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Vessel
Type: |
Greek Steamer
| Location: | Co.
Donegal | Date
of Loss: | 29th
January 1926 | Place: | Aranmore
Island | Cause
of Loss: | Stranded | Boat
Dive from: | Burtonport
Harbour | Charted
Depth: | 6m | Irish
O.S. Map: | Discovery
Series No. 1 | Height
of Wreck: | Scattered | Admiralty
Chart No: | 1883
and/or 2792 | Hull
Material: | Steel | Latitude
(approx.): | 54°
59' 46" North | Type
of Seabed: | Sand
and rocks | Longitude
(approx.): | 08°
39' 00" West | Average
Visibility: | 10
- 15m | Convert
Lat. & Long.
to - | Decimal
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HERE | No
image available. | | Diving
Experience: | Average |
- Lies
just out from Aranmore Harbour.
- Prop
still attached.
- There
is a swim-through at the stern.
- Boilers,
condensers, large prop shaft and stacks of brass pipes lying around.
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- A
Greek cargo steamer, she was built in 1894 by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron
Co. Ltd., Jarrow, Newcastle, grossed 2,633 tons, measured 303 x 43.1 x 19.2ft.
and was powerd by 269 n.h.p. triple expansion engines.
- Stranded
and wrecked during a storm after boiler failure.
- Bound
Bralia for Sligo with a cargo of maize.
- Cargo
was salvaged before she sank and crew were rescued.
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"Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during
the Age of Steam 1824 - 1962" |
by | Charles
Hocking | London Stamp Exchange 1989 - ISBN: 0948130474 |
"Shipwreck
Index of Ireland" |
by | Richard
& Bridget Larn | Lloyd's
Register - Fairplay Ltd 2002 - ISBN: 1900839970 |
"Shipwrecks
of the Irish Coast 1105 - 1993" |
by | Dr.
Edward J. Bourke |
Edward
J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN:
0952302705 | "Underwater
Ireland Guide to Irish Dive Sites" |
by | Irish
Underwater Council | CFT
1999 - ISBN:
0948283025 |
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Last
update - 08-May-2003
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