North Co. Donegal Wreck List "A"
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Vessel Type:

Sailing Vessel

Location: Co. Donegal
Date of Loss: 1900 Place: Dunfanaghy
Cause of Loss: Struck rocks Boat Dive from: Dunfanaghy or Downings
Charted Depth: 10m Irish O.S. Map: Discovery Series No. 2
Height of Wreck: 4m Admiralty Chart No: 2699 and/or 2723
Hull Material: Iron Latitude:
Type of Seabed: Sand Longitude:
Average Visibility: 6 - 10m Diving Experience: Novice
No image listed.

Diving Information:

  • Lies close to the rocks.
  • Subject to the influence of the swell surging into Dunfanaghy beach.

Historical Information:

  • On route from Galway to Derry with a cargo of flagstones.
  • Wreck was discovered by the skipper of the "Girl Eileen", Robert Robinson in 1973.

Source Publications:
Royal Navy
by
 Hydrographic Department (1970)
"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 1105 - 1993"
by
 Edward J. Bourke
Edward J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN: 0952302705

North Co. Donegal Wreck List "A"

Last update - 14-Mar-2002

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