Interesting Wrecks and History's

cyrusdvirus

As per his Eminences suggestion in the porn thread, lets put any interesting wreck photo's and the stories of any interesting wrecks in here.

Poor Uncle Tom

You should have called it Hulk's Heaven or Carcass Corner.....:D

who the fug

Just call it Irish Shipping

cyrusdvirus

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

You should have called it Hulk's Heaven or Carcass Corner.....:D

well when you and Tabnabs take over the moderating of our shiny new forum you can change it!! :)

Poor Uncle Tom

who the fug wrote: »

Just call it Irish Shipping

That's just bold!

gatecrash wrote: »

well when you and Tabnabs take over the moderating of our shiny new forum you can change it!! :)

That's even bolder.....:p

cyrusdvirus

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

That's just bold!



That's even bolder.....:p

See... you're practising!! :D

Poor Uncle Tom

gatecrash wrote: »

See... you're practising!! :D

Someone will have a lot of cleaning up to do......:p

So far the only wrecks in here are us......;):pac:

ex_infantry man

here, s one to get ya off to a good start how about the seahorse that sunk in tramore bay

Poor Uncle Tom

ex_infantry man wrote: »

here, s one to get ya off to a good start how about the seahorse that sunk in tramore bay

I think there is meant to be pictures...:pac:

cyrusdvirus

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

I think there is meant to be pictures...:pac:

or at least a linky to a story...:p

Cardinal Richelieu

Or it sank wiithout a trace!!:D

cyrusdvirus

MV Ranga, ran aground off Slea Head in 1982.

We used go on holidays to the Dingle Peninsula every summer for years and watching the ship break up, first into 2 sections, then 3 over the years, seeing the years take their toll, used to be one of the things i loved most about going there...

Never knew she was lost on her maiden voyage until wikipedia told me.

skipz

The wreck of the MV Irish trader on Baltray strand Co. Louth.


My Father always told me this is what happens when you drink and drive, he told me that the captain was on it when he tried to navigate up the Boyne to Drogheda and missed the river mouth by nearly a mile??:)

Here she is back in the day.





This is a mate's father's trawler the Endurance.
Snapped its mooring during a storm at Clogherhead pier in 2010. Was recovered and taken to Cork for repair.

cyrusdvirus

Found more pics of her (MV RANGA), before the Far and Away guys got at her


Damn.... Skipz got in there with his pics

ex_infantry man

sorry was on my mobile earlier here,s a story about it from tramore,s local historian andy taylor.

The Wreck of the Sea Horse
by Andy Taylor

Tramore Bay is the delight of all who love to sojourn upon its gold-carpeted expanse of Strand. Yet like the black, gnarled rocks upon its shore, it has a dark and evil side to its nature, and the sad tragedy of the Sea Horse bears witness to the Jekyll and Hyde personality of this bay. The Sea Horse was a Transport Vessel of 350 tons burden, commanded by Capt. Gibbs. She served originally as a Frigate with the British Navy, having being built in London in 1784. On her last fateful voyage from Ramsgate to Cork she had on board 16 Officers, 287 Soldiers, 33 Women, 38 Children, the Master of the Vessel, a crew of 17 and a young Naval Officer. The young Officer (Lieut. Allen) had unfortunately taken passage on the ill-fated ship in order to join his own ship the "Tonnant" in Cork. The officers and Soldiers were members of the 2nd Battalion 59th Regiment, who had seen much action in the Peninsular War from 1808 until the Occupation of Paris. They returned to England in Dec.1815 to spend Christmas at home, before being assigned to garrison duty in Cork.

They embarked at Ramsgate on 25th Jan. 1813. The morning of Jan. 29th was the start of the poor weather conditions which led to the misfortunes of the hapless inmates of the Sea Horse. A strong breeze sprung up a S.S.E which freshened very much at noon; at 4pm Ballycotton Island was sited about 12miles distant. Unfortunately for the inmates of the Sea Horse, John Sullivan the Mate, who was the only person acquainted with the Coast, going up the fore-rigging to look at land, fell down on the forecastle and broke both arms and legs as well as suffering severe internal injuries. He died three hours later in the hands of his wife. As it now blew a stronger gale, and was becoming very hazy and dark, Capt. Gibbs hauled his wind for Kinsale Light, intending when he saw it to run down along the coast for the entrance to Cork harbour; but not seeing the light after a run of two hours in worsening weather conditions he was unwilling to proceed any further. He therefore close-reefed his top sails and hauled close to the wind, lying W.S.W. The ship fell off about 8pm and wore around the other tack, most of the night lying about S.E., wind S.S.W., but owing to the flood-tide setting strong on the shore, and heavy sea running, she drifted very fast inshore.

