51°33′32″N 9°02′42″W / 51.558804°N 9.044979°W / 51.558804; -9.044979 Mill Cove is a small sea inlet in County Cork, Ireland. It lies approximately three kilometers to the east of the village of Glandore and 45 kilometers WSW of Cork. A kilometer North up the Ballyvireen, which flows into the cove, stands the ruined four storey fortified house, Coppingers Court. The inlet has, on its eastern side, a small wharf.[1]

HMS Farnborough, the Q-ship was beached in the cove in 1917.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "eOceanic".
  2. ↑ Bridgland, T (1999) Sea Killers in Disguise: The Story of Q-ships and Decoy Ships in the First World War, Naval Institute Press


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