What is recorded here

A three-mast steamer broke into three pieces off County Antrim in 1878, leaving a six-metre-tall bow section standing above the seabed. The bridge and stern lie elsewhere in the water, separated by distance and time. What remains is not a complete ship but a chopped-up ghost, tall enough to mark the seafloor and strange enough to suggest the sea kept only what it liked.

The official Northern Ireland wreck record identifies State of Louisiana (bow section) as 3 mast steamer. It was lost in 1878. Recorded depth: 6m. Recorded condition: 6m high, in 3 sections - bow, bridge, stern.

The *State of Louisiana* was a three-masted steamship lost in 1878 off Northern Ireland, broken into three sections and resting in 6 meters of water. It sank without loss of life, carrying general cargo; its wreck remains a notable example of 19th-century steamship design in Irish waters.

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