Overview
Archibald Finney is recorded as a steam coaster near Down and connects it with 1893. The saved source adds: The official Northern Ireland wreck record identifies Archibald Finney as Steam Coaster. It was lost in 1893. Recorded depth: 36-49m. Recorded condition: Intact and upright though bridge is collapsed. Anomaly = 6.3m high. The exact identity, cause, people and remains are kept open wherever that wording does not settle them.
The vessel and voyage
Northern Ireland Ship and Aircraft Wrecks — Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs records Archibald Finney as a steam coaster. The name is kept exactly as the public wreck record gives it. The saved material does not establish the owner, cargo, starting point, destination or purpose of the voyage unless those facts are stated above.
How it was lost
The saved record gives 1893 as the year connected with the loss. It does not say what caused the loss, so storm, collision, grounding, attack, fire and deliberate sinking must all remain open unless later evidence proves one of those causes.
Deaths and survival
The saved record names no confirmed people and gives no checked number for deaths or survivors. That silence does not mean that nobody died or that everyone escaped; it means the saved public evidence does not establish the human outcome.
What remains
The saved point is in or nearest to Down, at 54.44620, -5.37560. The saved wording adds: Recorded depth: 36-49m. Recorded condition: Intact and upright though bridge is collapsed. A map point can mark the centre of a site or an approximate place, so it must not be treated as proof of the exact spread of remains.
Why it mattered
The extra condition or identity words in the saved source make this a better lead than a bare map point. Its wider effect, local memory and any memorial are not established by the saved public evidence and should not be invented from the name alone.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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