Irish Wrecks On-Line - Guide Me II HMD (No. 514a)

Diving Information:

Lies upright in a South-East North-West direction and virtually intact 1.5 miles South East of the Mugglins.
Wheelhouse is demolished and there is a large 2m gash amidships on the starboard side.
Plenty of fish, and congers under the keel.
Discovered in 1990 by Ivan Tunsted.
The deck gun was removed in 1990.
15 minutes from Dun Laoghaire.
Best dived 1 hour before High Water/Low Water.
NOTE. Permission is required from "www.archaeology.ie/licences/divesurvey-licence" to dive this wreck.

Historical Information:

Built in Aberdeen in 1907 as a Peterhead F.V. Drifter in 1907 by Hall, Russell & Co., Aberdeen, she was converted into an anti-submarine coastal gunboat during WW1.
She grossed 100 tons and measured 26.31 x 5.63 x 2.76m.
Power was by a 2 cylinder compound steam engine generating 38 h.p.
Her Armament consisted of 1 x 6 pounder gun.
Sunk in collision while on patrol.

Click HERE for INFOMAR* Side-Scan image

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	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*

Other Sources:

**source - Geological Survey of Ireland*	-	Internet (2020)
*Marlin SAC*	-	Internet (1999)

Last update - 12-Nov-2020