COUNTESS of Erne 15m
An old paddle steamer, of 830 gross tons is a 241 foot long iron vessel and was used as a coal hulk from 1800. Until in a gale in September 1935 when she broke her moorings. She drifted across the harbour and hit the inner wall of the north-eastern breakwater, and was badly holed and sank. She lies upright, with her hull mainly intact. She lies at the foot of the breakwater wall and runs parallel to it with her bows towards the east ship channel entrance. Her decks are clear and flat and there are 3 holds. The deck stands 7m high. Depth to deck is 6m. There is much marine life including pollock. mullet, wrasse, tompot blennies, pink coral, nudibranchs.
