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| Vessel Type: |
Brigantine |
Location: | Co. Down |
| Date of Loss: | 11th January 1924 | Place: | Tara Point |
| Cause of Loss: | Struck rocks | Boat Dive from: | Portaferry or Strangford |
| Charted Depth: | 10m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 21 |
| Height of Wreck: | Scattered | Admiralty Chart No: | 2159 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude: | |
| Type of Seabed: | Longitude: | ||
| Average Visibility: | Diving Experience: | Experienced Novice |
| Picture available? | Yes - click here |
Diving
Information:
Historical Information:
- Owned by Capt. Arthur Fielding, Southport, and built in 1895 by Martenshoek of Holland, she measured 122.75 x 23.25 x 8ft., and grossed 310 tons.
- Was used as a "Q-Ship" during W.W.I from 1916 - 18, whose function was to lure submarines close, then fire on them with concealed guns.
- Known as "Harley", "Helgoland", "Brig 10", and "Q-17" at various stages of the War.
- After the war she was sold as a trader and eventual ended her days when she ran onto rocks, after dragging her anchors while sheltering from a storm, on route Wexford for Port Ellen with a cargo of barley for the Islay distillers.
- Captain and crew had to remain in the rigging all night before being rescued.
- The vessel was not insured.
Source Publications:
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"Irish
Wrecks Database"
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by
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Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling |
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"Q-Ships
and their story"
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by
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E.K. Chatterton |
| Conway Maritime Press 1972 - ISBN: 85177055X | ||
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"Shipwrecks
of the Ulster Coast"
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by
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Ian Wilson |
| Impact Printing 1997 - ISBN:0948154993 |
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Last update - 18-Jan-2005
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