Steamship · lost 1953 · Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom

Enda

When her distress rockets went unseen, Captain McKellar's crew of the Enda, with a young mother and her child, climbed down onto the rocks near Gounie Point, south of Clanyard Bay, where a gale and blinding snow had driven her ashore on passage from Londonderry to Heysham with linen, dairy produce and livestock.

Flares at first light were answered by the ICI steamer Sodium, anchored nearby, whose lifeboat took the mother, the child and some of the men to Stranraer; the Drummore Lifesaving Crew, arriving through deep snow, led the rest to the Shipwrecked Mariners' Home. Her radio call had been heard on ordinary household sets, and the Donaghadee lifeboat fought across the North Channel only to find the animals alone aboard.

Salvors recovered some of her cargo before she broke up within weeks, and her remains lie close inshore north-east of Gounie Point.

Type
Steamship
Lost
1953
Tonnage
710 GRT
Location
Dumfries and Galloway, United KingdomNorth Channel

History and LossLost 1953 · Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom.

On hire to Burns & Laird Line, she had sailed from Londonderry the afternoon before with 150 head of livestock among her cargo and a crew of twenty-three, and grounded at about 5am on 25 February 1933. Her SOS, broadcast on the BBC Home Service frequency, reported a ship ashore at Port Logan.

A Dundee salvage company worked on her for two weeks and saved part of the cargo, but gave up trying to refloat her when bad weather broke her up early in March.

Lost 1953.

Condition of the Wreck

Intactness

What is left of her lies inshore of Gounie Point, some 200 metres to its north-east.

Notable Features

  • Anchor
  • Cargo remains

Additional Details7 further fields held for this wreck and not shown above.

Loss date
1953
Latitude
54.6907° N
Longitude
4.9713° W
Water body
North Channel
War grave
Not recorded
Protected
No
Permit required
No

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Enda?

Enda is the wreck of a steamship, off Dumfries and Galloway, United Kingdom. Enda was lost in 1953.

How did the Enda sink?

The cause of the loss of Enda is not recorded in the sources held; the loss is dated 1953.