Mairi Bhan (Windjammer)

Body of Water: Atlantic Ocean

Site Quality: Gold Stars

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Vessel Type: Clipper (3-Mast)

Built: 1874 for Barclay, Curle, and Co. at Glasgow, Scotland

Length x Beam x Depth ft [m]: 239.6' x 37.0'x 22.3'   [73.03] x [11.28] x [6.80]

Tonnage: 1386 Gross

Official Number: 68537

Other Names: None


Loss Details:

Loaded with asphalt. Ran aground then disloged by a storm, ultimately slid into deep water. 2 crew perished during salvage attempts while aground.

Date of Loss: December 1912

Location of Loss: N.W. Bonaire


Site Details:

The Mairi Bhan sits on her starboard side on a rocky sand bottom. Her forward and aft masts remain attached to the deck and lye on the bottom.

Highlights: Bollards, Rigging, Masts, Steering Linkage, Rudder.

Dive Depth ft [m]: 185'-200' [56.4-61.0]

Bibliography


WHITE WINGS VOL II. FOUNDING OF THE PROVINCES AND OLD-TIME SHIPPING. PASSENGER SHIPS FROM 1840 TO 1885

www.blue-oceans.com.

State Library of South Australia - Port Photo

State Library of South Australia - Starboard Photo

State Library of South Australia - Port Photo# 2

www.dreamwrecks.com/windjammer-bonaire-wreck

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