Remembering the Alum Chine disaster

March 2013 sees the centenary of the SS Alum Chine tragedy which claimed the lives of more than sixty people, writes Lee Middleton. Just like today, it can be hard to find out exactly what happened.

The sister ship to the Alum Chine, the ‘Baron Ardrossan’ was also built in yard 384 at Port of Glasgow

March 2013 sees the centenary of the SS Alum Chine tragedy which claimed the lives of more than sixty people, writes Lee Middleton. Just like today, it can be hard to find out exactly what happened.