Formby (SS Ionic Star Shipwreck Year 1939)
UK-473 · Merseyside, England
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In October 1939, the cargo ship SS Ionic Star ran aground on Mad Wharf sandbank near Liverpool under wartime blackout conditions. Although its meat and fruit cargo was safely salvaged, the ship was declared a total loss, used for RAF target practice, and its skeleton remains visible at low tide.
Wreck situated roughly one mile west of Formby Point. Parking: National Trust Lifeboat Road car park. Walk westward onto Formby Beach from the Lifeboat Road sand dunes.
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