About five in the morning of the 30th Jan. Minehead appeared on the lee beam, the Vessel drifting very fast to leeward. The gale was now severe and the fore-topmast was ripped over the side, while the mainsail was in ribbons. The lifeboats were washed away and a seaman in the foretop had his back and thigh broken. Unable to weather Brownstown Head to arrive in Waterford Harbour, where Hook Tower could be seen under the lee bow, Cap. Gibbs ordered the anchors be thrown out and the sails clewed up. The ship was brought up under Brownstown Head in seven fathoms of water. At about midday, the anchors dragged, the wind and sea still increasing, and about ten past twelve the Sea Horse, battered and helpless, grounded in Tramore Bay less then a mile from the shore and safety. No assistance whatever could be afforded to the hapless inmates of the doomed Vessel by the numerous spectators who lined the shore hoping for a lull in the merciless gale. Crowds of soldiers lined the decks, many of them washed away by the returning wave. All hope of escape seemed now to forsake every break.

After the tragedy Lloyds of London funded the building of piers, including the erection of Metal Man to prevent similar calamities. A monument to the tragedy is located on Doneraile Walk and an Obelisk marks a burial plot at the Church of Ireland on Church Road.

ex_infantry man

how about the sinking of the original irish pine by the luftwaffe
http://www.mariner.ie/history/remember/kenneth-king-paintings/irish-pine

drBill

A favourite of mine is the Samson which was grounded at Ardmore Head after breaking loose in a storm while being towed in 1987. I have various pics from the web but don't own any of them myself so I'll just add the links here rather than copy up the pics. It's an imposing sight, you can get quite close to it on the cliff path, or better still paddle over its deck in a kayak at high tide.

How it looks now:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnfinn/5515123399/
http://www.shanemcdonald.me/012011-the-samson-ardmore-photo-of-the-week/

In its earlier days:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9187292@N02/2185895942/in/photostream/

the scrote

Got a load here of random wreck's taken off iraq in 2008-2009,sorry i don't have any more info on them but some of the folk i was with reckon there casualties of the Iran-Iraq war.
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/456/dsc00624wm.jpg
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/2632/dsc00639p.jpg
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9894/dsc00632tz.jpg
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/6757/dsc00635ui.jpg
http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/9678/dsc00594rj.jpg
http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/2068/dsc00601z.jpg
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/9692/dsc00589v.jpg
http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/9910/dsc00623l.jpg

ex_infantry man

drBill wrote: »

In its earlier days:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9187292@N02/2185895942/in/photostream/

mammoth was in waterford bout two years ago finishing off the span of the new bridge we have here think there was pics taken of it must search out the thread

the scrote

One of my shipmates took this around 08 when we were in Gibralter,Not sure of the full story but from what i heard in the pub after was that ship picked up it's anchor without permission from port control & collided with another ship.Was back in Gib 12 months later & what was left of the wreck was on the quay wall after been cut up.
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/2879/cardiganbay033.jpg
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2480/cardiganbay031.jpg

ciarang85

remember seeing the ranga a lot as a kid, thanks for them pics

323

This old girl is the most intact old iron barque I have come across. The 1155 tonne Lady Elizabeth lying in the bay at Stanley in the Falklands.



Has a bit of a mystery story also, with the disappearance of two sailors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Elizabeth_%281879%29

cyrusdvirus

The Falklands seems to be a spot where a lot of ships have been left to their fate....

I was in Bristol during the summer and visited the Great Britain, and she spent nearly 100 years down in the Falklands as well

323

gatecrash wrote: »

The Falklands seems to be a spot where a lot of ships have been left to their fate....

I was in Bristol during the summer and visited the Great Britain, and she spent nearly 100 years down in the Falklands as well

Would like to get over there and see her, really amazing job bringing here back from the Falklands.
Part of here original mizzen mast is still on display at the waterfront in Stanley, the Lady Elizabeth in the background.

Amazing how much still remains of many of the timber wrecks lying around the Falklands.
Lot of wrecks there, many of ships condemned, after the south pacific and rounding cape horn. Believe for a long time Stanley was the busiest Lloyd's office in the world

the scrote

^^^^
Was in Stanley 6 year's ago & never knew about any of this,that what's happens when your in a hurry to get to the pub.went to the Graf spee museum in montevideo & also passed its anchor on the way out of the dock's,i'll try dig out some pic's if i can find them.

Carawaystick

On Inis Oirr

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ME9dgZ1gkQ

http://shop.petercox.ie/products/wreck-of-the-plassey-inis-oirr-aran-islands

Cookie_Monster

Anyone have any info on a wreck at Ballymoney Strand just north of Gorey, approx here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=52.683823,-6.199565&daddr=Arklow,+Co.+Wicklow,+Ireland&hl=en&sll=52.68913,-6.188307&sspn=0.026637,0.089092&geocode=%3BCT5DUYXc7EdsFYWdJQMdRwyi_ymNxcNU5MNnSDHA0DGXqccACg&mra=mift&mrsp=0&sz=14&t=h&z=14

Used to go down to it when we had a mobile hom edown there.

Tabnabs

Here's a good site for the Symphorophilia's amongst us :pac:

http://www.shipwrecklog.com/log/