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Year of Loss within alphabetic Location (141 wrecks)

Malahide to Rockabill

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MALAHIDE

Year

Name of Vessel

Type of Vessel

Cargo

Comments

Ref.

500	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	NEAR CASTLE,	b c
1812	TWO FRIENDS	WHITEHAVEN SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	WHITEHAVEN FOR DUBLIN	b c d e
1820	TRIUMPH	WATERFORD SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	LIVERPOOL FOR DUBLIN	b c d
1836	UNKNOWN	JAMAICAN PACKET	UNKNOWN	ON STRAND; POSSIBLY SALVAGED	b
1839	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	GENERAL	AT VELVET STRAND	c
1859	UNKNOWN	DUTCH SCHOONER	UNKNOWN	BETWEEN MALAHIDE & DONABATE	b
1865	OCEAN RANGER	LIVERPOOL SAIL VESSEL - 456 tons	GENERAL	LIVERPOOL FOR SAVANNAH	c
1878	WILLIAM & SARAH	SAIL VESSEL	COAL	WEST OF THE GREEN	f
1881	MARY ANN	BRIG - 153 tons	COAL	1 MILE NORTH OF; WHITEHAVEN FOR DUBLIN	b
1886	OONA	CUTTER YACHT - 5 tons	CREW	NEAR; SOUTHAMPTON FOR BELFAST	b c d e

MIZEN HEAD

Year

Name of Vessel

Type of Vessel

Cargo

Comments

Ref.

1803	UNKNOWN	BRIG	SLAVES	NONE	-
1807	TWO BROTHERS	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	OFFSHORE; CHESTER FOR DUBLIN	c

MURPHY'S BAY

Year

Name of Vessel

Type of Vessel

Cargo

Comments

Ref.

1852

JAMES HAMILTON

TROON BRIG - 120 tons

COAL

POSSIBLY SALVAGED; TROON FOR DUBLIN

b c d e

NEWHAVEN POINT

Year

Name of Vessel

Type of Vessel

Cargo

Comments

Ref.

1861

ANNE

SCHOONER

UNKNOWN

AT CARAGREE ROCKS

c e

NORTH BULL

Year

Name of Vessel

Type of Vessel

Cargo

Comments

Ref.

1693	UNKNOWN	WORKINGTON SAIL VESSEL - 40 tons	COAL	NONE	b
1693	UNKNOWN x 3	SAIL VESSEL - 150 tons	DEAL, PITCH & TAR	CARGO SALVAGED	b c
1725	FRIENDSHIP	BRISTOL SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	STRANDED & WRECKED	b c
1725	HANOVER	LONDON SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	CHESTER FOR LONDON	b c d
1726	FRIENDSHIP	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	NONE	e
1726	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	APPLES & SILK	NONE	-
1728	FRIENDSHIP	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	NONE	d
1748	HOPE	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	DROVE ASHORE; DUBLIN FOR WEST INDIES	b c e
1749	UNKNOWN	SLOOP	CORN	NONE	b c d
1755	HANNAH & BETTY	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	BORDEAUX FOR DUBLIN	b c d
1761	QUEBEC	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	DRONTON FOR DUBLIN	c
1762	NOSTRA SENORA DE PIEDADE	SPANISH SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	ST. GEORGE'S FOR LONDON	b c d
1764	UNKNOWN	BORDEAUX SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	FROM LONDON	b d
1764	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	BORDEAUX FOR DUBLIN	c
1767	SALLY	SAIL VESSEL	BEEF	DRIVEN ASHORE; DUBLIN FOR JAMAICA	b c d f
1768	YOUNART	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	STRANDED & WRECKED; FROM WHITEHAVEN	b c f
1769	NANCY	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	LIVERPOOL FOR LONDON	b c d
1770	DURLEY	GALLEY	600 HOGSHEADS OF FLAX SEED	PHILADELPHIA FOR DUBLIN; OTHER SOURCE SAYS 1750	b c d
1771	UNKNOWN	SNOW	UNKNOWN	NONE	b
1772	GRENADA	GALLEY	UNKNOWN	LONDON FOR DUBLIN	b c d
1773	ANTHONY	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	DUBLIN FOR CADIZ	b c d
1773	HAPPY RETURN	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	DUBLIN FOR CORK	c
1774	ELIZABETH	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	GREENOCK FOR DUBLIN	b c d
1776	LUCY	WELSH SAIL VESSEL - 60 tons	UNKNOWN	FROM LONDON	b c d
1783	BLESSING	DUBLIN SAIL VESSEL - 100 tons	APPLES, SILK & IRON	ROUEN FOR DUBLIN	b c d
1783	UNKNOWN	SLOOP	UNKNOWN	SUNK IN SEVERE GALE; WEXFORD FOR DUBLIN	b d
1787	SPECULATION	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	NONE	b c
1787	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	COAL	FOUNDERED	b
1789	HOPE	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	NONE	b
1790	CLYDE	FULL RIGGER	UNKNOWN	CARGO PART SALVAGED; ANGUILLA FOR DUBLIN	b c d
1790	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	NONE	c
1793	RESOLUTION	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	LISBON FOR DUBLIN	b
1796	PONSONBY PACKET	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	LIVERPOOL FOR DUBLIN	c
1797	TOWN OF LIVERPOOL	SAILING FLAT	UNKNOWN	POSSIBLY SALVAGED	b
1798	ABBEY	BRIG	UNKNOWN	STRANDED; POSSIBLY SALVAGED	b c
1798	ACTIVE	LIVERPOOL SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	FROM DARTMOUTH	b e

