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Solway Queen

Shipwreck

What is recorded here

The official Northern Ireland wreck record identifies Solway Queen (poss.) as Steamship. It was lost in 1918. Recorded depth: 124m. Recorded condition: Largely intact wreck, 50m anomaly.

From the Northern Ireland Ship and Aircraft Wrecks, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs record SWR083

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  • Sue Adair, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • David Smith, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Ulsterbeef, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Rossographer, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • HENRY CLARK, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • The Art Newspaper; photographer not stated, The Art Newspaper
  • Albert Bridge, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Eric Jones, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Albert Bridge, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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