Ship that sent iceberg warning to Titanic found in Irish Sea
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The Mesaba was one among 273 shipwrecks lying in 7,500 square miles of Irish Sea, which were scanned and cross-referenced against the UK Hydrographic Office's database of wrecks and other sources.Mesaba - like Titanic, built in Belfast -Twenty lives were lost, including that of the ship's commander and a young able seaman from Wrexham, when it sank about 21 miles off Tusker Rock, south-east of Rosslare in Ireland.
Dr McCartney said the work was a "game-changer" in marine archaeology and believes it will be of interest to historians, marine scientists and environmental agencies.Titanic survivors' items to go under the hammer
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