NORTH BULL continued..

Year

Name of Vessel

Type of Vessel

Cargo

Comments

Ref.

1798	ANNA & MARIA	BARQUE	UNKNOWN	STRANDED & WRECKED; FROM ARUNDEL	b c d
1798	ASPANAIAN	SWEDISH BRIG	UNKNOWN	FROM STOCKHOLM	b c d
1798	GOOD INTENT	TINGMOUTH BRIG	UNKNOWN	STRANDED; POSSIBLY SALVAGED	b d
1798	JOHN & BETSEY	BRIG	UNKNOWN	STRANDED; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; FROM LIVERPOOL	b
1798	PETER & ANNE	FULL RIGGER	UNKNOWN	FROM DRAM	b c d
1798	ROBINSON	WHITEHAVEN SAIL VESSEL	6 x 3 POUNDER GUNS	DRIVEN ASHORE; FROM WHITEHAVEN	b c e
1798	VIRGINIA	BRIG	UNKNOWN	STRANDED & SUNK; FROM PORTSMOUTH	b
1799	DOLPHIN	SCHOONER - 95 tons	UNKNOWN	CARGO SALVAGED; BOSTON FOR DUBLIN	b c d
1799	HARMONIA	GALLIOT	UNKNOWN	STRANDED; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; FROM FLENSBURGH	b
1799	PENGUIN	SLOOP - 40 tons	UNKNOWN	NONE	b c d
1799	SWINGEN	BRIG	UNKNOWN	STRANDED; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; FROM BARBADOS	b
1800	BARON VON SCHUBARTS	BRIG	UNKNOWN	STRANDED; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; FROM ST. CROIX	b
1800	PATTY	BARQUE	UNKNOWN	CUT CABLES; FROM PHILADELPHIA	-
1804	GRACES	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	RAN ASHORE; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; BRISTOL FOR DUBLIN	b c
1805	VENUS	SAIL VESSEL	MALT	CAME ASHORE; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; WATERFORD FOR DUBLIN	c
1806	INTREPID	LIVERPOOL SAIL VESSEL	COAL	STRANDED; FROM LIVERPOOL	c
1807	AUGUSTA	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	FROM NEW YORK	c
1812	MARIA	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	STRANDED & WRECKED; NEW YORK FOR LIVERPOOL	b c e
1812	VICTORY	BARQUE - 284 tons	UNKNOWN	FROM HONDURAS	b c e
1814	THETIS	NEWRY SAIL VESSEL	COAL	STRANDED; POSSIBLY REFLOATED; LIVERPOOL FOR NEWRY	c
1817	ONTARIO	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	DRIVEN ASHORE; FROM NEW YORK	b c d
1819	PRINCE OF WALES	BRIG	COAL	FROM LIVERPOOL	b c d
1819	UNKNOWN	BRIG	COAL	FROM IRVINE	b c
1821	ATLANTIC	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	LIVERPOOL FOR DUBLIN	b c d
1824	STAR	LIVERPOOL SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	STRANDED; POSSIBLY REFLOATED;SICILY FOR LIVERPOOL	c
1826	FAME	SCHOONER	UNKNOWN	BOUND FOR DROGHEDA	b c d
1844	VANGUARD	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	STRANDED & WRECKED	b c f
1854	EDWARD & MARGARET	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	STRANDED; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; FROM ULVERSTONE	b
1854	SCOTLAND	LIVERPOOL BARQUE - 562 tons	GUNPOWDER & GENERAL	NEAR DOLLYMOUNT; LIVERPOOL FOR AFRICA	c f
1854	UNKNOWN	BARQUE	UNKNOWN	WRECKED; FROM SCOTLAND	b
1877	CAPTAIN PARRY	DUNLIN IRON STEAMER	UNKNOWN	AT LIGHTHOUSE; PROBABLY SALVAGED	c
1881	GEORGE H. OULTON	ST. JOHN'S N.B. SAIL VESSEL - 1,175 tons	BALLAST	ANTWERP FOR LIVERPOOL	b c e
1881	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	NONE	b c e
1883	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	NONE	b
1885	JOANNA ELIZA	DUBLIN SCHOONER - 52 tons	BALLAST	1.5 MILES EAST OF; ARKLOW FOR AYR	b c d
1886	DESPATCH	CAERNARFON SMACK - 17 tons	GRANITE BLOCKS	STRANDED; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; BOUND BULLOCK HARBOUR TO DUBLIN	b c d
1908	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	BALE GOODS & SOAP	NONE	b

