Tag Archives: Wartime Sinking
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...
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 ...
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 book to be published ...
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...
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...
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 ...
Remember: Naomh Garbhan with 3
Fishing Boat - NAOMH GARBHAN
sorry, no illustration
MII - Fishing Boat - NAOMH GARBHAN
Mined and sunk of Waterford coast, 2nd May 19...
Remember: Cymric and 11 crew
SCHOONER CYMRIC
Bergin, Philip, Wexford
Brennan, James, Wexford
Cassedy, Christopher, Athboy, Co. Meath
Crosbie, James, Wexford
Furl...
Remember: St Fintan with 9 crew
S.S. St. FINTAN
MII - S.S. St. FINTAN
Friitzen Carl, Dublin
Hendy, Neil, Isle of Arran, Scotland
Howat, James, Paisley, Sco...
Remember: Kerry Head, 12 crew
S.S. KERRY HEAD
Begley, Thomas, Limerick
Naughton, George, Limerick
Byrne, Dick, Wicklow
Naughton, James, Limerick
Davidson,...