PLASSY

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MV Plassy

Peterjon was purchased by the Limerick Steamship Company in 1951 and renamed Plassy.

She plied the seas around Ireland, ferrying cargo from one port to another. She would also call into Belfast and Liverpool from time to time.

On March 8 1960 she ran into difficulties in the South Sound between Inisheer and the Cliffs of Moher while transporting cargo from Fenit, County Kerry to Galway City.

Plassey Crew in March 1960

Captain : Thomas Wilson
Mate : Jim Henchy
Chief Engineer : Mick Ward
2nd Engineer : Charlie Murray
Donkey man : Joe o'Brien
Bosun : Jim Dempsey
Steward : Bob Dixon
Deckhand 1 : Tony King
Deckhand 2 : Tom Finnan
Deckhand 3 : Mick Tobin
Deckhand 4 : Eddy Reidy
The Plassy at sea
The Plassy at sea
Chart of South sound showing Finis Rock
Chart of South sound showing Finis Rock

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