Floweret (Flowerette)

Name: Floweret (Flowerette)
Address: IE

Sailing Ship in Ireland, dating from 1937

In 1937 the Ballina Harbour Commissioners purchased a number of derelict vessel with the plan to sink them to form groynes to keep the navigation channel clear at the mouth of the River Moy. The Floweret was one such vessel and was an English wooden sailing boat which had sailed from England before being abandoned in the navigation channel in 1937. A different account suggests the Floweret, while cruising around Killala Bay caught fire while those on board were enjoying a picnic. The Creteboom (

Type:: Sailing Ship
Period:: 1937
Coordinates:: 54.14°N, 9.14°W

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