What is recorded here
Upas is a steamship lost in 1915 near County Down, Ireland. It still stands upright at 17m depth, though broken up, keeping the shape of a vessel that stopped moving in the middle of a war. The sea did not bury it so much as pause it, leaving a steel skeleton tilted slightly inside the dark water.
The official Northern Ireland wreck record identifies Upas as Steamship. It was lost in 1915. Recorded depth: 17m. Recorded condition: Upright but broken up.
Steamship *Upas* was lost in 1915 in Northern Ireland waters, lying upright but broken up at a depth of 17 meters. Likely a casualty of World War I, its exact loss, whether through mine, torpedo, or collision, remains unspecified, though no details of lives or cargo lost are recorded.
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