NORTH PATCH

Year

Name of Vessel

Type of Vessel

Cargo

Comments

Ref.

1798

VICTORIA

BRIG

UNKNOWN

STRANDED; POSSIBLY SALVAGED

POOLBEG

Year

Name of Vessel

Type of Vessel

Cargo

Comments

Ref.

1608	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	NONE	b
1609	WILLIAM	AYR SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	BLOWN ASHORE DURING STORM	b c d
1725	ADLEBOROUGH	BRITISH MAN O'WAR	UNKNOWN	NEAR HARBOUR; POSSIBLY SALVAGED	e
1765	DUNBAR	DUBLIN BRIG - 120 tons	UNKNOWN	DUBLIN FOR BARBADOS	b c e
1767	UNKNOWN	SLOOP	PASSENGERS	NONE	c
1770	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	SLATE & STONE	STRANDED & WRECKED; WALES FOR DUBLIN	b c
1775	POLLY	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	LONDON FOR DUBLIN	b c
1791	WILMINGTON	AMERICAN BRIG - 145 tons	1200 HOGSHEAD OF FLAX SEED	AT HARBOUR; PHILADELPHIA FOR BELFAST	b c d
1797	LONDON PACKET	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	FROM LONDON	b
1798	APOLLO	BRIG	UNKNOWN	CUT CABLES	-
1798	FRIENDSHIP	SLOOP	UNKNOWN	CUT CABLES; FROM BAR MOUTH	-
1799	SPECULATION	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	CUT CABLES; FROM ARUNDEL	-
1799	YOUNG CHRISTIAN	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	CUT CABLES; FROM TIDRICKSTOL	-
1804	UNION	MAIL PACKET VESSEL	MAIL & HORSES	NEAR LIGHTHOUSE	b
1829	LOUISE	SAIL VESSEL	COAL	STRANDED & WRECKED BETWEEN POOLBEG & DUN LAOGHAIRE	b c d e
1852	SMYRNA	WORKINGTON BRIG - 90 tons	COAL	AT LIGHTHOUSE; FOR DUBLIN	b c d e
1880	ROBERT BROWN	SCHOONER	COAL	NEAR PIDGIN HOUSE	c e
1885	ALDERMAN RIDLEY	COLERAINE WOODEN TUG - 18 tons	BALLAST	FOUNDERED 2 MILES SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST OF LIGHTHOUSE	c
1895	NO NAME	DUBLIN SAIL VESSEL - 2 tons	CREW	FOUNDERED 200 YDS INSIDE POOLBEG LIGHT	c
1897	BEN NEVIS	DUBLIN IRON STEAMER - 208 tons	COAL	INSIDE POOLBEG LIGHT; POSSIBLY SALVAGED; GARSTON FOR DUBLIN	c
1909	NAOMI	DUBLIN FISHING CUTTER - 46 tons	BALLAST	NEAR LIGHTHOUSE	b c
1909	POSEIDON	NORWEGIAN BARQUE - 587 tons	TIMBER	AT SHALLY BANKS	c
1934	JEALOUS OF ME	HOBBLE	UNKNOWN	AT POOLBEG LIGHT; DUBLIN FOR DUN LAOGHAIRE	e
1954	UNKNOWN	MOTOR LAUNCH	CREW	OFF LIGHTHOUSE	b
1991	KILKENNY	DUBLIN CONTAINER VESSEL - 1,514 tons	FULL CONTAINERS	1 MILE OFF; MOSTLY SALVAGED; ANTWERP FOR DUBLIN	b c e

PORTMARNOCK

Year

Name of Vessel

Type of Vessel

Cargo

Comments

Ref.

