Year of Loss within alphabetic Location (245)

Lough Swilly to Tory Island

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LOUGH SWILLY

1588	UNKNOWN	ARMADA VESSEL	SOLDIERS	POSITION UNKNOWN, LIES IN 30m	-
1716	HOPE	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	NONE	f i
1744	HAPPY	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	WENT ASHORE; BARBADOS FOR LANCASTER	h
1744	INDIAN QUEEN	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	WENT ASHORE; BARBADOS FOR LANCASTER	h
1803	LOVELY CRUIZER	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	CAME ASHORE; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; LIMERICK FOR GREENOCK	h
1811	ACTIVE	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	OFFSHORE; GALWAY FOR RAMELTON	f h i
1811	ALEXANDER	BRIG	UNKNOWN	NEAR,	f h i
1811	ELIZABETH	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	WENT ASHORE; BELFAST FOR AMELIA ISLANDS	f h
1811	PALLAS	NEW YORK SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	RAN ASHORE ON INCH ISLAND; FROM NEW YORK	f h
1811	SALDAHNA H.M.S.	BATTLESHIP 5TH RATE - 958 tons	200 TROOPS & 38 GUNS	HIT SWILLY MORE ROCK, STOKER BAY	d f h j k
1811	TRIAL	LIVERPOOL SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	GLASGOW FOR DUBLIN	h
1816	LADY CATHCART	SHIELDS SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	DRIVEN ASHORE; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; DUNDALK FOR NORWAY	f h i j
1816	MARY ANNE	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	NEAR; ROUNDSTONE FOR DUBLIN	f h i j
1817	GOLDEN FLEECE	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	ON SWILLY ROCKS; BANGOR FOR LONDON	f j
1821	MARTHA	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	DRIVEN ASHORE; POSSIBLY SALVAGED	h
1832	FAME	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	CAUGHT FIRE & FOUNDERED OFF DUNAFF HEAD	h k
1832	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	OFF DUNAFF HEAD	f
1833	BILLOW	DERRY SAIL VESSEL - 199 tons	TIMBER	STRANDED & WRECKED NEAR; FROM ST. JOHN'S N.B.	f h
1839	VENUS	GLASGOW SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	AT FAHON	f
1839	WILLIAM THE FOURTH	TRALEE BRIG	OATS	AT BUNCRANA IN 'THE BIG WIND'; FOR LIVERPOOL	f j
1840	ALBION	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	WRECKED NEAR RAMELTON; FROM SALTCOATES	f h k
1840	EMERALD	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	STRANDED & WRECKED; FOR DERRY	f h k
1850	MARS	BALLYCASTLE SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	FOUNDERED OFF,	f h
1854	FANNY	GREENOCK SMACK - 27 tons	KELP	OFFSHORE	h
1856	AUGUSTA JESSIE	UNKNOWN - 382 tons	UNKNOWN	NONE	f j
1860	AUNT MARY	BARQUE - 385 tons	UNKNOWN	DRIFTED ASHORE AT DUNAFF HEAD; SUNDERLAND FOR NEWFOUNDLAND	f
1865	EVERSTINE	BARQUE - 1,048 tons	COAL	ON SWILLY ROCKS; GREENOCK FOR QUEBEC	f j
1873	ABEONA	LIVERPOOL BARQUE - 297 tons	BAGGED GRAIN AND FLOUR	STRUCK BY "SS ALABAMA" 6 MILES OFF THE MOUTH OF,	f h
1875	ERNESTINE	AMERICAN BARQUE - 1,018 tons	UNKNOWN	AT SWILLY MORE ROCK; GREENOCK FOR QUEBEC	f
1877	ELIZABETH	GLASGOW SCHOONER - 57 tons	INDIAN CORN	AT BURNFOOT; DERRY FOR RAMELTON	f h j
1877	HARRIETT	DERRY SCHOONER - 67 tons	COAL	1 MILE NORTH-NORTH-WEST OF DUNREE HEAD; WORKINGTON FOR RATHMULLEN	f h
1878	STAR OF THE SEA	SAIL VESSEL - 66 tons	WHEAT	NEAR RATHMULLAN; NEWRY FOR WESTPORT	f h j
1881	BEE	CASTLETOWN DANDY - 36 tons	KELP	NEAR FANAD LIGHTHOUSE; LARNE FOR DUNFANAGHY	f h j
1881	MILFORD	LANCASTER SMACK - 36 tons	UNKNOWN	AT KNOCKALLEN; OTHER SOURCE SAYS NAME IS "MELFORT"; BELFAST FOR MULROY	f h j
1882	FRED	CARDIFF SCHOONER - 78 tons	COAL	NEAR COASTGUARD STATION AT MOVILLE; ARDROSSAN FOR KILLYBEGS	f h j
1882	OCEAN CHILD	BELFAST SCHOONER - 51 tons	COAL	OFF RATHMULLAN; AYR FOR ARDROSSAN	f h j
1894	BONNIE ELIZA	CUTTER - 12 tons	BALLAST	DRIVEN ASHORE & WRECKED AT FAHAN BEACH	f h
1894	LENORE	DERRY CUTTER - 4 tons	BALLAST	FOUNDERED OFF DUNREE LIGHTHOUSE	f
1894	ROB ROY	DROMORE LUGGER - 10 tons	SAND	FOUNDERED; BUNCRANA FOR LETTERKENNY	f h j
1896	TEES PACKET	DUBLIN SCHOONER - 49 tons	VEGETABLES	AT FARMERS ROCK; RAMELTON FOR CARDIGAN	f h j
1899	ELIZABETH	SAIL VESSEL - 87 tons	UNKNOWN	RIVER SWILLY, NEAR LETTERKENNY	f j
1902	DUKE	GUERNSEY IRON KETCH - 68 tons	COAL	HIT SWILLY MORE ROCK; OTHER SOURCES SAY 1904; BOWLING FOR KINVARRA	f h
1903	HEATHER BELL	BANFF LUGGER - 10 tons	BALLAST	STRANDED & WRECKED NEAR DUNAFF HEAD	f
1904	WILLIAMINA	FRASERBURGH CUTTER - 5 tons	BALLAST	BROKE FROM MOORINGS & WRECKED	f h
1905	EMILIE MARIE	NORWEGIAN BARQUE - 580 tons	COAL	BELOW PORT SALON HOTEL; GREENOCK FOR BARBADOS	f h i
1908	RINGADOVE	LUGGER - 18 tons	BALLAST	IN BUNCRANA BAY	f
1909	HANDSOME JANE	BUNCRANA KETCH - 6 tons	BALLAST	OFF BUNCRANA PIER	f h
1910	HELENA	HULK - 118 tons	COAL	FOUNDERED AFTER COLLISION	f
1910	MONICA	COLERAINE STEAM TRAWLER - 31 tons	BALLAST	CAUGHT FIRE & SANK AT MOORINGS	f
1913	PASSING CLOUD	DERRY SAIL VESSEL - 4 tons	BALLAST	IN DOAGH BAY	f h
1914	AUDACIOUS H.M.S.	BATTLESHIP - 23,000 tons	CREW	MINED 17 MILES NORTH BY 0.25 WEST OF, LIES IN  66m	a b d f h i k l

