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| Vessel Type: |
Brig |
Location: | Co. Cork |
| Date of Loss: | 23rd October 1838 | Place: | Barrel Rocks |
| Cause of Loss: | Struck rocks | Boat Dive from: | Schull |
| Charted Depth: | 10m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 88 |
| Height of Wreck: | Scattered | Admiralty Chart No: | 2184 and/or 2424 |
| Hull Material: | Wood | Latitude: | |
| Type of Seabed: | Rocks & kelp | Longitude: | |
| Average Visibility: | 10 - 15m | Diving Experience: | Novice |
| Picture available? | Yes (letter) - click here |
Diving Information:
- Barrel Rocks (some sources say Dromadda Rocks) are 1 mile West of Goat Island at the entrance to Long Island Channel.
- Reputed to still contain some of her silver bullion.
- Badly broken up.
- Permission is needed to dive this wreck as it is over 100 years old.
- Ideal dive for Novices.
Historical Information:
- A Liverpool Brig, she was bound for Liverpool from Callao, near Lima, with a cargo of hides, wool, bark, silver plate and silver dollars.
- Her commander, Captain Bartingdale (or Bettingall), and eight crew were drowned.
- One of the crew, Henry Baldwin, was rescued by the Coastguard after he was washed onto the rocks.
- The Coastguard were able to salvaged $36,000 in silver plate.
- The underwriter's divers were able to salvage £70,000 (1838 value), and two divers stayed on working for themselves for eight years!
- Possibly still some silver to be found.
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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"Shipwrecks
of the Irish Coast 1105 - 1993"
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by
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Edward J. Bourke |
| Edward J. Bourke 1994 - ISBN: 0952302705 | ||
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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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"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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Roger
Antell
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via email (2006) |
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Last update - 16-May-2006
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