This article is about the German ship whose true identity was disguised. For the original Norwegian ship whose identity was stolen, see SS Aud.
Model of the vessel, painted in its false identity, displayed at the Cork Public Museum
History
United Kingdom
Name
SS Castro
Laid down
1907
Fate
Captured by Imperial German Navy 1914
German Empire
Name
Libau
Namesake
Liepāja (Libau), Baltic city
Acquired
1914
Fate
Scuttled 1916
Wreck site:
Off Daunt Rock, Cork 51°43′N8°14′W / 51.71°N 8.24°W / 51.71; -8.24
General characteristics
Type
Merchant vessel
Tonnage
1,228 GRT
Length
220 ft (67 m)
Beam
32 ft (9.8 m)
Draught
12 ft (3.7 m)
Speed
10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
SS Libau (pronounced[lɪˈbaʊ]; originally known as SS Castro) was a merchant steam ship. In 1916 she was disguised with the identity of a Norwegian vessel named the SS Aud ([ʔaʊ̯d]) in an attempt to carry arms from Germany to Ireland as part of the preparation for the Easter Rising.[1]
^Pollard, H.B.C. (2003) [1922]. Secret Societies of Ireland, Their Rise and Progress. Kessinger. p. 147. ISBN 0-7661-5479-3.
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