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The '''''Puffin''''' was a British-built [[lightvessel]] situated at [[Daunt Rock]], five miles southwest of [[Roche's Point Lighthouse|Roche's Point]] near the entrance to [[Cork Harbour]], and was in the care of the [[Commissioners of Irish Lights]].

The ship was built in 1887 by Schlesinger Davis & Co. in [[Wallsend]], with [[yard number]] 144. Built of iron, it was 28.5 m long and 7.3 m wide, had a draught of 3.4 m and displaced 150 tons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?193745|title=Puffin (Daunt's Rock Lightship) (+1896)|website=Wrecksite.eu|access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>

It sank on 8 October 1896 in a [[hurricane]]. The entire crew of eight was lost. In August 1897, the wreck of the ''Puffin'' was towed into [[Cobh]] harbour.{{fact|date=September 2021}}

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[[Category:Transport in County Cork]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1896]]
[[Category:1887 ships]]
[[Category:Lightships of the United Kingdom]]
[[category:Ships built by Schlesinger, Davis & Co]]

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