The Maritime Institute of Ireland held their AGM on Saturday 28 September 2013 in the coffee shop of the museum
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Remember SS Meath
Mined and Sunk in Irish Sea – 16th August 1940 – three wounded
remember-ardmore
Mined and sunk off Saltees Island, 12th November 1940
Remember City of Bremen
Sunk by aircraft – Bay of Biscay – 2nd June 1942
Remember – Luimneach
Sunk by U-Boat U-46 gunfire in North Atlantic, 4th September 1940
Lecture: Mutiny & Murder on the Earl of Sandwich
Peter Brady will deliver a lecture entitled: Mrs Glass and her daughter imploring the pirates to spare their lives Mutiny & Murder on the Earl of Sandwich Pirate Hanging In Chains on Thursday 21st November 2013 at 8:00 pm in the Stella Maris Seafarers’ Club (between Busaras, Customs House, and the ILAC Center) In late… Continue reading Lecture: Mutiny & Murder on the Earl of Sandwich
Remember: City of Limerick
The neutral City of Limerick of Saorstait and Continental Lines, clearly marked as Irish, was bombed and sunk in Bay of Biscay, 15th July 1940
Remember: Kyleclare
Torpedoed in North Atlantic by U-456, 23rd February 1943. Lost with her crew of 18.
Remember: Irish Pine
An American “Liberty Ship” chartered by Irish Shipping, the Irish Pine, clearly marked as a neutral was torpedoed and sunk by U-608. Lost with her crew of 33.
Remember: Naomh Garbhan
Fishing Boat, Mined and sunk of Waterford coast, 2nd May 1945, lost with crew of three