For centuries, Tramore Bay in County Waterford has held an infamous reputation as a graveyard of ships. The most famous of the wrecks being that of the Sea Horse transport, which was driven into the bay and shipwrecked in a storm, almost two hundred years ago, on 30 January 1816.
Chart of Tramore Bay
Friday 2 October 2015
Diligence, Saturday 7 January 1804
The Diligence, Captain
Gorman, Cork for Waterford, laden with staves & c., sprung a leak at
Tramore on Saturday night. The captain ran her ashore in the bay. The crew and cargo
are safe.[1]
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