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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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/214157
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Maritime - Western Isles
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
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.
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
