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15Apr
Local Wexford people know it as the, ‘Graveyard of a Thousand Ships’. There are that many lost ships there, and probably some more. The primary reason for such a large amount of unfortunate losses is quite simple – traffic. This part of Ireland represents a major crossroads for shipping, of increased importance, and more fatal […]
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Posted by roystokes. Categories : Archaeology, Diving, History of Wexford, Local Irish History, Maritime Adventure, Maritime Mysteries, Norman Way, Tales of Shipwreck, Uncategorized. Tags : Adonis, Armstrong, Balaclava, Bargy, Blakely, Bray Head, captain Hunt, Captain Smith, Carn, Carnagh, Carne, Carnsore, Castletown, Ceres, Chour, City of London, Codling, Coninbeg, Cross, Doyles, Duddliston, Fintan, Forth, Fourpence, Fudge, georges channel, Giants Hill, Gogarty, Graveyard, Green, Harris, Heard, Heroine, Irish Sea, Jasper Walsh, Keary, Kilmore, Ladys Island, Lane of Stones, Lobster Pot, Major Keane, Malcolmson, Netherton, Ondine, Onidine, ouzel, Pascoe, Pellat, Pierce, Prince Consort, Quakers, Ridge, Robert Garden, Robinson, Saltees, Secret, Silly, Tacumshane, thousand ships, Tuskar, Undine, Vaughs, Vauks, Walsh, Waterford, wexford, wreck, Yola.
26Sep
The repeated claims that America declared against Germany during WW1 because her citizens and ships had been attacked by German U-boats is not accurate. Though the U-boats were restrained as a result of American diplomatic protests, America did not enter the war at that time, and when they did, it was for different reasons. This […]
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Posted by roystokes. Categories : Archaeology, Diving, Liverpool, Local Irish History, Maritime Adventure, Maritime Mysteries, Tales of Shipwreck, U-Boat, Uncategorized, WW1. Tags : Arklow, Barkley, Bruge, Brunsbuttel, Diamond Shoals, Drina, Drowning Command, Duncannon, Dunmore East, Flanders, Flanders Flotilla, georges channel, Glencree, Goedard, Guillemot, Guinness, Hashagen, Hundius, hydrophones, Irish Channel, Irish Sea, Kentish Knock, Kilkeel, Kynoch, Lafrenz, Leviathan, lightships, Lohs, Lusitania, Lynburn, MacGarry, MacGlue, MacGrath, morse, mystery ships, North Channel, ocean pests, Pasquay, Power, Queenstown, Read, Richter, South Arklow LV, Steinbrick, Steinbrinck, Tebbenjohanns, U-Boat Alley, U-boats, U6, U62, UB10, UB103, UB12, UB16, UB17, UB57, UB64, UC42, UC44, UC47, UC65, UC75, Vaterland, Wicklow, Wilhelm, WW1.
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