Fulmar (1868)

History
United Kingdom
NameFulmar
Namesake(northern) fulmar
OwnerJames Dixon
Port of registryUnited Kingdom Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
BuilderBackhouse & Dixon Middlesbrough
Launched1 February 1868
FateSunk near Farrihy Bay, Kilkee, County Clare 30 January 1886
General characteristics
Class and typeIron screw steamship
Tonnage652 GRT[1]
Length200 ft (61 m)[1]
Beam28 ft (8.5 m)[1]
Installed power90 horsepower
Propulsion2-cylinder compound inverted steam engine[1]

The Fulmar was a cargo vessel that sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland, on the night of 30 January 1886.[2] At the time of the disaster the ship was transporting coal from Troon in Ayrshire, Scotland to Limerick city in Ireland. Occurring 50 years to the day of the sinking of the Intrinsic, the ship is one of four that have perished with loss of life off the coast of the small town of Kilkee, the others being the Edmond, and the Inishtrahull.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b c d "Backhouse and Dixon & Company, Middlesbrough". teesbuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Wreck Report for 'Fulmar', 1886". plimsoll.org. 17 March 1886. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Irish Shipwrecks- Intrinsic". irishshipwrecks.com. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Irish Shipwrecks – Fulmar". irishshipwrecks.com. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2018.