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
Rival
Rival The loss of the Rival In Connemara Edward J Bourke The Rival can be unequivocally described as Ireland’s most forgotten wreck. Not only was this unfortunate ship the fifth most serious loss of life in Irish waters; but no folk memory survives in Connemara or anywhere else in Ireland. Five bodies were washed ashore but that location is…
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…
Irish Willow
Irish Willow SS Irish Willow Oil painting by Kenneth King: from the deck of U-753, signalling to Irish Willow “send master and ships papers” (National Maritime Museum of Ireland) Career (United States) Name: Lake Sunapee Owner: United States Shipping Board (1918–23) Operator: United States Army (1918–1919) Out of service: 1920–23 Career (United States) Name: Frank Lynch Owner: W.J. Gray,…
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
Lady Nelson
The Lady Nelson – Shipwrecked 14th October 1809 By James Robinson M.Phil. On 14th October 1809, The Lady Nelson, Captain Bernard Wade, was shipwrecked on a voyage from Oporto to Liverpool, off the Skelligs, Co. Kerry. The 200 tonne vessel contained a cargo of wine and fruit. 25 souls perished in the disaster. The Freeman’s Journal The…
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