South Co. Antrim Wreck List "B"
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Vessel Type:

Brig

Location: Co. Antrim
Date of Loss: March 1827 Place: Islandmagee
Cause of Loss: Ran aground Boat Dive from: Ballylumford
Charted Depth: 24m Irish O.S. Map: Discovery Series No. 9
Height of Wreck: Admiralty Chart No: 1237
Hull Material: Wood Latitude (GPS): 54 50.773 North
Type of Seabed: Rocks Longitude (GPS): 05 42.786 West
Average Visibility: 5 - 15m Diving Experience: Experienced
No image listed.

Diving Information:

  • Anchor chains lie in 24m to the South-East of Muck Island.
  • Good area for scallops, crab and octopus.
  • Launch from Ballylumford Harbour at any time or Portmuck at high tide.
  • Dive only at slack water 30 mins before High or Low Water Belfast

Historical Information:

  • Wrecked on the South East point of Muck Island during a gale.

Source Publications:
"Shipwrecks of the Ulster Coast"
by
Ian Wilson
Impact Printing 1997 - ISBN: 0948154993
"Underwater Ireland Guide to Irish Dive Sites"
by
Irish Underwater Council
CFT 1999 - ISBN: 0948283025

 

Other Sources:
Peter Steel
-
North Irish Lodge, Islandmagee (1999)

 


South Co. Antrim Wreck List "B"

Last update - 15-Jan-2002

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