Glenorchy

Name: Glenorchy
Address: IE

Sailing Ship in Ireland, dating from 1869

1,285-ton vessel of Glasgow, official no. 60,391. Master was Thomas Meiklejohn. En route from Greenock to Bombay (maiden voyage), cargo of coal, railway sleepers. Struck the Kish Bank, became a wreck. Crew saved. Four tugs saved materials off the wreck. The wreck of the Glenorchy is buried to its gunnels on the starboard side, with much of the port side visible, along with some plating lying on the seabed. The wreck measures 70m in length, 13m in width and 3.3m in maximum height and lies orient

Type:: Sailing Ship
Period:: 1869
Coordinates:: 53.28°N, 5.93°W

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