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| Vessel Type: |
Steam Tanker |
Location: | Co. Antrim |
| Date of Loss: | 25th February 1918 | Place: | Fair Head |
| Cause of Loss: | Torpedoed | Boat Dive from: | Ballycastle |
| Charted Depth: | 60m | Irish O.S. Map: | Discovery Series No. 5 |
| Height of Wreck: | 11m | Admiralty Chart No: | 2798 |
| Hull Material: | Steel | Latitude (Decca): | 55 14 46 North |
| Type of Seabed: | Rocks | Longitude (Decca): | 06 09 86 West |
| Average Visibility: | 6 - 10m | Diving Experience: | Very experienced |
| Picture available? | Yes - click here |
Diving Information:
- Lies half a mile off Fair Head on her starboard side.
- Broken into two sections.
- One section sits on a ledge at a depth of 30m.
- The other is at the bottom of the cliff, at about 60m.
- Area is subject to about 15 minutes slack water during neaps.
- This is a dangerous dive! Several divers have been bent on this wreck.
Historical Information:
- Owned by Sun Company of Philadelphia, she was built in 1902 as the "Minnetonka" by American Shipbuilding Co. of Cleveland, Ohio.
- Powered by triple-expansion engines producing 477nhp., she measured 430 x 43.7 x 29.4ft., and grossed 5,318 tons.
- Cargo was 2 million gallons of fuel oil.
- She was torpedoed by a German submarine, UB-19, after becoming separated from a convoy on route to the Clyde.
- Her Master was John V. Olson.
- All of the crew were rescued.
- UB-19 also sunk the "Tiberia" the next day.
- The builders brass plate was recovered by Tommy Cecil in the 1980s.
Source Publications:
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"Dictionary
of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam 1824 - 1962"
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by
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Charles Hocking |
| London Stamp Exchange 1989 - ISBN: 0948130474 | ||
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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 - ISBN: 0952302713 | ||
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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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"The
Harsh Winds of Rathlin"
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by
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Tommy Cecil |
| Impact Printing 1990 - ISBN: 0948154659 |
Other Sources:
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Norman
Woods
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Portstewart SAC (2000) |
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Last update - 01-Apr-2003
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