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| Name | Nationality | Location | Date Lost | |
| Helena Thecula | Dutch | Doonbeg | 1855 | |
| Helena Thecula : | |||
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| Owner | |||
| Flag | Dutch | Builder | Built at Pekeia, Holland |
| Port | Build Date | 1850 | |
| Official No | Material | Wood | |
| Tonnage nrt/grt | 114 / | ||
| Ship type | Sail Vessel | Dimensions | | | |
| Ships Role | General Cargo | Rigging Style | Schooner |
| Super Structure | |||
| Hull | |||
| Machinery | |||
| Wreck Location | Doonbeg | ||
| Date Lost | 25/02/1855 | Captain | Hendrick F Diepenbrock |
| Cause | Stranded | Crew Lost | |
| Position | Passengers Lost | ||
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| History | |||
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The Dutch ship, Helena Thecula, Captain Hendrick F. Diepenbrock, is on shore in Doonbeg Bay, coast of Clare. Having drifted in there during a fog. She was on her voyage from Palermo to Liverpool, laden with Sulphur and Shumach. Should the weather become moderate she may be got off; if otherwise, she will become a wreck. Clare Journal, and Ennis Advertiser - Monday 05 March 1855.
Wreck sold at Auction in Doonbeg in April 1855.
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