by andrew | Aug 5, 2016 | Dunmore East, Irelands Maritime Heritage, Royal Navy, Shipwrecks, World War I
Standing on the breakwater at Dunmore East last night, I found it hard to try to cast my mind back to the scene 99 years ago to the day. For on August 4th 1917 just after midnight, an explosion ripped through the hull of a U Boat laying mines between Dunmore and the...
by andrew | Feb 12, 2016 | Dunmore East, Irelands Maritime Heritage, World War I
Last week we looked at the story of the sinking of UC-44 in Dunmore East in August of 1917. This week I wanted to complete the account with a look at what subsequently occurred to the salvaged sub and her crew. The U-boat was thoroughly examined and the design and...
by andrew | Feb 5, 2016 | Dunmore East, Irelands Maritime Heritage, River Lore, Royal Navy, Waterford History, World War I
I was a youngster when I first heard the tale of UC-44, a German U-Boat that sunk when she struck her own mine and was salvaged and brought back to Dunmore East. There her design and fighting capabilities yielded invaluable information to tackling the U-Boat threat....
by andrew | Jan 21, 2016 | Irelands Maritime Heritage, Maritime Wexford, River Lore, Royal Navy, Waterford History, Waterford Ships, World War I, World War II
Two weeks ago we looked at the mine incident that closed the Barrow Bridge in 1946. It was a floating mine, the origins of which was not identified, but it had been in the water for some time. It might conceivably have dated to WWI. At the time the mouth of the...
by andrew | Nov 6, 2015 | Cheekpoint memories, Fishing Heritage
As the Reaper and the other Cheekpoint boats proceeded downriver, we were joined by the Passage and Ballyhack men, forming a convoy of decked and half decked motor boats of varying size and power and a multitude of colours. Depending on the tides, the Passage...
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