Barry Spencer
@schooner1908
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HMS Magpie alongside the pontoon at Poolbeg earlier, and big blue skies over Sandymount too..
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Some pics of Pat’s wonderful painting skills at the East Pier.
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#OnThisDay 1918 The RMS Leinster was torpedoed by German sub UB-123 an hour after leaving DĂşn Laoghaire. 813 people on board of whom 569 were lost including many soldiers returning from leave, making it the single biggest loss of life in the Irish Sea. #Ireland #History #WW1
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The Rosslare to Fishguard passenger ferry, The St Patrick,was bombed by the Luftwaffe on 13-6-1941. 30 people died including 17 year old John Joe Brennan from Wexford. Tragically Brennan’s father Mosie was killed the previous year when the St Patrick was strafed by a German plane
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This is incredible..
This time-lapse video by Max Olson shows what a 4.5 meter (15 feet) storm surge looks like. The video was recorded in Ft. Myers Beach, Florida during hurricane Ian landfall [full video, HD, Max Olson Chasing: https://t.co/gObjp3BBxF]
https://t.co/0PW90SKC7Z
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An interesting mix of heritage and maritime infrastructure at #Wexford Quay that I spotted. All the bollards along the Quay that the fishing vessels use have brass plates with the names of old sailing vessels that once graced the town. 57 bollards I was told. A lovely touch
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Happy Birthday @PassageCarFerry The Knights Templer received the rights to operate the ferry after the Norman conquest of 1169/1172, from Henry 11 Good chance the ferry pre existed this however
@PassageCarFerry just turned 40 set up in the summer of 82, the service runs from Ballyhack to Passage East connecting both counties, considered one of Ireland's most established domestic ferry' đź‘Ź *Cool Fact; There had been a pedestrian ferry on the route since medieval times.
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On 22nd Oct the SS Kerry Head🇮🇪 en route to Newport Wales was attacked by German aircraft, exploded & went down with the loss of all 12 crew. Seen by the horrified Coast Watchers at Sheep's Head Co Cork, on board were 5 Limerick men, J Tobin, G & J Naughton, T Begley & P O'Neill.
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On the 2nd of December 1941 a drifting sea mine hit Tuskar rock off the Wexford coast. In the ensuing explosion the assistant light house keeper, Patrick Scanlan was mortally wounded. Photo: Andrewmc (public domain)
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Feb 1940, the British SS Langleeford (34 crew) was torpedoed by a German U-Boat. After almost 3 days fighting against wind & tides, rain & hail 15 men landed near Loop Head🇮🇪. Famished & half frozen they quickly recovered after hot drinks, blazing fires, tea & other refreshments.
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In July 1940 when St George's Channel was mined, they were allowed to come within 7 miles of the Co Waterford coast & British shipping was also allowed the use of Irish waters. Untethered British Barrage balloons some with explosives regularly flew over Éire 🇮🇪 & were shot down.
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We’ll always need ships and brave souls to man them..
In WW2 all Irish food exports (3M+ tons Beef & 4M+ cattle) went to the UK in Irish Registered ships, which also supplied the UK with millions more tons of food from Spain Portugal & the US, shipped through Portugal by heroic Irish Seamen, of whom 149 died. https://t.co/Z2lVHRHYcu
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