Irish Wrecks On-Line - Inverurie SV (No. 543)

*Vessel Type:*	Barque	*Location:*	Co. Down
*Date of Loss:*	15th November 1914	*Place:*	Ship Rock, Ballyferris
*Cause of Loss:*	Struck Rocks	*Boat Dive from:*	Groomsport
*Charted Depth:*	7m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 15 & 21
*Height of Wreck:*	Scattered	*Admiralty Chart No:*	1753
*Hull Material:*	Steel	*Latitude:*	54.35 North
*Type of Seabed:*	Rocks & kelp	*Longitude:*	05.29 West
*Average Visibility:*	5 - 10m	*Diving Experience:*	Novice

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Diving Information:

Scattered plates.

Covered in kelp.

Difficult to realise that you are on the wreck.

Inhabited by quite a few Wrasse.

There is a fee to use the slip at Groomsport.

Historical Information:

Built in 1889 by A. Hall & Co., Aberdeen, she grossed 1,417 tons and measured 73.81 x 11.30 x 6.55m. and was owned at the time of loss by G. Milne & Co.

During a gale she struck and was wrecked on Ship Rock.

She was carrying a cargo of salt bound Belfast for Newcastle & Sydney.

Crew were rescued by Donaghadee Lifeboat.

Captain was W.F. Underwood.

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 Ulster Coast"

by
Ian Wilson

Impact Printing 1997 - ISBN: 0948154993

Other Sources:

Davey Martin

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Castlereagh SAC (1977)

Randal Armstrong

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Castlereagh SAC (1978)

Last update - 18-Jan-2005