Ballyshannon Shipwrecks

Year Name of Vessel Type of Vessel ...Cargo...
1812 BETSY SMACK Unknown
1812 HAWKERMAN NORWEGIAN SAIL VESSEL Unknown
1812 ROSE SAIL VESSEL Unknown
1833 ROSE AYR SAIL VESSEL - 56 tons Unknown
1835 BENJAMIN NICKELSON SAIL VESSEL Unknown
1839 BETSY BRIG Deal
1849 LOUISA CONNOLY SAIL VESSEL Unknown
1849 UNKNOWN PRUSSIAN SAIL VESSEL Unknown
1873 PRIDE MANX SCHOONER General
1874 ANNE SCHOONER - 73 tons China Clay
1880 ADA LETITA SAIL VESSEL - 96 tons Unknown
1884 ROCKABILL IRON STEAMER - 136 tons General
1884 TRIO BRIG Deals & Battens
1884 WIDOW BRIGANTINE - 90 tons Timber
1925 WHINESTONE COLLIER Coal
1932 TEXA STEAM SCHOONER - 186 tons Coke
1934 WHITE ABBEY STEEL 2 MASTED BARQUE - 263 tons Coal


Most ships were wrecked on the sand bar at the mouth of the estuary
Exception is Betsy in 1839 which was shipwrecked off the rocks at Kildoney

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