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S.S. DUNDALK AND THE DUNDALK & NEWRY STEAMSHIP CO
« on: Friday 20 January 06 14:12 UTC (UK) »
I am researching a man by the name of Samuel John Cocks/Cox who was the general manager of the above company. His home town was Oakenholt, nr Flint, Flintshire, North Wales.
He returned home in October 1918 to attend his brother's funeral.
On the 14th October he was sailing back to Ireland on the s.s. Dundalk when it was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine five miles N.N.W. of the Skerries, off Anglesea. Twenty-one of her crew, including the Captain and Mr Cocks, were killed.
Doeas anyone know anything about the ship and its crew and the Dundalk & Newry Steamship Co.
Also is there a war memorial in Dundalk with the names of the deceased crew and Samuel J Cocks?

Regards
Peter
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Re: S.S. DUNDALK AND THE DUNDALK & NEWRY STEAMSHIP CO
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 21 January 06 05:56 UTC (UK) »
 Peter:

A few items.
"In 1869 the Newry Steam Packet Company purchased the "City of Belfast" renamed her the "Newry" and began operating cross channel passenger and livestock services from the Albert Basin. In 1871 the company was assimilated into the Dundalk and Newry Steam Packet Company, which had a new Newry registered steamer "Bessbrook" built in 1877 followed in 1892 by the S. S. "Iveagh" also registered in Newry. For almost 60 years this innovative little company operated regular cross channel passenger services from the Steam Packet Quay in the Albert Basin to Liverpool and Glasgow."
http://www.thequays.co.uk/history/index.asp

The disastrous collision between the Connemara and the Retriever.
http://www.irishships.com/connemara_tragedy.htm Broken Link


Account of a dive to wreck:

http://www.iomshipwrecks.com/news.htm

Hope this helps some.

Pat
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Re: S.S. DUNDALK AND THE DUNDALK & NEWRY STEAMSHIP CO
« Reply #2 on: Monday 23 January 06 14:44 UTC (UK) »
Hi Pat

Thanks for the info. I knew about the wreck dive article but not the rest which is most useful.

All the best

Peter
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