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
Thursday 1 October 2015
Unknown Vessel, September 1793
‘We are sorry to hear, that a
boat which sailed from hence for Dungarvan was lost near Tramore on Friday
last, by which nine persons, then on board, unfortunately lost their lives.’[1]
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