The bows of the vessel are intact and point seawards (south). The deck is completely missing (as a result of salvage efforts). The hull plating has collapsed outwards. In the centre of the wreck, the ship's tall Scotch boiler remains insitu. A steam valve has been recovered and reported to the Receiver of Wreck.

Event and Historical Information:
The GLENOCUM was an iron-hulled steamship built by J Grendon & Company, Drogheda, in 1875. Technical and configuration specifications are given as 344gt, 244nt; 146ft 5in length x 22ft 4in breadth x 11ft 7in depth; 3 masts (according to some sources); screw propulsion powered by a single boiler linked to a compound engine producing 75hp; machinery by J Taylor & Co, Birkenhead. At time of loss on 23 May 1883, the vessel was owned by W E M Tomlinson of London and registered at that port. The vessel was under the command of master J Sims and carrying a cargo of steel crop ends (or railway rails/bars - sources differ) from Newport to Liverpool. At 6am on the 23rd, the steamer ran ashore (or was deliberately beached after hitting a rock - sources differ). By 28 May 1883, the Liverpool Salvage Association had refloated the ship. However, it had to be re-beached so that the cargo could be removed and repairs undertaken. By 20 September, 246 tons of cargo had been removed, but work on saving the ship was abandoned. The wreck was later sold for £70.

Sources include:
Board of Trade Wreck Return 1883 Appendix Parts I-IV pg128 (770)
Caernarfon and Denbigh Herald, 2 June 1883
Larn and Larn Shipwreck Database 2002
Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1 July 1883 - 30 June 1884, number 440 in G
Receiver of Wreck Droits Letter and printout June 2001 RCIM6/2/5/5
UK Hydrographic Office Wrecks and Obstructions Database. ? Crown Copyright and database rights. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the UK Hydrographic Office (www.ukho.gov.uk)

WWW resources:
Board of Trade Inquiry, number 1829, 11-12 June 1883, Liverpool
http://www.plimsoll.org/resources/SCCLibraries/WreckReports/15121.asp

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, January 2010.