J4982 : Shipwreck remains, Bangor
taken 14 years ago, near to Bangor, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Shipwreck remains, Bangor
Over the years there have been many many shipwrecks in and around Belfast Lough. Many offshore wrecks remain, some almost intact, and can be dived. Most onshore wrecks were either refloated or salvaged for scrap and no trace of them remains. At Ballymacormick Point I found an old anchor from an unknown wreck J5284 : Anchor, Ballymacormick Point and here, at Wilson's Point, can be seen some steelwork from another. This has been identified as the remains of the M.V. 'Oregon 1' which foundered here after dragging her anchors on the 4th January 1945; most of the ship was either salvaged or remains underwater just offshore, this section is visible at low tide. The vessel was built in Copenhagan in 1916 and, heading for Halifax, Nova Scotia from Newport, it had been waiting in Belfast Lough to join an Atlantic convey. See Link
for further information on wrecks in north County Down.

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- J4982, 143 images (more nearby
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- Date Taken
- Sunday, 7 August, 2011 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Monday, 3 October, 2011
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- Subject Location
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Irish:
J 497 825 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:40.1054N 5:40.7426W - Camera Location
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Irish:
J 497 824
- View Direction
- North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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