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| Vessel Type: |
Steam Coaster |
Location: | Co. Wicklow |
| Date of Loss: | 21st January 1958 | Place: | Arklow Bank |
| Cause of Loss: | Struck sandbank | Boat Dive from: | Arklow Quay |
| Charted Depth: | 42m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 62 |
| Height of Wreck: | 7m | Admiralty Chart No: | 1787 and/or 1468 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude: | |
| Type of Seabed: | Sand | Longitude: | |
| Average Visibility: | 10 - 15m | Diving Experience: | Experienced |
| Picture available? | Yes - click here |
Diving Information:
- Lies outside the bank south-east of Arklow close to the Arklow No. 4 buoy.
- Sitting upright she is almost intact.
- Her screws have been salvaged.
- Some artifacts lying around, but be reported to Receiver of Wrecks if recovered.
- Subject to strong currents and swirling sand outside slack water.
- Consult local knowledge.
Historical Information:
- Built at Troon in 1893 and registered at Cardiff at the time of loss, she grossed 446 tons and measured 120ft. She had wooden masts/Derricks .
- Had a cargo of steel plates bound Port Talbot for Londonderry.
- Managed to sail off the bank on the 22nd. but filled with water and sank.
- The crew were rescued by the Arklow Lifeboat.
- Most of the steel plates were salvaged.
- She had an Estonian Captain and an Estonian/Latvian crew.
- There is reportedly a WW1 German U-Boat lying close by.
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 1105- 1993"
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by
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Edward J. Bourke |
| Edward J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN: 0952302705 | ||
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"The
Arklow Sub" article
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by
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Roy Stokes |
| SubSea Magazine (Winter 2001) |
Other Sources:
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Michael
Montgomery
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Castlereagh SAC (2006) |
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Richard
Beith (ex-crew member)
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via E-mail |
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Last update - 08-Jun-2006
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