Credit River - Hare Traditional Cache

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res2100: Time to say goodbye. Hope we can do some Credit River floats this summer.

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Hidden : 7/14/2013
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Credit River - Shipwreck Series

Hare
 December 14, 1917



There are many shipwrecks around the world. Some very famous and others not so. Each however has it’s own story to tell. As you travel along the Credit River doing this series of caches, we have highlighted a number of these shipwrecks. During low water levels on these parts of the Credit River, you need to be careful in a canoe or kayak so as you don’t wind up in your own shipwreck. Besides the many large rocks along the way, there are also some other obstacles such as dams which should be avoided. All of the geocaches in this series have been placed by tubing, inflatable boat or on foot by walking in the water along the Credit River. Whichever way you choose to search for these caches, use caution and common sense.
More information about this series can be found here: Credit River - Shipwreck Series

Hare
On Friday 27th September 1913 the SS Hare made a historic voyage from Salford to Dublin carrying parcels of food for the now starving strikers of the 1913 Lockout. The 1913 Dublin Lock-out was a major industrial dispute between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers which took place in the city of Dublin. The dispute lasted from 26 August 1913 to 18 January 1914, and is often viewed as the most severe and significant industrial dispute in Irish history. Towards the end of September an agreement was reached by a congress of British Trade Unions to send £5,000 worth of aid to their colleagues in Dublin. However, the ship to be used for transporting this food aid, the SS Hare, was found to be strike-bound in Pomona Docks after its arrival from Dublin with a consignment of Guinness. A deal was reached that the ship would be released with its return consignment of empty Guinness caskets providing it also took the food parcels onboard. At 12.45 p.m. on Saturday 28th September 1913 the SS Hare reached the South Wall in Dublin’s Docks. Food parcels containing ten pounds of bread, ten pounds of potatoes, sugar, butter, tea, jam and fish were given to the strikers with food tickets from their union.

On December 14th 1917, while on route from Manchester to Dublin carrying general cargo, the SS Hare was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-62 approximately 7 miles east of the Kish Lightship. Twelve lives were lost, the Captain surviving.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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