1917	LAURENTIC	LIVERPOOL LINER - 14,950 tons	GOLD	MOUTH OF; LIES IN 42m; FOR HALIFAX N.S.	a b c e f h i j l l
1918	CHAGFORD (BRACONDALE)	ADMIRALTY "Q-SHIP" - 2,095 tons	1 x 4 INCH GUN, 2 x 12 POUNDERS, 1 x HOWITZER, 2 x MAXIMS, 2 x TORPEDO TUBES	TORPEDOED BY U-44; SANK EVENTUALLY OFF BUNCRANA	f h k
1918	NATHANIEL COLE	ADMIRALTY STEAM TRAWLER - 275 tons	1 x 12 POUNDER GUN	FOUNDERED OFF BUNCRANA	f h j
1918	STRATHMORE	ADMIRALTY DRIFTER - 56 tons	UNKNOWN	CAUGHT FIRE OFF BUNCRANA	f h j
1923	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN	LIES IN 6 FATHOMS BETWEEN CASTLE AND FORT	k
1924	FLORENCE	STOCKTON IRON STEAMER - 220 tons	GRANITE BLOCKS	AT BUNCRANA	f g i k
1940	UNKNOWN	BRISTOL BLENHEIM AIRCRAFT	CREW	OFF BUNCRANA	f
1941	ASSURANCE HMS	NAVAL TUG - 700 tons	CREW	DROVE ASHORE AT BLUICK ROCK	f h i k 1
1941	PANDION	CARGO STEAMER - 1,944 tons	UNKNOWN	AT SWILLY ROCKS; BROKE IN TWO; BELL RECOVERED; TYNE FOR LEIXOES	a f h j
1944	LCT	TANK LANDING CRAFT	BALLAST	OFF DUNREE; LIES IN 20M.	f
1946	UNKNOWN	GERMAN U-BOAT	BALLAST	SCUTTLED AS PART OF "OPERATION DEADLIGHT"	f
1995	MARIA ANGELIQUE	FRENCH TRAWLER	FISH	STRUCK ROCKS AT ENTRANCE OF,	f h i

