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Dive SitesThe Tayleur siteThe Tayleur was wrecked on Lambay on 21-1-1854 while en route from Liverpool to Melbourne. The vessel wasa three masted clipper ship 225 feet long. She had been completed only six weeks before and was on her maiden voyage. At 1900 tons gross she was the largest all iron merchant sailing ship built in Briatain at the time. She carried 660 passengers and crew bound for the newly discovered goldfields at Ballarat. Land was seen over half an hour before she struck but no avoiding action was possible because she had a huge turning circle and her anchor chains broke. There were 282 survivors and nearly 400 drowned. The wreck lies on the north east side of Lambay between the Nose and Seal hole. The seabed was once littered with fragments of the cargo which included willow pattern pottery. Submitted by: Eddie Bourke Reference from: Bound for Australia, the loss of the Tayleur on Lambay (ISBN 0-9523027 3 X) The Shamrock siteThe 231 foot 865 ton iron steamer Shamrock ran ashore on 5 may 1918 on the north East coast of Lambay. The thirty aboard were taken off by a patrol boat beforethe Shamrock broke her back. The wreck is well scattered because the Hammond Lane company cut the ship down to water level for scrap. As the loss occurred during the First World War some four inch shells are sometimes found among the wreckage. These contain highly dangerous white phosphorous which ignites when exposed to air. The Shamrock was built by Inglis in Scotland in 1879for the Lairds Glasgow to Dublin service. Submitted by: Eddie Bourke Reference from: Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast vol 1 (ISBN 0 9523027 0 5) The Oswestry siteThe 2419 ton 300 foot Oswestry owned by Sivewright Bacon & Co was wrecked at Mizen Head on 12-3-1899. She was en route from Newport News to Manchester with cotton, deal, copper ingots, iron plates, bars and Indian corn. The ship was built by E withy & Co at Haetlepool in 1888. The wreck occurred in fog just south of a rock pinnacle in the small bay to the north of Mizzen Head. Captain Wilson and the crea of 24 landed safely with the assistance of locals by scaling the rocky outcrops. One man saved the engineer by carrying him on his back up the cliff. As a mark of gratitude the farmer received gifts from him each time he reached port. Submitted by: Eddie Bourke Reference from: Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast vol 1 (ISBN 0 9523027 0 5) The Strathtay siteThe Two year old iron steamship Strathtay was wrecked in fog on rocks at Harp Ear on Lambay on 18-10-1855. The 119 ton ship was en route from Glasgow to Dublin with coal for Tedcastles of Dublin. The ship was owned by J Hay & sons at Glasgow. The crew of 15 escaped without injury.Submitted by: Eddie Bourke Reference from: Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast vol 2 (ISBN 0 9523027 1 3) |
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