lb/min (23 kg/s) but the flooding exceeded 50 long tons per minute (847 kg/s). The pumps were powered by the engines, which shut down ten minutes after the collision when the engine room flooded. Vanguard and Iron Duke both launched all boats. The abandonment was completed in good order with Captain Dawkins the last of the 360 crew aboard to leave and the only casualty was his dog which was lost. Warrior and Hector sailed on in the fog and only learned of the sinking upon reaching Queenstown. Seventy minutes after the collision, Vanguard rested on the seabed deep. The tips of her masts were still visible above the surface. The Admiralty was confident that the ship could be raised and diving operations started, but were soon abandoned. Captain Dawkins was blamed at the court martial for not doing enough to save his vessel following the collision, and never received command of another vessel. Contemporary popular opinion, however, was sympathetic towards him. The wreck was rediscovered in 1985 and lies in of water. The wreck is protected under the Irish National Monument Act, and a licence from the National Monuments Service is required to dive it. Notes and references Bibliography R. Winfield/D. Lyon: The Sail and Steam Navy List. All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. Chatham Publishing, London 2004, Audacious-class ironclads Victorian-era battleships of the United Kingdom Maritime accidents involving fog Shipwrecks in the Irish Sea 1870 ships Maritime incidents in September 1875 Ships sunk in collisions Ships with box type boilers