Mary: Lower Loch Fyne, Firth Of Clyde
Lugger (19th Century)
Site Name Mary: Lower Loch Fyne, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Lugger (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) '1.5 Miles Se Of Skate Island'; Skate Islands; Sgat Mor; Sgat Beag; Outer Clyde Estuary; Mary
Canmore ID 220253
Site Number NR96NW 8008
NGR NR 93 66
NGR Description NR c. 93 66
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Maritime - Argyll And Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NR96NW 8007 c. 93 66
N55 51 W5 18
NLO: Loch Fyne [name centred NR 94 89].
Formerly entered as NR87NE 8009 (unlocated).
23 September 1898 MARY, 9 years, not reg. wood lugger. 5 ton, 3 men. Master and owner J. Jeffry, Port Bannatyne. Port Bannatyne for fishing. Ballast. Collided with steam fishing vessel BATTLE ISLE of Glasgow. Wind ESE2. 1? miles SE of Skate Island, Loch Fyne. Casualties involving total loss of vessel during year end 30 June 1899.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours, of UK July 1898-99 (1900 [Cd. 318] LXXVII.531).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 753).
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: date of loss cited as 23 September 1898). Mary: this vessel was in collision and sank 1.5 miles SE of Skate Island (Battle Isle). Capt. Jeffry.
Not registered. Built 1889. 5 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 50.00 W5 16.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The location of Skate Island cannot be established from the available map evidence.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 August 2002.
(Re-entered as NR96NW 8008 at cited location NR c. 93 66 [N55 51 W5 18]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Per contra the above, the Skate Islands are probably to be equated with Sgat Mor [name: NR 930 666] and Sgat Beag [name: NR 942 665] off the SW side of the Cowal peninsula.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 November 2009.
Loss (23 September 1898)
23 September 1898 MARY, 9 years, not reg. wood lugger. 5 ton, 3 men. Master and owner J. Jeffry, Port Bannatyne. Port Bannatyne for fishing. Ballast. Collided with steam fishing vessel BATTLE ISLE of Glasgow. Wind ESE2. 1? miles SE of Skate Island, Loch Fyne. Casualties involving total loss of vessel during year end 30 June 1899.
Source: PP Abstracts of Shipping Casualties on Coasts, or in Rivers and Harbours, of UK July 1898-99 (1900 [Cd. 318] LXXVII.531).
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 753).
(Classified as wooden lugger, in ballast: date of loss cited as 23 September 1898). Mary: this vessel was in collision and sank 1.5 miles SE of Skate Island (Battle Isle). Capt. Jeffry.
Not registered. Built 1889. 5 tons [unspecified].
(Location of loss cited as N55 50.00 W5 16.50).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (21 August 2002)
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary. The location of Skate Island cannot be established from the available map evidence.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 21 August 2002.
Note (27 November 2009)
(Re-entered as NR96NW 8008 at cited location NR c. 93 66 [N55 51 W5 18]). The location assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Per contra the above, the Skate Islands are probably to be equated with Sgat Mor [name: NR 930 666] and Sgat Beag [name: NR 942 665] off the SW side of the Cowal peninsula.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 November 2009.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 3258
Name : MARY
Latitude : 555000
Longitude : 51630
Date Built : 1889
Registration : Not Registered
Type : LUGGER (WOOD)
Tonnage : 5
Loss Day : 23
Loss Month : 9
Loss Year : 1898
Comment : Collision and sunk 1.5 miles SE of Skate Island (BATTLE ISLE). Capt. Jeffry
Cargo : BALLAST
