Aeolian Sky

Overview

This passenger liner Paddle steamer was later converted to a coal hulk but in 1935 broke loose from her moorings and sank against the breakwater. She was built in the early 1880s and the conversion took place 1889. She is approximately 240’ long and with a 29’ beam she lies upright on the bottom. A fine modern and recent wreck lying off St Alban’s Head. She’s a Greek registered bulk freighter of 14,000 tons and lies on a limestone sea bed on her port side. She stands about 13 metres throughout with her bows to the South and stern to the North.
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