MALIN HEAD

1602	DOVE	DANISH SAIL VESSEL	STOCK FISH, LING & COD	AT MALIN	f k
1765	OTHELLO	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	STRANDED & WRECKED	h k
1810	BALTIC	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	FROM NEW BRUNSWICK	f h i
1810	HAZARD	LIVERPOOL SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	CARGO PART SALVAGED; NEWFOUNDLAND FOR LIVERPOOL	f h i
1810	UNKNOWN	WEST INDIAMAN	UNKNOWN	NEAR,	h
1816	GEORGE	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	NEAR; LIMERICK FOR SLIGO	f h i k
1825	CAROLINE	LIMERICK SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	IN KELUART BAY; CARGO PART SALVAGED; FROM LIVERPOOL	h
1840	MARY	BRIG	TOBACCO & GIN	AT GLENAGIVNEY; LURED ASHORE	-
1852	ANN FALCON	WORKINGTON BRIGANTINE - 108 tons	140 TONS OATS	RAN AGROUND NEAR MALIN HEAD AT ISLE OF DOAGH; LIMERICK FOR GLASGOW	f j
1852	DONEGAL	BRIG - 180 tons	UNKNOWN	AT INIS DOAGH; LIMERICK FOR GLASGOW	f
1854	LADY OCTAVIA	BRIG - 199 tons	BRAZILIAN SUGAR	HIT ROCKS; PERNAMBUCO FOR GREENOCK	f h j
1883	ELIZABETH	BELFAST SMACK - 18 tons	ROOFING SLATES	STRANDED NEAR; BALLYWALTER FOR GLASGOW	f h j
1885	PATHFINDER	DIGBY BRIG - 396 tons	BALLAST	AT TOR ROCKS; DUNDALK FOR CAPE BRETON	f h i
1890	ELIZABETH	SCHOONER - 70 tons	COAL	IN MALIN BAY; IRVINE FOR KILLYBEGS	f j
1891	ADA	STEAM COASTER	UNKNOWN	AT DOHERTY ROCKS, NORTH-WEST OF GARVIN ISLES	-
1893	A.C. BEAN	AMERICAN BARQUE - 533 tons	TIMBER LATHES	POUNDED ONTO ROCKS NEAR; MIRIAMICHI FOR CLYDE	f j
1916	ENGLISHMAN	LIVERPOOL STEAMER - 5,257 tons	GENERAL	TORPEDOED BY U-43, 30 MILES NORTH-EAST OF,	a f h j
1916	SANDRUSKY	STEAMER	UNKNOWN	BOMBED BY U-BOAT 30 MILES NORTH-EAST OF,	f
1917	CORIENTES H.M.T.	ADMIRALTY TRAWLER - 280 tons	CREW	STRUCK MINE; HAS BEEN DIVED; LIES IN 33m	f h i
1917	MAXTON	STEAMER - 5,094 tons	UNKNOWN	TORPEDOED BY U-19 NORTH OF,	f
1917	SANTA AMALIA	STEAM TANKER - 4,306 tons	PETROLIUM	TORPEDOED BY U-19, 30 MILES NORTH BY EAST 0.5 EAST OF,	a f
1917	TROILUS	STEAMER -7,625 tons	UNKNOWN	SHELLED BY U-69, 140 MILES WEST-NORTH-WEST OF,	f
1918	AMAZON	BELFAST STEAMER - 10,337 tons	PASSENGERS	TORPEDOED BY U-110, 30 MILES NORTH-WEST OF; LIVERPOOL FOR BUENOS AIRES	f h
1918	ATLANTIC SUN	AMERICAN STEAMER - 2.333 tons	UNKNOWN	TORPEDOED OFF,	f
1918	RACOON H.M.S.	DESTROYER - 920 tons	CREW	HIT McKERRIGAN'S ROCK IN SNOW STORM AT GARVAN ISLES  OFF,	a f h j
