The Sea Horse, Lord Melville and Boadicea transports were shipwrecked on the south coast of Ireland, almost two hundred years ago, on 30 and 31 January 1816.
Taken in tandem, the wrecks represent one of the greatest maritime disasters to have been recorded in Irish waters, perhaps surpassing even the horror of the wreck of L’Impatiente, a frigate from a French invasion fleet that foundered off Mizen Head on 29 December 1796, with the loss of 552 lives.
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