Wrecks and historic events in County Derry
The Discover Alone map has 51 wrecks and historic events in County Derry, Ireland. Below are the 47 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Claudy bombingbomb attackClaudy is a small town in County Londonderry where three car bombs exploded on Main Street on 31 July 1972, killing…
Battle of the BogsideMajor battlefieldBattle of the Bogside is a major battlefield in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the ground still holds the shape of…
Apprentice Boys of Derry and Siege MuseumMuseumApprentice Boys of Derry and Siege Museum is a museum in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the gates still creak beneath…
Siege of Derry Boom Stone"The Boom Stone" (Traditionally part of 17th century boom across the River Foyle during the Siege of Derry)Siege of Derry Boom Stone is a "the boom stone" (traditionally part of 17th century boom across the river foyle during…
Siege of DerrySiege and battlefieldThirteen apprentice boys shut Derry's gates against a Jacobite regiment in December 1688, triggering a 105-day siege in…
FORD across R. BANN & SITE OF BATTLE, 1689 (see also ANT 031:052 for opposite side of the river) in GlenoneFORD across R. BANN & SITE OF BATTLE, 1689 (see also ANT 031:052 for opposite side of the river)Mud and blood mixed in the Bann water when men waded across during the 1689 battle. The ford remains a living scar…- WN498ShipwreckWN498 is a Westland Dragonfly helicopter wreck from 1958, recorded off County Derry as non-dangerous but still…
- Vought F4U CorsairAircraft wreckCounty Derry water still holds the Vought F4U Corsair, a 1944 aircraft wreck beneath the surface. The sudden loss may…
- 2021 Northern Ireland riotsriotLoyalist frustration with the Irish Sea border and the Bobby Storey funeral ignited ten days of fire across Derry…
- StypieShipwreckStypie is an 1848 wooden sailing vessel wrecked off County Derry, Ireland. The sea stripped it to a long shadow on the…
- Siege of DerrysiegeFour months locked inside stone walls while twenty-one thousand men circled them, Derry became a lesson in endurance…
- Recorded wreck SWR267ShipwreckAn unknown Ww2 motor torpedo boat still sat stranded off County Derry when the story was first recorded. It may have…
- Recorded wreck SWR269ShipwreckSWR269 remains an unknown stranded wreck in County Derry, recorded without a date, depth or identity. The sea kept its…
- Recorded wreck SWR268ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR268 is an unknown ship lost near County Derry, Ireland, lying thirteen metres beneath the surface. It…
- Recorded wreck SWR242ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR242 is an unknown stranded wreck in County Derry, Ireland, resting just 1.4m below the surface. The…
- Recorded wreck SWR240ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR240 lies one metre below the surface in County Derry, a ghost ship stripped of name and date. The…
- Recorded wreck SWR326ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR326 is a shipwreck in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the sea took it without warning, swallowing…
- Recorded wreck SWR327ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR327 is a shipwreck in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the sea took it during a storm so violent the…
- Recorded wreck SWR339ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR339 is a shipwreck in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the unknown date hides a violent storm or a…
- Recorded wreck SWR347ShipwreckCounty Derry water hides SWR347, not as a proud hull but as a strange smudge of scattered debris above possible…
- Recorded wreck SWR348ShipwreckSWR348 is not a ship at all but a wooden platform with upstanding X-shaped members and a nav light base, sunk 11m off…
- Recorded wreck SWR352ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR352 is a shipwreck in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the wooden frame still lies beneath the churning…
- Recorded wreck SWR353ShipwreckSWR353 lies nine metres down off County Derry, not as a hull but as a single cannon abandoned on the seabed. The ship…
- Recorded wreck SWR351ShipwreckSWR351 is an iron or steel vessel lost off County Derry, buried under ten metres of water. Only a curved beam and…
- Recorded wreck AWR010Aircraft wreckRecorded wreck AWR010 lies twelve metres down in County Derry waters, an unidentified aircraft trapped beneath the…
- P5059Aircraft wreckWhitley bomber P5059 fell into County Derry waters in 1940 and now lies eleven metres beneath the surface. The machine…
- 1973 Coleraine bombingsbomb attackTwo stolen cars packed with explosives shook Coleraine on 12 June 1973, killing six pensioners and wounding…
- NokomisShipwreckNokomis is a shipwreck in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the Barque broke apart during a violent winter storm…
- N/AAircraft wreckN/A is an aircraft wreck in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the light aircraft struck earth in 1980 and stayed there…
- HMS AssuranceShipwreckHMS Assurance is a shipwreck in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the steam tug still pushes invisible currents beneath…
- Greysteel massacremass shootingOn the evening of October 30, 1993, three gunmen entered the crowded Rising Sun Bar in Greysteel during a Halloween…
- GN916Aircraft wreckGN916 is a possible Westland Dragonfly helicopter sunk thirty metres below County Derry waters since 1958. The machine…
- G-BCLXAircraft wreckG-BCLX is an aircraft wreck in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the Gruman American trainer still sits shallow enough for…
- Fairey Firefly aircraftAircraft wreckFairey Firefly aircraft fell near County Derry in 1954 and still lies 13.7 metres below the surface. A diver in 1984…
- Droppin Well bombingbomb attackOn the night of December 6, 1982, a time bomb struck Ballykelly, killing seventeen people and wounding sixty-six…
- EnderickShipwreckEnderick is a shipwreck lost in 1893 within County Derry, Ireland. The vessel now rests on foul ground, creating a…
- Nellie MShipwreckNellie M is a motor vessel lost off County Derry in 1981. The water took her at six metres deep, but men brought her…
- Recorded wreck SWR325ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR325 is a shipwreck in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the unknown date hides a violent storm or a…
- Newtownhamilton bombingbomb attackNewtownhamilton bombing is a bomb attack in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the violence arrived without warning on that…
- SardShipwreckSard is a shipwreck in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the metal steamship broke apart in 1906 and scattered its bones…
- Bloody SundaymassacreBloody Sunday is a massacre in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps the gunshots still echo in the narrow streets, maybe the…
- Saint BedanShipwreckSaint Bedan is a motor vessel lost off County Derry in 1982. It lay at eight metres, waited to be refloated, towed to…
- Recorded wreck SWR236ShipwreckYes. This is an example of a visible completed answer. Showing the example is not the same as claiming that the user…
- ErriaShipwreckErria is a motor vessel lost in County Derry in 1981. She struck shallows of one metre, stranded on the coast, then…
- TowyShipwreckMnemo recorded memory through distinction, not invention. This is an operating instruction, not a claim about you. It…
- U-1003ShipwreckThe official Northern Ireland wreck record identifies U-1003 as Submarine. It was lost in 1945. Recorded depth: 68m.…
- Recorded wreck SWR241ShipwreckNo amount of rewriting will finish an empty chamber. That is not a warning about you, but a measurement of the chamber.…