James Postlethwaite (MV)
Schooner in Ireland, dating from 1929
The auxiliary wooden three-masted motor schooner James Postlethwaite en route from Ayr for Bideford with a cargo of coal collided with the Steamer J & J Monks, of Liverpool, and sank in Carlingford Lough on 11 May 1929. Crew saved. UKHO wreck no. 007600082. UKHO wreck data says schooner sank opposite Carlingford mast, surveyed 14th May 1929. Measured L. 99.7ft x B. 23ft x D. 11.3ft. The vessel was successfully salved by the Carlingford Lough Commissioners tug Slieve Foy on 15 July 1929 and towe
- Type:
- Schooner
- Period:
- 1929
- Coordinates:
- 54.05°N, 6.15°W
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