Connemara (SS)

Steamship in Ireland, dating from 1916

UKHO wreck no. 007600057. An 833-ton, 19-year-old British passenger steamship. Measured L. 272ft, B.35ft, D.14ft. Built by Denny Brothers. Owned by London and North Western Railway Co., captain was G.H. Doey. En route from Greenore to Holyhead carrying general cargo and cattle. Encountered heavy seas, easterly gale. Crossed the bar, collided with steamship Retriever (W00080). Port side tore off, sank in five minutes. Both ships sank, with total loss of 97 lives. Sole survivor was a cabin boy fro

Type:

Steamship

Period:

1916

Coordinates:

54.02°N, 6.06°W

More places nearby

• Connemara (0.1 km)
• Retriever (SS) (0.3 km)
• Retriever (0.3 km)
• Haulbowline Lighthouse, Greencastle, Newry (0.7 km)
• Shell Midden (0.7 km)
• Lighthouse / Lightkeeper's Housing, Cranfield (0.8 km)
• Lighthouse, Cranfield (0.8 km)
• Lightkeeper's Housing, Cranfield (0.8 km)
• 97 Windmill Rd, Cranfield, Kilkeel, Newry (0.8 km)
• Possible Coastguard Building, Cranfield (0.9 km)
• Boathouse on lane to, 97 Cranfield Point Lane, Cranfield, Kilkeel, Newry (0.9 km)
• Mound, Cranfield (1.1 km)

Explore this and over 1.8 million other heritage records on Fornland, the free map of cultural heritage across northern and central Europe.