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| Vessel Type: |
Armed Trawler |
Location: | Co. Antrim |
| Date of Loss: | 23rd April 1917 | Place: | Belfast Lough |
| Cause of Loss: | Mined | Boat Dive from: | Whitehead or Bangor |
| Charted Depth: | 25m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 15 |
| Height of Wreck: | 6m | Admiralty Chart No: | 1753 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude (GPS): | 54 44.285 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Mud | Longitude (GPS): | 05 38.831 West |
| Average Visibility: | 3 - 10m | Diving Experience: | Experienced |
| No image listed. |
Diving Information:
- Identified from her ship's bell in 1980.
- Lies South of Black Head in Belfast Lough and is sitting upright in a East-West direction.
- 21m to the bridge.
- Bow has been blown off.
- Infested with congers.
- Launch from Bangor at any time, or Whitehead up to 2 hours before and after Low Water.
- Dive 1 hour before High Water Belfast.
- - There are unexploded spigot mortars lying around - DO NOT TOUCH!
Historical Information:
- A requisitioned trawler, built in 1907 by Cochrane & Sons, Selby, she grossed 213 tons and measured 35.03 x 6.60 x 3.45m. Power was a 3 cylinder triple expansion steam engine.
- Hired by the Admiralty in 1914 as a patrol mine sweeper and given Admiralty Number 592.
- Mined while sweeping Belfast Lough, with the loss of 6 lives.
- Reported to have been sold by the Board of Trade to an unknown party.
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 Irish Coast 932 - 1997"
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by
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Edward J. Bourke |
| Edward J. Bourke 1998 - 0952302713 | ||
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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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Gordon
Leathem B.E.M.
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From his private notebook (2008) |
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Michael
Hamilton
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Castlereagh SAC (1997) |
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Peter
Steel
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North Irish Lodge, Islandmagee (1999) |
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Randal
Armstrong
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Castlereagh SAC (1989) |
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Tommy
Harbinson
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Castlereagh SAC (1989) |
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Vic
Foster
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Castlereagh SAC (1996) |
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Last update - 08-Apr-2008
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