The MV Plassy was a cargo vessel in the Irish Merchant Service that operated in the 1950s. Built as a Shakespearian-class naval trawler of the Royal Navy known as HMS Juliet at the beginning of the Second World War, Plassey was sold into merchant service at the end of the war. The steam trawler lost its battle against a massive storm in the 1960s and was wrecked on the beach in remote Inis Oirr. The rusted remains of the wreck are still on the beach today and have become an exploratory landmark and popular tourist attraction.

Inisheer, Ireland

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