Weather-related drownings off coast
The ship ploughed into rocks at West Calf Island, Roaring Water Bay during thick fog.
The tragedy led to the erection of the first Fastnet lighthouse, which became operational in 1885.
In 2010, a sculpture was unveiled on Dinish Island to commemorate 62 people from Beara who have perished at sea in recent years.
It lists a number of tragedies including one in 1968 when five fishermen died in the ‘Sea Flower tragedy’ when the trawler sank off the rocks at Puleen in Kenmare Bay.
The sculpture also contains the names of four people who died in the Bere Island ferry tragedy in 1994 and those of a further four men were lost when the St Gervase trawler went down off Mizen Head in November 2000.
The most recent serious sinking came occurred in January 15, 2012, when the trawler Tit Bonhomme struck rocks at Adam Island at the entrance to Glandore harbour.
Five of the six crew died. Egyptian crewman Abdelbaky Mohamed was the only survivor.
The vessel developed engine problems while fishing for prawns and whitefish 25km out.
Skipper Michael Hayes, 51, from Co Waterford, decided to abort the trip.
The ship struck rocks in the early hours of the morning and sank within seconds.
The tragedy sparked the biggest search operation in the history of the State, which eventually led to the discovery of all the bodies.
In August 2010, three men — Wolfgang Schröder, Richard Harman, and Mike Schmidt — died when their boat the Castaway caught fire 13km off Bantry Bay.
On July 2, 2014, two experienced British divers, aged 66 and 61, drowned while exploring the wreck of German U260 submarine off Glandore.
