Irish Wrecks On-Line - Troutpool SS (No. 850)

*Vessel Type:*	Cargo Steamer	*Location:*	Co. Down
*Date of Loss:*	20th July 1940	*Place:*	Bangor
*Cause of Loss:*	Mined	*Boat Dive from:*	Bangor
*Charted Depth:*	15m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 15
*Height of Wreck:*	Scattered	*Admiralty Chart No:*	1753
*Hull Material:*	Steel/Iron	*Latitude (GPS):*	54° 41' 51.6" North
*Type of Seabed:*	Sandy	*Longitude (GPS):*	05° 40' 23.16" West
*Average Visibility:*	3 - 8m	*Convert Lat. & Long.* to -	Decimal - CLICK HERE
Image available?	Yes - see below	*Diving Experience:*	Experienced Novice

Diving Information:

Lies directly off Bangor Pier Light with bow lying in a South-West direction.
Was dispersed as a hazard and is now mainly scattered plates.
Viz usually only a few feet. A good spot for lobsters.
Launch from the new slip at Bangor.
Can be dived at almost any state of the tide, but best 1 hour before High Water Belfast.

Historical Information:

Owned by the Pool Shipping Co., built 1927 by W. Gray & Co.. Order No. 139243, 4,886 Gross, 2,995 Net, 8,695 tons Dead weight.
She measured 390.0 x 55.0 x 26.4 feet, powered by triple-expansion three cylinder steam engine, by Central Marine Works, West Hartlepool, generating 439nhp giving a speed of 11 knots.
On a voyage from Rosario to Glasgow with a cargo of 7,908 tons of grain.
After leaving her mooring in Belfast Lough, she struck a mine and sank off Bangor Pier Light, with the loss of 11 lives.
She was blown up because she was a hazard to other shipping.

S.S. Trourpool

Source Publications:

"Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam 1824 - 1962"

by
Charles Hocking

London Stamp Exchange 1989 - ISBN: 0948130474

"Irish Wrecks Database"

by
Roy Stokes & Liam Dowling

"Ropner Shipping Co. 1874 - 1974"

by
Leonard Gray

World Ship Society

"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 - ISBN: 0948154993

"Travels of the Tramps Vol. 3"

by
Norman L. Middlemis

Shield Publications 1992 - ISBN: 1871128080

Other Sources:

Gordon Leathem B.E.M.

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From his private notebook (2008)

Royal Navy

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Hydrographic Department (1970)

UK Diving

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Internet (Tom Wylie 1999)

Vic Foster

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Castlereagh SAC (1996)

Last update - 08-Apr-2008