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| Vessel Type: |
Square Rigger |
Location: | Co. Down |
| Date of Loss: | 10th January 1879 | Place: | Ballywalter |
| Cause of Loss: | Foundered | Boat Dive from: | Bangor or Groomsport |
| Charted Depth: | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 15 | |
| Height of Wreck: | Admiralty Chart No: | 2093 and/or 2156 | |
| Hull Material: | Iron | Latitude: | |
| Type of Seabed: | Rocks | Longitude: | |
| Average Visibility: | 8 - 10m | Diving Experience: | Novice |
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Diving Information:
- The rock of Skullmartin is oval shaped, and divided in two by a gully.
- The vessel is fast upon the northern portion of the rock, with her bows to the south west.
- Another name for this portion of rock is North Pladdy.
Historical Information:
- Last square rigger to be built on the Clyde 1878, by A & J Inglis.
- She measured 225.0 x 35.8 x 21.6ft. and grossed 1284 tons.
- Owners were Messrs. Aitken & Co., Glasgow. Master was Gavin Weir.
- Bound Melbourne from Glasgow carrying emigrants, spirits, linen, iron railings, coal and machinery.
- Was her 2nd voyage to Australia. Voyage approx. 85 days.
- Ran aground after being blown off course. Tugs failed to tow her off.
- Most cargo, including gunpowder, was salvaged and no lives lost.
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 Ulster Coast"
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by
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Ian Wilson |
| Impact Printing 1997 - ISBN: 0948154993 | ||
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"Wrecks
& Reputations"
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by
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Don Charlewood |
| Angus & Robertson |
Other
Sources:
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Belfast
News Letter
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Belfast News Letter Library |
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Ulster
Folk Museum
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Last update - 18-Jan-2005
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