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Diving Information:

• The wreckage lies about 300m North of Bruce's Castle.
• The boiler can be seen just under the surface.
• Engine, boiler and broken plating are still there.
• Some portholes have been recovered by divers.
• Visibility is usually good.
• Subject to strong ebb tide (about 5 knots).
• Dive on flood tide.
• There is a fee to use the slip at Ballycastle Harbour.

Historical Information:

• Built by Cochrane & Sons, Ltd of Selby in 1916, she measured 130.2 x 23.4 x 13.5ft., and grossed 289 tons. Her official number was 139207.
• On completion she went immediately into service as a Royal Navy minesweeper before being handed over to her owners, J. Marr & Co. Ltd., in 1919.
• Bound Fleetwood for the fishing grounds on the West of Ireland, she ran onto a reef while in dense fog, to the North of Bruce's Castle.
• The crew managed to row ashore in the ship's lifeboat.
• An unsuccessful attempt to refloat her was made by a salvage company, but she was too badly holed.
• Much was removed by the islanders, including the life-boat which was used locally for many years.

Source Publications:

"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
"The Harsh Winds of Rathlin"	by	Tommy Cecil
		Impact Printing 1990 - ISBN: 0948154659

Other Sources:

Randal Armstrong

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Castlereagh SAC (1995)

Last update - 25-Oct-2005

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