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King Alfred: Stulaigh, South Uist, Sea Of The Hebrides

Steamship (19th Century)

Site Name King Alfred: Stulaigh, South Uist, Sea Of The Hebrides

Classification Steamship (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 'Near Stuley Island'; Little Minch; King Alfred

Canmore ID 214157

Site Number NF82SW 8002

NGR NF 831 235

NGR Description NF c. 831 235

Datum Datum not recorded

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Western Isles
  • Parish Maritime - Western Isles
  • Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NF82SW 8002 c. 831 235

N57 11.6 W7 14.8

NLO: Stulaigh [name: NG 831 235]

South Uist [name centred NF 79 33].

Formerly entered as NF72SE 8010 (unlocated).

4 April 1894, KING ALFRED, 5 years, of Glasgow. Lloyds 100A1. Survey 9/93. Steel steamship. 717 ton. 19 men. Master W. Wishart. Owner O.C. Philipps, Glasgow. Fernandina, Florida to Bo'ness. Phosphate rock. Wind S2. Near Stuley Island, Outer Hebrides.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1893-94 (1895 [C.7858] LXXXVII.327).

NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1225).

(Classified as steel cargo ship, with cargo of phosphate rock: date of loss cited as 4 April 1894). King Alfred: this vessel stranded near Stuley [Stulaigh] island, South Uist. Capt. Wishart.

Registration: Glasgow. Built 1889. 5272 tons [unspecified].

(Location of loss cited as N57 11.0 W7 15.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 April 2002.

Activities

Loss (4 April 1894)

4 April 1894, KING ALFRED, 5 years, of Glasgow. Lloyds 100A1. Survey 9/93. Steel steamship. 717 ton. 19 men. Master W. Wishart. Owner O.C. Philipps, Glasgow. Fernandina, Florida to Bo'ness. Phosphate rock. Wind S2. Near Stuley Island, Outer Hebrides.

Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours of the UK July 1893-94 (1895 [C.7858] LXXXVII.327).

NMRS, MS/829/68 (no. 1225).

(Classified as steel cargo ship, with cargo of phosphate rock: date of loss cited as 4 April 1894). King Alfred: this vessel stranded near Stuley [Stulaigh] island, South Uist. Capt. Wishart.

Registration: Glasgow. Built 1889. 5272 tons [unspecified].

(Location of loss cited as N57 11.0 W7 15.0).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Note (24 April 2002)

The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 April 2002.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 599

Name : KING ALFRED

Latitude : 571100

Longitude : 71500

Date Built : 1889

Registration : GLASGOW

Type : CARGO SHIP (STEEL)

Tonnage : 5272

Loss Day : 4

Loss Month : 4

Loss Year : 1894

Comment : Stranded near Stuley island, South Uist. Capt. Wishart

Cargo : PHOSPHATE ROCK

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