SS Brighton (1903)

She was wrecked at Killary Bay on 25 August 1933.In June 2024, members of the Athlone Sub Aqua Club rediscovered the remains of the wreck.It had been found in the 1970s but its position was lost.

[1] In 1931, Roussalka was fitted with two 8-cylinder Atlas diesel engines of 1,750 horsepower (1,300 kW) driving a single screw, giving her a speed of 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h).

[4] She was to have been the first turbine powered steamship built for the LB&SCR but a fire at the shipbuilders delayed her completion, pushing her into second place.

[2] On 5 November 1910 Brighton was involved in a collision with the windjammer Preußen 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Newhaven.

[4] On 19 December 1914, she rescued the survivors of the naval trawler HMT Orianda, which had been sunk by a mine in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire.

[6] Brighton brought the American President Woodrow Wilson back to Dover after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

[4] On 25 August 1933, in thick fog, Roussalka was wrecked on Blood Slate Rock, Freaklin Island, Killary Bay.

Wreck of the Preußen