SS Dundalk -14th October 1918 By Charley McCarthy
The Ship SS Dundalk was built in Glasgow in 1899 at a cost of £40,000 as a flagship for the Dundalk and Newry Steam Packet Company. Her...
07 Jun
Tag Archives: Wartime Sinking
07 Jun
SS St Barchan – The Last Ship Torpedoed in WWI By Richard McCormick
Early on 21st October 1918 a small 362 ton Home Trade coaster the SS Saint Barchan of Glasgow (Official No. 13785), built on the Clyde ...
08 Sep
Women And Children On The RMS Leinster Restored To History
Renowned, maritime historian Philip Lecane, author of Torpedoed! The RMS Leinster Disaster has just written a new...
18 Jan
The sinking of Arandora Star
‘Drowned like rats’ The torpedoing of Arandora Star off the Donegal Coast, 2 July 1940 Michael Kennedy (difp at iol.ie) This paper is...
27 Dec
Ireland’s WWII Sea Losses
NEUTRAL IRELAND’S SEA LOSSES HEAVY IN SECOND WORLD WAR 16 Ships Lost in Unprovoked Actions In the years following 1922, Ireland, unli...
22 Dec
RMS Leinster, over 500 died
An exhibit illustrating this event will, on occasion, be displayed in the Museum The date is 10th October 1918. The place is Kingstown ...
20 Dec
Remember: Naomh Garbhan with 3
Fishing Boat - NAOMH GARBHAN sorry, no illustration MII - Fishing Boat - NAOMH GARBHAN
20 Dec
Remember: Cymric and 11 crew
SCHOONER CYMRIC Bergin, Philip, Wexford Brennan, James, Wexford Cassedy, Christopher, Athboy, Co. Meath Crosbie, James, Wexford Furl...
20 Dec
20 Dec
Remember: Kerry Head, 12 crew
S.S. KERRY HEAD Begley, Thomas, Limerick Naughton, George, Limerick Byrne, Dick, Wicklow Naughton, James, Limerick Davidson,...
