Irish Wrecks On-Line - Alcedo SS (No. 98)

*Vessel Type:*	Steamer Coaster	*Location:*	Co. Antrim
*Date of Loss:*	January 1892	*Place:*	The Gobbins, Islandmagee
*Cause of Loss:*	Ran aground	*Boat Dive from:*	Whitehead
*Charted Depth:*	7m	*Irish O.S. Map:*	Discovery Series No. 9 & 15
*Height of Wreck:*	2.5	*Admiralty Chart No:*	1753 and/or 2198
*Hull Material:*	Steel	*Latitude (GPS):*	54 48.929 North
*Type of Seabed:*	Rocks & kelp	*Longitude (GPS):*	05 41.772 West
*Average Visibility:*	5 10m	*Diving Experience:*	Novice

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Diving Information:

Only discovered in August 1991.

Badly broken up and lying in only 7m against the cliff face.

The engine is still there.

Can be dived at any state of the tide.

Launch at Whitehead up to 2 hours before and after Low Water as slip dries out at other times.

Historical Information:

Built in 1891 by Scott & Co., Bowling, she grossed 164 tons and measured 32.00 x 6.12 x 2.66m. and was powered by steam 2 cylinder compond engine.

Owned by Milne of Montrose, she ran aground on her maiden voyage under the Gobbins cliffs.

Her cargo was coal to Carrickfergus from Glasgow.

She was the first iron & steel ship to be wrecked on the Antrim coast.

Source Publications:

"Shipwreck Index of Ireland"

by
Richard & Bridget Larn

Lloyd's Register - Fairplay Ltd 2002 - ISBN: 1900839970

"Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 932 - 1997"

by
Edward J. Bourke

Edward J. Bourke 1998 - ISBN: 0952302713

"Shipwrecks of the Ulster Coast"

by
Ian Wilson

Impact Printing 1997 - ISBN: 0948154993

"Underwater Ireland Guide to Irish Dive Sites"

by
Irish Underwater Council

CFT 1999 - ISBN: 0948283025

Other Sources:

Peter Steel

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North Irish Lodge, Islandmagee (1999)

Last update - 14-Mar-2003