Remember – S.S. Innisfallen
S.S. Innisfallen MII – M.V. INNISFALLEN Doyle, W., Dublin Geary, Daniel, Kinsale Porter, James, Dublin Rickard, Joseph., Howth and three wounded
Remember – Irish Oak
S.S. IRISH OAK The SS Irish Oak sailing under a neutral flag was sunk in mid-Atlantic by a (then) unidentified submarine on 15 May 1943. There were allegations that she warned a convoy of the presence of a U-boat and complaints that she had not. This sinking became an issue in the general election of…
Remember – Kerry Head
S.S. KERRY HEAD On 1 August 1940, Kerry Head was four miles ESE of the Old Head of Kinsale with a cargo of coal and some tinplate from Swansea bound for Limerick. She was attacked by a German bomber. Fortunately there was no structural damage, but there was considerable other damage. Her side was crushed inward by…
Remember – Naomh Garbhan
Fishing Boat – NAOMH GARBHAN sorry, no illustration MII – Fishing Boat – NAOMH GARBHAN Mined and sunk of Waterford coast, 2nd May 1945 Cuddihy, Nicholas , Helvick, Waterford Griffin, John, (Senior)Helvick, Waterford Griffin, John, (Junior)Helvick, Waterford
Remember – Irish Pine
Torpedoed and sunk by U-608, 15th November 1942 Read the wikipedia article Bent, Patrick, Wexford Dooley, Maurice, Limerick O’Connor, Joseph, Dublin Cashin, Kevin, Dublin Duffy, Joseph, Dublin O’Donoghue, Thomas, Dublin Clery, Patrick, Wexford Fanning, Peter, Clogherhead, Co. Louth O’Neill, Matthew, Wexford Connolly, William, Kinsale Flynn, Michael, Limerick Ryan, Sean, Limerick Conway, Joseph, Dublin Harnett, Alfred, Cork Sheehan, Patrick, Kinsale, Cork Crichton, Robert, Leith, Scotland McCarthy, John, Kinsale, Cork Smith, Stephen, Wexford Cowzer, Fred, Dublin Murphy,…
Remember – S.S. KYLECLARE
S.S. Kyleclare Torpedoed in North Atlantic by U-456, 23rd February 1943 Barry, Edward, Wexford Morgan, John, Dublin Brannock, Patrick, Dublin Mooney, Daniel, Dublin Brady, Thomas, Galway O’Brien, L., Dublin deBurca, Diarmuid, Dublin O’Brien, Richard, Dublin Grimes, Richard, Dublin O’Brien, Daniel, Dublin Hamilton, A.R., Galway O’Neill, P., Dublin Hopkins, Philip, Ringsend, Dublin Ryan, Thomas, Rush, Co. Dublin Larkin, John, Dublin Simms, W.J., Kildare Lynch, T., Clogherhead, Co. Louth Todd, Ultan,; New Ross Kyleclare…
Remember – City of Limerick
S.S. City of Limerick, bombed and sunk Brennan, Hugh, Clontarf, Dublin Sullivan, John, Liverpool
Remember – Luimenach
S.S. Luimenach Able Seaman M Carrol died later of pneumonia. On 4 Sep, 1940, the unescorted and neutral Luimneach (Master Eric Septimus Jones) was stopped by U-46 with two shots across her bow west-southwest of the Scilly Isles and was sunk at 20.00 hours by gunfire. There are differences in the accounts given by the…
Remember – City of Bremen
SS City of Bremen At 6pm on 2 June 1940, The City of Bremen (Saorstait and Continental Lines) was transporting grain from Lisbon to Dublin when she was bombed by a Junkers 88 bomber and sunk. The crew were rescued by a Spanish fishing trawler. One of the crew, George Gerrassimoff, was Russian. It was feared that…
Remember – Ardmore
S.S. Ardmore The SS Ardmore left Cork on 11 November 1940, bound for Fishguard with a cargo of livestock. She never arrived. The wreck was located in 1995, south of the Saltees, with massive damage near her engine room. A defensive string of mines had been laid across the entrance of the Bristol channel. They were intended…