1918	U-89	GERMAN SUBMARINE - 998 tons	CREW	CUT IN TWO BY "H.M.S. ROXBURGH" NORTH OF,	f h
1918	U-110	GERMAN SUBMARINE - 1,000 tons	CREW	DEPTH-CHARGED NORTH-WEST OF,	f h
1935	VARDULIA	STEAMER - 5,735 tons	COAL & GENERAL	FOUNDERED 700 MILES WEST OF,	a
1940	BOMA (BOKA)	STEAMER - 4,586 tons	COAL	TORPEDOED BY U-56, 35 MILES NORTH OF; CARDIFF FOR LAGOS	f h
1940	CITY OF SIMLA	STEAMER - 10,138 tons	GENERAL	TORPEDOED BY U-138, 50 MILES NORTH-WEST OF; CARDIFF FOR LAGOS	a f h j
1940	EMPIRE ADVENTURE	STEAMER - 5,145 tons	BALLAST	TORPEDOED 35 MILES NORTH OF,	a f
1940	EMPIRE AIRMAN	STEAMER - 6,586 tons	UNKNOWN	TORPEDOED 350 MILES WEST OF; WABANA N.F.L. FOR CARDIFF	a
1940	GRO	NORWEGIAN STEAMER - 4,211 tons	UNKNOWN	TORPEDOED 80 MILES WEST OF BY U-47,	f
1940	JOPSE DE LARRINGA	STEAM DRIFTER - 84 tons	UNKNOWN	TORPEDOED 80 MILES WEST OF BY U-47,	f
1940	NEPTUNIAN	STEAMER - 5,155 tons	UNKNOWN	TORPEDOED BY U-47, 80 MILES WEST OF,	f
1940	NEW SEVILLA	LEITH TANKER - 13,801 tons	GENERAL	TORPEDOED BY U-138, 35 MILES NORTH OF; LIVERPOOL FOR ARUBA	a f h j
1940	REUBEN JAMES USS	DESTROYER	CREW	TORPEDOED BY U-57, 30 MILES NORTH OF,	f
1940	TRANSYLVANIA	ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER - 16,923 tons	8 x 6 INCH DECK GUNS	TORPEDOED BY U-56 OFFSHORE	f h
1941	GRELROSA	STEAMER - 4,574 tons	UNKNOWN	BOMBED 400 MILES WEST OF; NEW YORK FOR TYNE	a
1941	NORFOLK	LINER - 10,948 tons	UNKNOWN	TORPEDOED 150 MILES NORTH-NORTH-WEST OF; NEWPORT FOR NEW YORK	a
1942	UNKNOWN	CATALINA FLYING BOAT	CREW	1.5 MILES WEST OF,	f
1944	JACKSONVILLE	AMERICAN TANKER - 10,448 tons	141,000 BARRELS OF 80 OCTANE GASOLINE	12 MILES NORTH OF; NEW YORK FOR LOCH EWE	a f 2
1945	U-1014	GERMAN SUBMARINE - 865 tons	CREW	SUNK BY "H.M.S. LOCH SCAVAIG", "H.M.S. NYASALAND" & "H.M.S. PAPUA" EAST OF,	h
1945	U-1017	GERMAN U-BOAT	CREW	DEPTH CHARGED BY AIRCRAFT OFF,	f
1987	BOY SEAN	TRAWLER	FISH	1 MILE OFF, LIES IN 60m	j
1989	RATHCORMAC	DOWNINGS TRAWLER	FISH	OFF; SANK WHILE UNDER TOW	f j
1997	FATHER BRENDAN	FISHING VESSEL	BALLAST	25 MILES NORTH-EAST OF,	f

MELMORE HEAD

1913	PROGRESS	TRAWLER	FISH	HIT LIMEBURNER ROCK	-
1913	PROMINENT	INVERNESS STEEL STEAM FISHING DRIFTER - 93 tons	BALLAST	FOUNDERED OFF LIMEBURNER ROCK	f h
1952	GAELIC	DIESEL BARQUENTINE - 224 tons	SILICA SAND	STRUCK FRENCHMAN'S ROCK; LIES IN 23m; ARDS OF DONEGAL FOR GARSTON	d f j

MOVILLE

MULROY BAY