"A steam ship passing along the quays" the title says but that is a mooring rope at the bows so the ship is going nowhere. WE haven't had an O'Connor image for some time and a visit to Cork in the summer is always good, especially for those from Limerick who have bragging rights!
Photographer:
Fergus O’Connor
Collection:
Fergus O'Connor Collection
Date: Between 1903 and 12th May 1918
NLI Ref:
OCO 288
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Info:
Owner:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Source:
Flickr Commons
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O Mac
Photograph pre 12th May 1918 when sunk by U-boat 86 off Ballycotton. Launched 1903 www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/I-Ships/inniscarra1903.html
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Date updated
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Dockview (going by the St Luke's steeple and the third bay from the right on the warehouse) - goo.gl/maps/kJyCZjAGrSAY5Edh8 (fixed!)
O Mac
She's flying the Blue Peter flag indicating she's about to head to sea.
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She is flying the Blue Peter flag, about to depart - "The blue Peter. In harbour: All persons should report on board as the vessel is about to proceed to sea. ... " See - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_maritime_signal_flags
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Snap!
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Is that a Blue Peter flag? ;-)
O Mac
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ Well it's definitely not a dog.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] Very good!!
John Spooner
Contemporary newspaper accounts of the sinking of the Inniscarra vary in detail, but this one contains most of the points they agree on (and contradicts itself as to whether the boats were lowered or not). The earliest report appeared on 25th of May, and none of the reports give a date for the sinking, so presumably the authorities suppressed the news for nearly 2 weeks. Northern Whig - Saturday 25 May 1918
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner I wonder what the letters said?
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Via Trove, an American destroyer sank the U-boat soon after - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/175503724?searchTerm=i...
John Spooner
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland] 5 months too late (or 7 months too early) to be birthday cards. Meanwhile here's a list of the crew in 1915 . Most of them are from Cork - after the sinking the Irish Independent said "That city, needless to say, has many homes plunged into mourning by the tragedy, and many families deprived of their breadwinners"
kundun59
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[https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner] Here is the Captain Henry Hore in the 1911 Census
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Same from 1901
John Spooner
Here's the 1st engineer Robert West Beatson in 1911 (aged 65). He isn't on the barely legible list of victims of the sinking in the Irish Independent, but the carpenter Arthur Allridge is (when he would have been 72 or 73).
John Spooner
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland A shipping list in the Cork Examiner of Tuesday
30 August 19041st September 1903 shows Hore as the captain of the Inniscarra, arriving from and departing for Milford with general cargo. So he was captain for most of the ship's existence -19041903(or earlier)to 1915 (or later but before May 1918).Niall McAuley
OCO 290 titled Boats moored along the quays on the River Lee, Cork City looks to be the stern of the Iniscarra, same day, if anyone fancies making a panorama.
John Spooner
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley]Rather rough and ready, in the words of Eric Morecambe, "You can see the join"
Niall McAuley
https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner Nice!
Niall McAuley
OCO 292 is the National Monument, completed in 1906 per the DIA.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner Well done John, virtual sticky bun in the post.
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Good work. I often wonder why we have not found more 'panoramas' of Irish views. It doesn't seem to have been the fashion with Mr French & Co.; dime a dozen in contemporary Sydney, Australia photos, almost a cliché. One of my favs is this four-frame vertical< pano of a tall ship - https://www.flickr.com/photos/anmm_thecommons/8491399118/in/album-72157629416093106/
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia I had a look, very interesting.
John Spooner
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland Thank you. I'll incorporate it into my virtual diet.