Irish Wrecks On-Line - Dido SV (No. 265)

*Vessel Type:*	Iron Barque	*Location:*	Co. Cork
*Date of Loss:*	26-August 1883	*Place:*	Kedge Island
*Cause of Loss:*	Ran aground	*Boat Dive from:*	Baltimore Harbour
*Charted Depth:*	18m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 88
*Height of Wreck:*	2m	*Admiralty Chart No:*	2129 and/or 2424
*Hull Material:*	Steel	*Latitude (GPS):*	51 28.00 North
*Type of Seabed:*	Rocks & Gullies	*Longitude (GPS):*	09 19.00 West
*Average Visibility:*	10m +	*Diving Experience:*	Experienced Novice

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Diving Information:

Lies a mile east of Kedge Island, in between it and Carraigathorna.

She is upside-down and extensively broken up.

Best dived 1 hour after High Water.

Launch from Baltimore Harbour.

Note!! A permit is required to dive the wreck as it is over 100 years old.

Historical Information:

Built of iron in 1859, she 695 tons net.

Owner was C.H. Donner, Hamburg, Germany.

Captain was J.E. Hacke.

Bound Liverpool for New York with a cargo of salt she became stranded and wrecked one mile east of Kedge Island.

14 of her crew were rescued.

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 1105 – 1993"

by
Edward J. Bourke

Edward J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN: 0952302705

"Underwater Ireland Guide to Irish Dive Sites"

by
Irish Underwater Council

CFT 1999 - ISBN: 0948283025

Other Sources:

Aquaventures

Internet (2001)

Last update - 05-Dec-2005