Irish Wrecks On-Line - Crompton SV (No. 240)

*Vessel Type:*	4 Masted Barque	*Location:*	Co. Kerry
*Date of Loss:*	23rd November 1910	*Place:*	Dromgour Point
*Cause of Loss:*	Foundered in fog	*Boat Dive from:*	Valentia Island
*Charted Depth:*	10 - 25m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 83
*Height of Wreck:*	Scattered	*Admiralty Chart No:*	2125
*Hull Material:*	Steel	*Latitude:*	51 51 74 North
*Type of Seabed:*	Rocks and sand	*Longitude:*	10 23 03 West
*Average Visibility:*	10 - 15m	*Diving Experience:*	Novice

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Diving Information:

Badly broken up.

Valentia Diving Centre can supply boats, air etc. Site is 15 mins. away.

Wreck is against cliff face on the south side of Dromgour Point near Portmagee. Little current.

Best winds are North, North East or North West

Historical Information:

Built in 1890 by T. Royden & Sons of Liverpool, for MacVicar, Marshall & Co., Liverpool.
She was of steel construction, measuring 310 x 45.3 x 24.9ft., and grossing 2,810 tons.
Bound Tacoma for Limerick with a cargo of bagged grain.
Wreck went unnoticed until Negroes came ashore and raised the alarm.
The anchor is outside Des Lavelle’s Dive Centre at Knightstown.
The bell was recovered in 1997.
Any items found should, officially, be notified to the Salvage Association.

Source Publications:

"Irish Wrecks Database"

by
Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling

"Shipwreck Index of Ireland"

by
Richard & Bridget Larn

Lloyd's Register - Fairplay Ltd 2002 - ISBN: 1900839970

"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 932 - 1997"

by
Edward J. Bourke

Edward J. Bourke 1998 - ISBN: 0952302713

"Underwater Ireland Guide to Irish Dive Sites"

by
Irish Underwater Council

CFT 1999 - ISBN: 0948283025

Other Sources:

*Des Lavelle*	-	Valentia Diving Centre (1986)
*Lars Bruzelius*	-	Internet (2002)

Last update - 10-Feb-2006