIMERICK SAIL VESSEL - 35 tons UNKNOWN STRANDED & WRECKED,
b c d
1842
 MARS SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN STRUCK WHELP ROCK; POSSIBLY RE-FLOATED
b f
1868
 LADY LANSDOWNE LIMERICK IRON PADDLE STEAMER - 148 tons BALLAST SANK AT MOORINGS; OTHER SOURCE SAYS 1855
b c f
1889
 VENUS KILRUSH SMACK - 60 tons UNKNOWN FOUNDERED OFF BEEVES ROCK LIGHTHOUSE; KILRUSH FOR LIMERICK
c
1957
 UNKNOWN DUTCH AIRCRAFT DIAMONDS DIAMONDS RECOVERED
b
2000
 MILFORD EAGLE TRAWLER - 295 tons BALLAST CAUGHT FIRE 150 MILES WEST OF SHANNON
e

 

SPANISH POINT

Year Name of Vessel Type of Vessel Cargo Comments Ref.

1916

KELP PORT STANLEY SCHOONER - 315 tons MAHOGANY & GENERAL STRANDED & WRECKED; FALKLANDS FOR LONDON
b c e

 

UNKNOWN

Year Name of Vessel Type of Vessel Cargo Comments Ref.
1806 CLARE LIMERICK SLOOP TEA & SUGAR FOUNDERED NEAR GRASS ISLAND; LIMERICK FOR ENNIS
b f
1806 UNKNOWN CLARECASTLE SAIL VESSEL CORN OFF; FOR LIMERICK
b
1818 HOPE SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN ON TEAREAGHT COAST; GLASGOW FOR SLIGO
c
1821 DANDY SMUGGLING CUTTER CONTRABAND & 16 GUNS OFF,
b
1828 UNKNOWN LIMERICK SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN AT MONEY POINT,
b
1829 HELEN NEWCASTLE SAIL VESSEL TIMBER OFF; USA FOR NEWCASTLE
b
1834 TRITON SAIL VESSEL UNKNOWN OFF CO. CLARE; FOR LIMERICK
b e
1851 JOHN RUSSIAN BARQUE UNKNOWN DROVE ASHORE IN GALWAY BAY??; FROM ODESSA
c e
1851 OWEN GLENDOWER YACHT CREW OFF,
b
1886 UNKNOWN SCHOONER UNKNOWN OFF,
b
1894 GRECIAN BRIG - 521 tons COAL ON THE COAST??; CARGO SALVAGED
c f
1894 NICHOLAS GREEK BRIG COAL AT CAPPAGH; CARGO SALVAGED
b
1895 HECLA DANISH STEAMER UNKNOWN OFF,
b
1900 MARIA SMACK - 50 tons UNKNOWN AT ROCKY ISLAND
b
1901 ST. PATRICK CUTTER - 9 tons UNKNOWN 2 MILES SOUTH-EAST OF DOOHOONA; FROM WESTPORT
b
1916 TULIP H.M.S. (Q12) SLOOP - 1,250 tons CREW SUNK BY U-BOAT OFF,
b
1917 BRACONDALE SPECIAL SERVICES STEAMER - 3,117 tons UNKNOWN TORPEDOED BY U-44 OFF,
b
1917 BRISTOL CITY STEAMER - 2,511 tons UNKNOWN TORPEDOED BY U-94 OFF,
b
1917 BULGARIAN STEAMER - 2,515 tons UNKNOWN TORPEDOED BY U-84 OFF,
b
1917 GEORGE PYMAN WEST HARTLEPOOL STEAMER - 3,859 tons SUGAR TORPEDOED BY U-49 OFFSHORE; CIENFUEGOS FOR QUEENSTOWN
b c
1917 HUGO HAMILTON SWEDISH MOTORSHIP - 2,584 tons UNKNOWN TORPEDOED OFF WEST IRELAND
a
1917 LEWISHAM STEAMER - 2810 tons UNKNOWN TORPEDOED BY U-46 OFF,
b
1917 LUX STEAMER - 2,621 tons UNKNOWN TORPEDOED BY U-60 OFF,
b
1917 ROSARIO STEAMER - 1,821 tons UNKNOWN TORPEDOED BY UC-55 OFF,
b
1917 TUNISIE FRENCH STEAMER - 3,246 tons UNKNOWN TOREDOED BY U-43 OFF WEST IRELAND
a b
1918 HUNTSCLIFF CARGO STEAMER - 5,442 tons OATS FOUNDERED 120 MILES OFF IRISH COAST; MONTREAL FOR UK
a
1939 LOVLAND NORWEGIAN STEAMER - 2,389 tons UNKNOWN AT MONEY POINT; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; ARDROSSAN FOR PUGNASH
b
1940 KAYESON STEAMER - 4,606 tons UNKNOWN TORPEDOED 675 MILES WEST OF IRELAND; LIVERPOOL FOR MONTEVIDEO
a
1940 LADY GLANELY MOTORSHIP - 5,497 tons UNKNOWN TORPEDOED 400 MILES WEST OF IRELAND, VANCOUVER FOR LONDON
a
1940 MOHAMED ALI EL-KEBIR EGYPTIAN STEAMER - 7,527 tons PASSENGERS TORPEDOED OFF WEST IRELAND
a
1940 NIRITOS GREEK STEAMER - 3,854 tons UNKNOWN TORPEDOED OFF WEST IRELAND
a
1940 STEINSTAD NORWEGIAN STEAMER - 2,477 tons UNKNOWN TORPEDOED 50 MILES WEST OF IRELAND
a
1941 KATETAN STRATIS GREEK STEAMER - 3,574 tons UNKNOWN BOMBED OFF WEST IRELAND
a
1941 LANGLEEGORSE STEAMER - 4,524 tons UNKNOWN BOMBED AND SUNK 200 MILES WEST OF IRELAND; DURBAN FOR LONDON
a
1941 VESPASIAN NORWEGIAN STEAMER - 1,570 tons BALLAST BOMBED OFF WEST IRELAND
a
1944 U-271 GERMAN SUBMARINE CREW BOMBED BY AIRCRAFT WEST OF,
b
1946 STAR OF CAIRO AEROPLANE CREW NEAR RINNANA ROCKS
b
1981 MOUGAS SPANISH MOTOR TRAWLER - 276 tons
BALLAST
 FOUNDERED OFFSHORE
c

 

SOURCE PUBLICATIONS
a
"Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam 1824 - 1962"
by
 Charles Hocking
London Stamp Exchange 1989 - ISBN: 0948130474
b
"Irish Wrecks Database"
by
 Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling
c
"Shipwreck Index of Ireland"
by
 Richard & Bridget Larn
Lloyd's Register - Fairplay Ltd 2002 - ISBN: 1900839970
d
"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 932 - 1997"
by
 Edward J. Bourke
Edward J. Bourke 1998 - ISBN: 0952302713
e
"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 1105 - 1993"