Hibernia (FV)

Steam Trawler in Ireland, dating from 1902

UKHO wreck no. 009100179. Chart symbol wk98m. 48 ton, 11 year old iron steam trawler of Grimbsy. Classed A1 by Lloyd’s. Built by Mackie & Thompson, Glasgow. Owned by Mather & Co. Ltd, Dublin, master was S. Smith, Dublin. Fishing in ballast out of Dublin. 9 crew aboard. Foundered in NNW force 4. Crew took to lifeboat, picked up by Royal mail steamer Leinster. Wreck surveyed in 1983 possibly that of the Hibernia. Wreck orientated on WNW/ESE on the seabed in a general depth of 103m. GSI Wreck No. 2

Type:

Steam Trawler

Period:

1902

Coordinates:

53.12°N, 5.60°W

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