Archaeological remains associated with the loss of this vessel are not confirmed as present at this location, but may be in the vicinity.
Event and Historical Information:
The DOON was an iron-hulled steamship built by Rhoodee Shipbuilding Company at Chester in 1855. Technical and configuration specifications are given as 279gt, 105nt; 133ft length x 21ft breadth x 11ft 5in depth; 1 deck, quarterdeck 50ft, boatdeck 18ft; screw propulsion powred by a single steam boiler linked to a compound engine producing 50hp; machinery by D Rowan, Glasgow. At time of loss on 10 January 1903, the vessel was owned by the Ayre Steam Ship Compnay and registered at Glasgow. The DOON was carrying bottled beer, empty beer cases and limestone from Dublin to Ayr when it went ashore on Llandulas Beach. An esaterly force 8 gale is likley to have been a contributing factor to the loss.
Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1903, Appendix C, Table, p.131 (771)
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyd's Register Casualty Returns, 1 January - 31 March 1903, p.8 (g)
Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1900 - 30 June 1901, number 353 in D
The Welsh Coast Pioneer, 16 January 1903, p.9
Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, February 2010.
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