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| Vessel Type: |
Steamer |
Location: | Co. Down |
| Date of Loss: | 18th October 1918 | Place: | Off Ballyhornan |
| Cause of Loss: | Torpedoed | Boat Dive from: | Portaferry |
| Charted Depth: | 40m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 21 |
| Height of Wreck: | 6m | Admiralty Chart No: | 2093/2156 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude (GPS): | 54 19.165 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Sand | Longitude (GPS): | 05 27.263 West |
| Average Visibility: | 5 - 10m | Diving Experience: | Very Experienced |
| Picture available? | Yes - click here |
Diving Information:
- In large sections and scattered plates.
- Plenty of pruck left.
- Guns still in place at stern.
- Large amount of fish clams.
- Lies 3 miles east of Ballyhornan.
- 38m to the deck.
- Can be dived an hour before and after High and Low Water.
- Permission should be obtained to dive this wreck
Historical Information:
- Built originally as the "Arnfried" for the Hamburg-Afrika Line by the Weser Co., Bremen, and launched in April 1911.
- Dimensions - 335.3 x 48.1 x 21.1ft, 2899 gross tons.
- She was fitted with wireless telegraphy.
- Captured by the British at Duala, W. Africa 14th July 1914.
- Renamed "Hunsdon", she was registered under the British flag on 4th May 1915.
- Transported hay and oats between West coast of England and France.
- Captained by Captain Beadie, she was torpedoed by UB-92 (type UBIII) commanded by Lt.Cdr. Johannes Paul Muller, on 18th October 1918 bound Belfast from Le Harve.
- One man named McAleer, died.
- Wreck is now owned by Norsemaid Sea Enterprises Ltd.
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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"Shipwreck
Index of Ireland"
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by
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Richard & Bridget Larn |
| Lloyd's Register - Fairplay Ltd 2002 - ISBN: 1900839970 | ||
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"Shipwrecks
of the Irish Coast 1582 - 2000"
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by
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Edward J. Bourke |
| Edward J. Bourke 2000 - ISBN: 0952302721 | ||
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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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"Underwater
Ireland Guide to Irish Dive Sites"
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by
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Irish Underwater Council |
| CFT 1999 - ISBN: 0948283025 |
Other Sources:
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Alan
Wright
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Castlereagh SAC (1989) |
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UK
Diving
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Internet (1999) |
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Vic
Foster
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Castlereagh SAC (1996) |
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Last update - 08-Mar-2006
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