
MV Irish Trader
Posted by:
Windsockers
N 53° 44.231 W 006° 14.929
29U E 681451 N 5957794
Quick Description: MV Irish trader was a Hartlepool motor vessel grossing 344 ton's
Location: Ireland
Date Posted: 1/30/2008 11:04:39 AM
Waymark Code: WM32JG
Views: 91
Long Description:On her last voyage she was carrying 410 tonnes of fertiliser which
was bound for bristol in England.
She ran aground in 1974.
Nobody knows the real reason it went aground, it happened for
tax reasons, drunken crew, or simple pilot error.
The coordinates are for the actual wreck which can be seen in
google earth.
Please take extreme care when visiting this waymark Do not attempt
to get close unless its at low tide.
beware the sand is very soft at this location.