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| Vessel Type: |
Battleship |
Location: | Co. Donegal |
| Date of Loss: | 14th October 1914 | Place: | Tory Island |
| Cause of Loss: | Mined | Boat Dive from: | Falcarragh or Dunfanaghy |
| Charted Depth: | 66m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 1 |
| Height of Wreck: | 8m | Admiralty Chart No: | 2723 and/or 2752 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude (GPS): | 55 28.291 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Gravel | Longitude (GPS): | 07 45.101 West |
| Average Visibility: | 25m | Diving Experience: | Very Experienced Tri-Mix |
| Picture available? | Yes - click here |
Diving Information:
- Position is approx. 15 miles from Malin Head.
- Lies upside-down in virtually one piece and untouched.
- Engine room is exposed as a result of an explosion.
- A gun-turret lies to one side of the hull.
- Ideally a Tri-Mix dive.
- Lots of fish life including congers.
- Dive Low Water Belfast
- Tide is not strong.
- - Excessive amount of explosives lying around – shells and torpedoes.
Historical Information:
- Built in 1913 by Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd, Birkenhead
- A King George V class Super-Dreadnought Battleship, she measured 181.66 x 27.12 x 8.35metres, grossed 23,000 tons and had a crew of 900.
- She was powered by 2 screw steam rurbines which generated 31,000hp.
- Armoury included 10 x 13.5 inch guns, 16 x 4 inch guns, 4 x 3 pounder guns and 21 inch torpedo tubes.
- Struck a mine laid by German liner "SS Berlin".
- While leaving Lough Swilly at 08.45 on a gunnery exercise she struck the mine on her port side just forward of her aft engine romm bulkhead.
- Unsuccessful attempts were made to tow her back into Lough Swilly.
- Her crew were evacuated on to "HMS Liverpool" and the White Star liner "SS Olympic".
- She eventually sank at 21.00.
- No lives were lost.
- Commander was Captain Dampier.
Source Publications:
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"Dictionary
of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam 1824 - 1962"
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by
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Charles Hocking |
| London Stamp Exchange 1989 - ISBN: 0948130474 | ||
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"Dive"
Magazine
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by
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Rich Stevenson (March 2001) |
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"Donegal
Shipwrecks"
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by
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Ian Wilson |
| Impact Printing 1998 - ISBN: 094815456X | ||
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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 932 - 1997"
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by
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Edward J. Bourke |
| Edward J. Bourke 1998 - ISBN: 0952302713 | ||
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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 |
Other Sources:
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Darren
Milford
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Internet (2002) |
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www.deepimage.co.uk (2004) | |
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Norman
Woods
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Portstewart SAC (2000) |
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Stuart
Ward
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Internet (1994) |
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Last update - 22-Mar-2004
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