SS AUD/SS Libau

3D Model

SS AUD/SS Libau, Cargo Vessel, off the south coast of Ireland, in Cork Harbour, around 5.5km south-south-east of Robert’s Head, on ridge of rock on the Smtihs.

Data collected by INFOMAR. www.infomar.ie

Length 76m, Width 11m, Water Depth 24.6m

Lat 51.7111 Long -8.2398

KRY20_01, IE_GSI_shipwrk_ID_516

Date Lost: 21/04/1916 NMS Reference: WO7957 UKHO Wreck ID: 11433

https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?184027?menu=no?chart=no

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Libau

https://www.rte.ie/archives/2017/0802/894695-gun-runner-the-aud/

“The Aud, formerly the SS Libau was originally a steam cargo transport built for the Wilson Line of Hull in England in 1907. When World War One broke out it was known as the SS Castro for the Wilson shipping company and was captured by the German navy in the Keil Canal. The vessel was subsequently disguised as a Norwegian steamer the Aud to transport 20,000 rifles, one million rounds of ammunition and three machine guns for the planned Easter Rising of 1916.” (RTE, 2017)