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 (approx.):*	54° 35' 00" North
*Type of Seabed:*	Rocks & kelp	*Longitude (approx.):*	05° 29' 00" West
*Average Visibility:*	5 - 10m	*Convert Lat. & Long.* to -	Decimal - CLICK HERE
*Image available?*	Yes - see below	*Diving Experience:*	Novice

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.
She had a figurehead od a woman and her masts were painted yellow - the colour of Milne'a fleet.
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.

S.V. Inverurie

© by kind permission of State Library of Victoria

S.V. Inverurie

Artist unknown

All rights respectfully acknowleged

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*	-	Castlereagh SAC (1977)
*Randal Armstrong*	-	Castlereagh SAC (1978)

Last update - 18-Jan-2005