Downshire (SS)

Steamship in Ireland, dating from 1918

UKHO wreck no. was 009100696. Chart symbol 56wk. 368 ton steam ship of Belfast en route from Whitehaven to Dublin with a cargo of coal. Built in 1905 by Mackie & Thomson, Glasgow. Captain was Harvey. Captured by German submarine UB-64, sunk by gunfire. Wreckage examined in March 1984 is possibly the Downshire. Lies in general depth of 57m. Wreckage consists of one main section orientated E-W, L.15m x B.3m x H.1m. Two other sections lie within 50m. GSI _260.

Type:
Steamship

Period:
1918

Coordinates:
53.62°N, 5.86°W

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