Kestrel (SS)
Iron Steamship in Ireland, dating from 1883
555-ton, 15-year-old iron steamship of Dublin. Owned by M. Murphy of Dublin, master was J.A. Birkett. En route from Hamburg to Dublin to Bristol, twenty crew, general cargo. Became stranded and totally wrecked in a fog at Brittas Bay. No loss of life. Much of the cargo consisting of flour, sugar, glass, paper, and glucose and 50 tons of pig's heads was saved. Salvage continued up to 18 July 1883. A wreck discovered on Brittas Bay to the north of the mouth of the Potters River in 2013 by Michae
- Type:
- Iron Steamship
- Period:
- 1883
- Coordinates:
- 52.90°N, 6.04°W
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