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The Maidens Wreck List

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*Vessel Type:*	Motor Coaster	*Location:*	Co. Antrim
*Date of Loss:*	7th September 1955	*Place:*	The Maidens
*Cause of Loss:*	Struck rocks	*Boat Dive from:*	Ballylumford
*Charted Depth:*	16m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 9
*Height of Wreck:*	3m	*Admiralty Chart No:*	2198 and/or 2199
*Hull Material:*	Steel	*Latitude (GPS):*	54° 55' 33.48" North
*Type of Seabed:*	Rocks	*Longitude (GPS):*	05° 43' 30.9" West
*Average Visibility:*	8 - 10m	*Convert Lat. & Long.* to -	Decimal - CLICK HERE
*Image available?*	Yes - see below	*Diving Experience:*	Experienced Novice

Diving Information:

Lies on the South-East tip of Saddle Rock.
Badly broken up.
Rarely dived. Artifacts still to be found.
Dive 30 mins. before High or Low Water at Belfast, though the last of the ebb tide is best.
Launch from Ballylumford Harbour.

Historical Information:

Owned by S.W. Coe & Co. Ltd., Liverpool.
Built in 1911, she grossed 426 tons and measured 43.71 x 7.41 x 3.17m.
Bound Liverpool for Larne, with general cargo, she ran onto Saddle Rock. in fog.
Attempts to free her were unsuccessful.
She was sold to John Lee & Co., salvage contractor and scrap merchant of "Lee’s Wreck" fame in Strangford Lough.
On 12th December 1955, in heavy seas she slipped off the rock and sank.

M.V. Overton

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M.V. Overton

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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 Irish Coast 932 - 1997"*	by	Dr. Edward J. Bourke
		*Edward J. Bourke 1998 - ISBN: 0952302713*
*"Shipwrecks of the Ulster Coast"*	by	Ian Wilson
		*Impact Printing 1997 - 0948154993*
*"Underwater Ireland Guide to Irish Dive Sites"*	by	Irish Underwater Council
		*CFT 1999 - ISBN: 0948283025*

Other Sources:

*Royal Navy*	-	Hydrographic Department (1970)
*Peter Steel*	-	North Irish Lodge, Islandmagee (1999)

The Maidens Wreck List

Last update - 04-Apr-2003

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