Arcadian (SS)

Steel Steamship in Ireland, dating from 1910

2,855/ 1,822 ton, 19-year-old steel steamship of Sunderland. Previously called Wharfdale in 1908, Alangueta in 1903, Nerano in 1891. UKHO wreck number 010500832, GSI Wreck No. 204. Built by Short Bothers, Sunderland, measured L. 97.53m X B. 12.80m X D. 5.38m. Owned by Ellerman Lines Ltd., captain was Singleton. En route from London to Glasgow to the Persian Gulf, 51 crew, general cargo and coal. Collided with the SS Ayrshire during dense fog, foundered. 12 crew drowned. A wreck surveyed by the U

Type:
Steel Steamship

Period:
1910

Coordinates:
52.36°N, 5.79°W

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