1306	NICHOLAS	DOWNPATRICK SAIL VESSEL	JEWELS, SPICES, WINE, COPPER POTS & WAX COFFERS	NEAR MALAHIDE	b c d e
1464	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	WINE	POSSIBLY SALVAGED; OTHER SOURCE SAYS 1664	b c e
1500	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	AT BEACH	c
1800	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	FOUNDERED OFF TOBERMACEANY	a c
1833	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	AT TOBERMACEANY	b
1859	WEISER	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	AT VELVET STRAND	e
1861	UNKNOWN	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	AT VELVET STRAND	b
1880	WILLIAM & SARAH	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	AT BEACH; REMAINS STILL VISABLE	b e
1888	JAMAICA PACKET	SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	AT VELVET STRAND	b e f
1899	MALFILATRE	BRIDGWATER SCHOONER - 116 tons	COAL	AT POINT; CARDIFF FOR DUBLIN	b c e

PORTRANE

Year

Name of Vessel

Type of Vessel

Cargo

Comments

Ref.

1784	UNKNOWN	WEXFORD BRIG	SALT & COAL	NONE	b c f
1861	UNKNOWN	DUTCH SAIL VESSEL	UNKNOWN	BLOWN ASHORE & WRECKED	b c e
1873	ADA	SAIL VESSEL	PALM OIL & SUPERPHOSPHATE	600 YDS. OFF SANDHILLS,	b c e
1881	MARYANNE	CANADIAN BRIG	UNKNOWN	NONE	b
1918	UNKNOWN	WOODEN VESSEL	TIMBER	NONE	b

ROCKABILL

Year

Name of Vessel

Type of Vessel

Cargo

Comments

Ref.

1873

REPEALER

NEWRY BRIGANTINE - 77 tons

COAL

5 MILES SOUTH-SOUTH-EAST OF LIGHTHOUSE; TROON FOR WICKLOW

1882

RECOVERY

SMACK - 23 tons

BALLAST

4 MILES SOUTH-WEST OF,

1890

SARAH

DUBLIN FISHING KETCH - 36 tons

BALLAST

FOUNDERED 5 MILES NORTH-EAST OF; FROM HOWTH

b c

1910

SEGGARTH AROON

DUBLIN KETCH - 23 tons

BALLAST

FOUNDERED 12 MILES NORTH-EAST OF LIGHTHOUSE

1917

POLEWELL

SUNDERLAND STEAMER - 2,013 tons

COAL

TORPEDOED BY U-96, 6 MILES EAST BY SOUTH ½ SOUTH OF; LIES IN 36m;PURCHASED BY NAUTILUS SAC 1989; TROON FOR FRANCE

b c d e

1917

THE MARQUIS

STEAMER - 373 tons

UNKNOWN

SHELLED & SUNK BY UC-75 16 MILES EAST-SOUTH-EAST OF,

1918

DOWNSHIRE

BELFAST CARGO STEAMER - 368 tons

COAL

SHELLED & SUNK BY U-BOAT UB-64 8 MILES EAST-SOUTH-EAST OF; WHITEHAVEN FOR DUBLIN

b c e 1

1918

GLENFORD

UNKNOWN - 494 tons

UNKNOWN

SHELLED BY U-BOAT 24 MILES EAST ½ SOUTH OF,

b e

1918

SALAMINA

GREEK STEAMER - 3,112 tons

BALLAST

TORPEDOED 12 MILES SOUTH EAST OF; LIES IN 85m; BARROW-IN-FURNESS FOR BARRY

b c d e

1945

U-1051

GERMAN SUBMARINE TYPE VIIC

CREW

RAMMED & SUNK EAST OF,

1974

ST. IBAR

IRISH TRAWLER

BALLAST

6 MILES OFF,

b c e

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	Dr. Edward J. Bourke
			**Edward J. Bourke 1998 - ISBN: 0952302713**
e	*"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 1105 – 1993"*	by	Dr. Edward J. Bourke
			*Edward J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN: 0952302705*
f	*"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 1582 - 2000"*	by	Dr. Edward J. Bourke
			Edward J. Bourke 2000 - ISBN: 0952302721

OTHER SOURCES:

Geological Survey of Ireland

Internet (2020)

Last update - 27-Dec-2020