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Vessel Type:
Spanish Factory Ship
Location:
Co. Cork
Date of Loss:
1st August 1986
Place:
Ardnakilla Point
Cause of Loss:
Struck rocks
Boat Dive from:
Castletownbere
Charted Depth:
25m
Irish O.S. Map:
Discovery Series No. 84
Height of Wreck:
Admiralty Chart No:
1840 and/or 2424
Hull Material:
Steel
Latitude
(approx.)
:
51
°
38' 45" North
Type of Seabed:
Longitude
(approx.)
:
09
°
49' 55" West
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Diving Experience:
Experienced
Diving Information:
Lies in Piper Sound
Historical Information:
She measured 110 ft. and was manned by a Spanish crew under a British flag in order to comply with EEC regulations.
During a severe gale her engines failed as she neared Castletownbere Harbour and she struck rocks at Ardnakilla Point.
Source
Publications
:
"Irish Wrecks Database"
by
Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling
"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 1105 1993"
by
Dr.
Edward J. Bourke
Edward J. Bourke 1994 -
ISBN: 0952302705
Last update -
05-Dec-2005
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