Irish Wrecks On-Line - Empire Heritage SS (No. 358)

*Vessel Type:*	Steam Tanker	*Location:*	Co. Donegal
*Date of Loss:*	8th September 1944	*Place:*	Malin Head
*Cause of Loss:*	Torpedoed	*Boat Dive from:*	Culdaff
*Charted Depth:*	64 - 68m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 3
*Height of Wreck:*	8m	*Admiralty Chart No:*	2811 and/or 2723
*Hull Material:*	Steel	*Latitude (GPS):*	55 32.60 North
*Type of Seabed:*	Gravel	*Longitude (GPS):*	07 43.00 West
*Average Visibility:*	30m	*Diving Experience:*	Very Experienced Tri-Mix

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Diving Information:

Lies 20m North West of Malin Head.

Lying on Starboard side and broken up in the mid-section.

Huge boilers as high as a house.

Bronze props are still there.

Sherman tanks and half-tracks in the holds and on the seabed

Prolific fish life. Jewel Anemones.

Area usually subject to large swell.

A Tri-Mix dive.

Historical Information:

Built in 1930 by Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
She grossed 15,702 tons, measured 508 x 72.5 x 50.5ft. and was powered by 1,079 n.h.p. triple expansion engines.
Cargo consists of oil, Sherman tanks and half-tracks.
Torpedoed while enroute from New York for Liverpool by U-482 with the loss of 113 lives.

Source Publications:

"Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam 1824 - 1962"

by
Charles Hocking

London Stamp Exchange 1989 - ISBN: 0948130474

"Dive" Magazine article

by
Rich Stevenson (March 2001)

"Donegal Shipwrecks"

by
Ian Wilson

Impact Printing 1998 - ISBN: 094815456X

"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

"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 1582 - 2000"

by
Edward J. Bourke

Edward J. Bourke 2000 - ISBN: 0952302721

Other Sources:

Leigh Bishop

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www.deepimage.co.uk (2004)

Norman Woods

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Portstewart SAC (2000)

UK Diving

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Internet (Stewart Ward 1996)

Last update - 05-May-2004